Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Brinkley, Arkansas)

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Location 409 S. Main St., Brinkley, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°52′56″N 91°11′39″W / 34.88222°N 91.19417°W / 34.88222; -91.19417Coordinates: 34°52′56″N 91°11′39″W / 34.88222°N 91.19417°W / 34.88222; -91.19417
Area less than one acre
Built 1909
NRHP Reference # 86002951[1]
Added to NRHP November 4, 1986

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church is a historic church at 409 S. Main Street in Brinkley, Arkansas. It is a red brick building with front facing gable roof, and a pair of square towers flanking the main structure. The left tower is slightly taller, an intentional element of the design that was maintained when one tower had to be shorted by removal of its belfry. The towers are joined by a three-bay porch sheltering the building's main entrance. The church was built in 1909 for an African-American congregation established in 1886, and has been a major cultural focus for that community since.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-16.


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