Nicodemus, Kansas

The City of Sadieville and the Friends of the Sadieville Renaissance, Inc. are working with Angela Bates of the Nicodemus Historical Society in Nicodemus, KS.  We are working in collaboration to research the Sadieville African American Community that left Sadieville in the late 1800’s for Nicodemus, KS, “the Promised Land.” Read more about Nicodemus, KS at www.nicodemushistoricalsociety.org and the National Park Systems website.

National Register Eligibility

On September 14th we received a letter from the Kentucky Heritage Council stating that the Mt Pleasant Baptist Church and the Sadieville Rosenwald School are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under criterion A for their association with the history of African-American education, religion, and society in the early twentieth century Sadieville.

We will now make plans to proceed with the nomination of the two structures and have been developing plans for preservation and continued use.

Part of the plans for the nomination process will be seeking the funds through grants, donations and fundraisers. If you are interested in making a donation, please call (502) 857-4576.

We greatly appreciate your support and partnership with this project!