schools

 

Church in Augusta, Kentucky ME Church
Methodist Episcopal Church. right, 1919

“The new Methodist Church in Augusta will be dedicated on next Sunday, April 16. The distinguished Louisville clergyman Dr. Sehon has consented to preach the sermon. This is the edifice upon which our townsmen, Messrs. Manker & Mockbee and Greenhow & Brother have been engaged in building and finishing.” The Ripley Bee, April 14, 1869

Augusta Methodist member sells slaves.

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Boat
The Catholic Telegraph, October 6, 1860

Church in Augusta, Kentucky Church in Augusta, Kentucky Church in Augusta, Kentucky St.Augustine
Catholic Church and
Parochial School, Augusta,
c. 1910
St. Augustine,
Augusta,
c. 1890's
St. Augustine's Catholic
Church, School, and
Parsonage, c. 1910
St. Augustine
Thanks to Judy Cooper for this image
Bishop Carrell laid the cornerstone for St. Augustine on May 29, 1859; the church was dedicated by Monsignor Thomas Butler on October 7, 1860.
Details about St. Augustine's 1909 jubilee.

Caledonia
The Daily Press, Cincinnati, May 30, 1859

The Rev. Paul Ryan's History of the St. Augustine Church is here.

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Church in Augusta, Kentucky Church in Augusta, Kentucky Church in Augusta, Kentucky

Interior of St. Augustine's
Catholic Church, Augusta

   St. Augustine's Rev. B. Greifenkamp and his parsonage

 

Church in Augusta, Kentucky

 

Church in Augusta, Kentucky

Church in Augusta, Kentucky
 Presbyterian Church  Presbyterian Church and Manse

 St. Augustine Church
 and School

History of Augusta Presbyterian, here (pdf).

Augusta Presbyterian was incorporated by State of Kentucky in 1846. And in 1856.

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“An excursion to Augusta, Bracken County, Kentucky - on the occasion of the dedication of the new church in that town - will take place on Sunday next, the 7th instant. Boats will leave Covington at six and a half o'clock, and Cincinnati at seven o'clock, precisely.” from the Cincinnati Daily Press, October 5, 1860

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Church in Augusta, Kentucky Church in Augusta, Kentucky
Three Churches, Augusta River Scene and Catholic Parsonage

 

Church in Augusta, Kentucky Augusta Christian Augusta Baptist
The home of Mrs. Albert Kennard was
the first Christian Church of Augusta,
established March 15, 1840.  After 40
years on this site, a new building was
built on Fourth Street.
Augusta Christian, built in 1888 on
a lot donated by Amanda Perrine
Augusta Baptist Church
on Fourth Street.
  Thanks to Judy Cooper for these two images.

 

Augusta AME

Augusta A.M.E. Church
Thanks to Judy Cooper for the image.
Built as a white Methodist Church in 1834, it later became an African Methodist Episcopal Church,
until 1990, when it merged with the Augusta Trinity Methodist Church.


Augusta Baptist

Augusta Baptist Church

Bibles
undated, uncredited news clipping

 

Church in Augusta, Kentucky Church in Augusta, Kentucky
Augusta Christian Church Augusta Churches, 1897

Augusta Christian Church was organized on March 14, 1840.

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Church
The Climax (Richmond, KY), May 29, 1889

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