Mount Zion Baptist Church (Salisbury, North Carolina) Explained

Mount Zion Baptist Church
Location:413 N. Church St., Salisbury, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.6708°N -80.4672°W
Built:1907
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Added:December 30, 1985
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:85003188

Mount Zion Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located at 413 N. Church Street in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. The sanctuary was built in 1907, and is a red brick Gothic Revival style building. It features stained glass lancet windows and small triangular shaped windows and former towers capped by octagonal conical roofs. A brick-veneered educational/manse wing added between 1913 and 1920.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jim Sumner and Cindy Craig. Mount Zion Baptist Church. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1985. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.