Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Fayetteville, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Fayetteville, Tennessee)
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Fayetteville, Tennessee) is located in the United States
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Fayetteville, Tennessee)
Location305 W. Maple St., Fayetteville, Tennessee
Coordinates35°9′0″N 86°34′26″W / 35.15000°N 86.57389°W / 35.15000; -86.57389
Arealess than one acre
Built1902
Architectural styleGothic Revival
MPSRural African-American Churches in Tennessee MPS
NRHP reference No.00000731[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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 Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  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)". National Park Service.


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