Mount Nebo Baptist Church

Mount Nebo Baptist Church

Mount Nebo Baptist
Church

Parish: St.Catherine

The Mount Nebo Baptist Church has the distinction of being the chapel with the steepest roof of all church buildings in Jamaica. Although the Church was founded in 1837, the present building dates from the early twentieth century.

The present Gothic-style chapel is the work of the Rev. C. M. Bennett, who was Pastor of the Church between 1898, and 1923. The chapel is architecturally designed from a plan he obtained from England, and was commenced in 1905. It is a sturdy cut stone building with basic dimensions of 77 feet long, and 45 feet wide.

 


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