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Mount Zion Baptist Church (Little Rock, Arkansas)

Coordinates: 34°44′30″N 92°17′7″W / 34.74167°N 92.28528°W / 34.74167; -92.28528
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Mount Zion Baptist Church
Mount Zion Baptist Church (Little Rock, Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Mount Zion Baptist Church (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Location in Arkansas
Mount Zion Baptist Church (Little Rock, Arkansas) is located in the United States
Mount Zion Baptist Church (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Location in United States
Location900 Cross St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates34°44′30″N 92°17′7″W / 34.74167°N 92.28528°W / 34.74167; -92.28528
Arealess than one acre
Built1926
Built byP.S. Jones
Architectural stylePrairie School
NRHP reference No.86003230[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 27, 1987

Mount Zion Baptist Church is a historic church at 900 Cross Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a buff brick structure with modest Prairie School features on its exterior, with a three-part facade articulated by brick pilasters, and a trio of entrances set in the center section above a raised basement. The interior of the church is extremely elaborate in its decoration, with a pressed-metal ceiling, elaborate central copper light fixture, and banks of stained glass windows. The church was built in 1926 for a predominantly African-American congregation founded in 1877.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Mount Zion Baptist Church". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-03.