Mount Zion Church and Cemetery (Hallsville, Missouri) explained

Mount Zion Church and Cemetery
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Coordinates:39.0692°N -92.1794°W
Architect:Weldon Jones, Wesley Sebastian, Martin and James Carlos, Charles Critchfield
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Added:January 14, 2013
Mpsub:Rural Church Architecture of Missouri, c. 1819 to c. 1945 MPS
Refnum:12001177[1]

Mount Zion Church and Cemetery is a historic church and cemetery located east of Hallsville in Boone County, Missouri. The Gothic Revival style frame church was built in 1903. It was the location of the Battle of Mount Zion Church during the American Civil War.[2] The cemetery contains over seven hundred grave sites, including many American Civil War soldiers.[3] The grounds contain a memorial to the Missouri State Guard.[4] The church is still functioning today.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

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  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2013-01-25 . Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/14/13 through 1/18/13 . National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Missouri Civil War Museum St Louis Missouri : History/Trivia/Facts : Battle of Mount Zion Church . 2013-08-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140228161641/http://www.mcwm.org/history_battle-of-mount-zion-church.html . 2014-02-28 .
  3. Web site: Mt Zion Church & Cemetery, Boone County, Missouri. Mt Zion Church & Cemetery, Boone County, Missouri.
  4. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mount Zion Church and Cemetery. 2016-09-01. Bonnie L. Durk and Tiffany Patterson. August 2012. Missouri Department of Natural Resources.