====== Hopeful Lutheran Church (BE 171) ====== One of two [[Boone County]] branches of the Hebron Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Madison County, Virginia, Hopeful Lutheran Church was established in [[1805]]. ([[Hebron Lutheran Church]] is the other branch.) Hopeful Lutheran Church The present church building was constructed in 1917 at a cost of over $12,000, and featured a new state of the art auditorium, kitchen, and electric lighting system. A large celebration was held on November 11th, 1917 to dedicate the new structure. The [[Boone County Recorder]] estimated that one-thousand to twelve hundred people gathered for the dedication and following services. The day-long celebration ended in a large feast and the Church raised over $4,000 for construction costs. The [[churches|church]] still operates a historic [[hopeful lutheran church cemetery|cemetery]] on its grounds in [[Florence]]. The Church was added to the [[National Register]] in 1989. ===== More Information ===== * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/search/results?qu=hopeful+lutheran+church&qf=BCPL_TYPE%09Record+Type%09Photograph%09Photograph&lm=LHDC|Browse photographs]] of Hopeful Lutheran Church * Harbaugh, David. //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/30224/0|A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Hopeful Church, Boone County, Kentucky]]// * [[http://www.whatwasthere.com/browse.aspx#!/ll/38.999699,-84.658825/id/48396/info/sv/zoom/14/|Hopeful Lutheran Church, Then and Now]] ==== Related websites ==== * National Register Information (PDFs), [[https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail?assetID=25f36462-ef88-4f7c-92da-a71ac9e2b8d0|inventory form and photos]] ===== Related Topics ===== * [[Hopeful Lutheran Church Cemetery]] * [[Churches]] of Boone County * [[Lutheran]] churches * [[Historic buildings]] * [[Florence]]