Old Mud Meeting House - Dutch Reformed Church

This vertical log building with mud and straw panels between the logs is one of the most historic and architecturally important buildings in Kentucky. Built in 1800, this was the first low Dutch Reformed Church west of the Allegheny Mountains; it has been used continually as a church for various denominations until quite recently. Adjacent to the church is the graveyard where rest the ashes of Revolutionary War soldiers who moved to Mercer County. The premises is owned and maintained by the Harrodsburg Historical Society. A nearby marker reads, “First Dutch Reformed Church west of the Allegheny Mountains. Established by fifty families who came to Mercer County from Pennsylvania in 1781.”