Mount Zion Church (Decatur, Tennessee)

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Mount Zion Church
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LocationMt. Zion Hollow, Decatur, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°37′28″N84°38′48″W / 35.62444°N 84.64667°W / 35.62444; -84.64667 Coordinates: 35°37′28″N84°38′48″W / 35.62444°N 84.64667°W / 35.62444; -84.64667
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1850
MPS Meigs County, Tennessee MRA
NRHP reference No. 82004006 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 06, 1982

Mount Zion Church is a historic church in Mt. Zion Hollow in Decatur, Tennessee, United States.

It is a rectangular frame building that was built in 1850. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as the "best preserved" and "least altered" of the simple rural church structures found in a survey of historic buildings in Meigs County. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Historic Resources of Meigs County, Tennessee, page 19.