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The First Presbyterian Church was founded in 1803. Its 1853 brick building, at the original site for the church, is the oldest church building in Glasgow, and one of few Gothic Revival-style structures. It has pilasters, Gothic arches, a wood bell tower, and common bond brickwork. [2]
Barren County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,485. [1] Its county seat is Glasgow. [2]
Location of Barren County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Barren County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Barren County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site, 38 Old Mulkey Park Rd., Tompkinsville: Explore the history of how John Mulkey changed religion in South-Central Kentucky after leading Mill Creek ...
Northern Kentucky’s tourism organization created the Kentucky Faith Trail to pay homage to the role religion plays in Kentucky's identity.
Glasgow is a home rule-class city [3] in Barren County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. [4] Glasgow is the principal city of the Glasgow micropolitan area, which comprises Barren and Metcalfe counties. The population was 15,014 at the 2020 U.S. census. [5] The city is well known for its annual Scottish Highland Games.
Many of the socio-religious conditions in Kentucky mirrored those of the country in general in post-revolutionary America. McGready complained that Kentuckians were worldly people whose conversations were "of corn and tobacco, or land and stock…. the name of Jesus has no charms; and it is rarely mentioned unless to be profaned."
The county was founded in May 1860 and named for Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of Kentucky from 1828 to 1832. [2] [3] Metcalfe County is part of the Glasgow, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Bowling Green-Glasgow, KY Combined Statistical Area.