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McJohnston Chapel and Cemetery

1819 establishments in IndianaCemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in IndianaChurches completed in 1880Churches in Vanderburgh County, IndianaChurches on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
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McJohnston Chapel front and southern side
McJohnston Chapel front and southern side

McJohnston Chapel and Cemetery is a historic chapel and cemetery located in Center Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was built in 1880, and is a small Gothic Revival style, rectangular red brick building. It has a projecting vestibule topped by a bell tower and steeple. Adjacent to the chapel is the cemetery, with the oldest gravestone dated to 1819. It is the oldest cemetery in Vanderburgh County that remain in use.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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McJohnston Chapel and Cemetery
Erskine Lane,

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Erskine Lane 9507
47725
Indiana, United States
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McJohnston Chapel front and southern side
McJohnston Chapel front and southern side
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