Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Fayetteville, Tennessee)

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Location 305 W. Maple St., Fayetteville, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°9′0″N 86°34′26″W / 35.15000°N 86.57389°W / 35.15000; -86.57389Coordinates: 35°9′0″N 86°34′26″W / 35.15000°N 86.57389°W / 35.15000; -86.57389
Area less than one acre
Built 1902
Architectural style Gothic Revival
MPS Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee MPS
NRHP Reference # 00000731[1]
Added to NRHP July 06, 2000

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church is a historic African-American church at 305 W. Maple Street in Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Mt. Zion Church was organized in 1873 by former slaves and sons of slaves. The land for the church building was purchased that same year.[2]

The current church building was built in 1902 after an earlier building was destroyed by fire.[2][3] It is a two-story brick and stone building of Gothic Revival design. It was the site of Lincoln County organizational meetings for the NAACP.[3]

The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Church History". Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  3. 1 2 West, Carroll Van (1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Historic Rural African-American Churches in Tennessee, 1850-1970 (Multiple Property Listing)" (PDF). National Park Service.


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