Eastside Baptist Church Explained

Eastside Baptist Church
Location:219 N. Osage Ave., Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Coordinates:35.6258°N -95.9583°W
Built:1921
Added:November 23, 1984
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:84000306

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. The church was built in 1921, and was added to the National Register in 1984.

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."[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Black Baptist Churches in Okmulgee Thematic Resources. Bryan Brown. George Carney. February 1984.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84000306}} Excerpt from Thematic Resources document: Eastside Baptist Church ]. National Park Service. Bryan Brown. George Carney. February 1984 . February 25, 2022. With