Congress and Carpenter Sts., Athens, Ohio. County/parish: Athens.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 03, 1980. NRIS 80002938.
1 contributing building.The Mount Zion Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Athens, Ohio, which was frequently used as a meeting place for the Black community from its inception in 1905 until the 1990s. In 1980, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is the future home to The Mount Zion Black Cultural Center which is planned to open in 2026.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986751