Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Pensacola, Florida)

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Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
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Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, September 2014.
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Location Pensacola, Florida
Coordinates 30°25′05″N87°13′28″W / 30.41806°N 87.22444°W / 30.41806; -87.22444 Coordinates: 30°25′05″N87°13′28″W / 30.41806°N 87.22444°W / 30.41806; -87.22444
Built1918
Architect Wallace Rayfield
Architectural style Eclecticism
NRHP reference No. 13000963 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 24, 2013

Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church is a national historic site located at 528 West Jackson Street, Pensacola, Florida in Escambia County. It is the second oldest black Baptist church in Pensacola. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 24, 2013. [1]

History

In 1880, the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church broke away from the John the Baptist Church over a philosophical dispute. Reverend H.E. Jones led a campaign to construct a new church and enlisted Wallace Rayfield to design it. In 1944 and 1945, the church's Reverend R.A. Cromwell successfully challenged the all-white Democratic primary in Florida. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". National Park Service . Retrieved 2014-09-09.
  2. "Florida Black Heritage Trail" (PDF). Florida Department of State. 2007.