Mount Zion United Methodist Church - Belton, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 03.584 W 097° 27.940
14R E 646393 N 3437232
Small white Gothic Revival style church sitting along Nolan Creek. This is the view from the hike/bike trail. There is a new blond brick church in front of this old church, further away from the creek.
Waymark Code: WMX4ZQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2017
Views: 2
Texas State Historic Site Atlas
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church is a l-story, T-plan vernacular building with Gothic Revival influences naively expressed in the pointed-arch windows. A 2-story stucco and wood-sided bell tower sits in the northwest elbow of the two wings.
The church rests on a limestone rubble foundation and the wood walls are covered with stucco.
The Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, built in 1893, is significant both for its long association with the black community of Belton and as an example of a vernacular interpretation of the Gothic Revival style. Built by an African-American congregation, the church is one of the few surviving early black churches in the Bell County area.
Street address:
218 Alexander Street
Belton, TX USA
County / Borough / Parish: Bell County
Year listed: 1990
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Historic function: Religion
Current function: Religion
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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