Main Post Chapel

Originally Saint Patrick's parish church of the Stithton Catholic community, this building was erected in 1899, though Saint Patrick's church had first been located at the post cemetery and recorded its first baptism in 1831. When the government purchased the town of Stithton in 1918 for the building of Camp Knox, most of the Catholic community joined the Vine Grove Saint Brigid's parish. In 1920 the church was converted to an auditorium for the post and served that purpose until 1938, when it was restored as the main post chapel. Its steeple houses the original bell inscribed "St. Patrick's church, Stithton, Kentucky 1904." Built of handmade bricks and handcut foundation stones, it is one of the few remaining buildings from the former town of Stithton, Kentucky.

Fort Knox, Kentucky · United States