The Church of the Nativity was founded on February 10, 1847 when the parish was organized and vestry members elected. For years prior, Episcopalians in Maysville used the Council Chamber of the old Market House for worship with visiting priests who were sent into the district. The church, a Tudor Gothic brick and stone building designed by the Rt. Reverend Benjamin B. Smith, first Bishop of the Diocese of Kentucky, was built on a Third Street lot and completed in 1849. The exterior of the church remains essentially unchanged with the exception of a large stained glass window added in 1891.  Nativity is the oldest standing church building in Maysville.  (more)

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