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Science Hill School (Shelbyville, Kentucky)

1825 establishments in KentuckyDefunct schools in KentuckyEducational institutions disestablished in 1939Educational institutions established in 1825Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
NRHP infobox with nocatNational Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, KentuckyRestaurants established in 1978Restaurants in KentuckySchool buildings completed in 1825Schools in Shelby County, KentuckySource attributionUse mdy dates from August 2023
Science Hill School in Shelbyville, main section with lawn
Science Hill School in Shelbyville, main section with lawn

Science Hill School, originally known as the Science Hill Female Academy was founded on March 25, 1825, by Julia A. Tevis as a female preparatory school. In 1975 the school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and in 1978, it was opened as a restaurant known as the Science Hill Inn by Donna Gill and Tim Barnes.

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Science Hill School (Shelbyville, Kentucky)
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Washington Street 525
40065
Kentucky, United States
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Science Hill School in Shelbyville, main section with lawn
Science Hill School in Shelbyville, main section with lawn
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St. John's Methodist Church (Shelbyville, Kentucky)
St. John's Methodist Church (Shelbyville, Kentucky)

The St. John United Methodist Church in Shelbyville, Kentucky was a historic church located on College Street. It was built in 1896 and added to the National Register in 1984. It was deemed to be the "best local example of frame Gothic Revival religious architecture" and also an "important landmark in the evolution of black religious history in Shelbyville." The congregation was originally affiliated with the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. The land to build a church was acquired from David H. Wayne in 1887, but construction did not commence until 1894, being completed in 1896. Over the next century, many notable figures in the African American history of Shelby County were members here, including Zora Clark, the first African American in the county to receive a nursing degree; T.S. Baxter, the first African American elected to the Shelbyville city council; and Emma Payne Roland, the first African American reporter for the local newspaper, the Shelby Sentinel. After various conference mergers, it eventually became a congregation of the United Methodist Church, and in 1996, moved to a modern worship space at 212 Martin Luther King Junior Street nearby. It was listed as part of a larger study of historic resources in Shelbyville. The church building appears no longer to exist. The church was one of the best local examples of Carpenter Gothic architecture, known for its tall steeple and 30 stained glass windows. At the time of its construction, it was the largest African American congregation in town, and served the largest congregation.