Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church and Cemetery

Historic church in Louisiana, United States

United States historic place


Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


31°19′5″N 92°26′22″W / 31.31806°N 92.43944°W / 31.31806; -92.43944
Area	5.3 acres (2.1 ha)
Built	1858
Architect	Upjohn, Richard; et al.
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	00000718^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 22, 2000

Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church and Cemetery is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal Church building and its adjoining cemetery located at 335 Main Street in Pineville, Louisiana, United States.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 2000. Mt. Olivet is no longer a parish church and is now Mount Olivet Chapel. Its parish hall is now the Diocesan House of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana.^[2]

Notable interments

George Washington Bolton (1841–1931), state politician and banker^[3]^[4]
Henry E. Hardtner (1870–1935), businessman and conservationist^[4]
Thomas Overton Moore (1804–1876), Louisiana Governor
John H. Overton (1875–1948), U.S. Representative and Senator^[4]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Mount Olivet Chapel and Diocesan House Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - Dictionary B". Louisiana Historical Association. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mt. Olivet Cemetery burials". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved 2021-07-19.