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Mount Zion Baptist Church (Salisbury, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°40′15″N 80°28′2″W / 35.67083°N 80.46722°W / 35.67083; -80.46722
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Mount Zion Baptist Church
Mount Zion Baptist Church (Salisbury, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Mount Zion Baptist Church (Salisbury, North Carolina)
Mount Zion Baptist Church (Salisbury, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Mount Zion Baptist Church (Salisbury, North Carolina)
Location413 N. Church St., Salisbury, North Carolina
Coordinates35°40′15″N 80°28′2″W / 35.67083°N 80.46722°W / 35.67083; -80.46722
Arealess than one acre
Built1907
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.85003188[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 30, 1985

Mount Zion Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at 413 N. Church Street in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. The sanctuary was built in 1907, and is a red brick Gothic Revival style building. It features stained glass lancet windows and small triangular shaped windows and former towers capped by octagonal conical roofs. A brick-veneered educational/manse wing added between 1913 and 1920.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Jim Sumner and Cindy Craig (August 1985). "Mount Zion Baptist Church" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.