Eastside Baptist Church

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Eastside Baptist Church
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Location219 N. Osage Ave., Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Coordinates 35°37′33″N95°57′30″W / 35.62583°N 95.95833°W / 35.62583; -95.95833 Coordinates: 35°37′33″N95°57′30″W / 35.62583°N 95.95833°W / 35.62583; -95.95833
Arealess than one acre
Built1921
MPS Black Baptist Churches in Okmulgee TR
NRHP reference No. 84000306 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 23, 1984

The Eastside Baptist Church in Okmulgee, Oklahoma is a historic Baptist church located at 219 N. Osage Avenue.

It is home to a congregation established in 1903 as the Zion Bethel Church, which met at a frame residence at the location of the present church. [2] The church was built in 1921 and was added to the National Register in 1984. [1]

It is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. The building was deemed significant as the second oldest black church building in Okmulgee, and one of the "oldest unaltered black churches in eastern Oklahoma." [3] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Bryan Brown; George Carney (February 1984). "Excerpt from Thematic Resources document: Eastside Baptist Church". National Park Service . Retrieved February 25, 2022. With accompanying four photos from 1983
  3. Bryan Brown; George Carney (February 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Black Baptist Churches in Okmulgee Thematic Resources".