Mount Zion United Methodist Church
- Style
- Gothic
- City
- Washington, DC
Built in 1876, Mount Zion United Methodist Church at 1334 29th Street NW is the oldest African American congregation in Washington, DC, with ties to the Underground Railroad. The Gothic-style church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and is also individually designated a DC Historic Landmark.
the style
The church is built in the Gothic style, giving its brick facade the pointed forms associated with parish-church architecture, translated here into a modest Georgetown congregation building.
More on Gothicsignificance
Mount Zion is both a DC Historic Landmark (#L_0111) and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1975), recognized as the oldest African American congregation in the city with documented ties to the Underground Railroad.
nearby
- Beall, Thomas, House (Newton D. Baker House)
- Georgetown Custom House and Post Office
- Old Stone House
- Dumbarton House (Nat'l Society of Colonial Dames of America; Bellevue)
- Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel
- City Tavern