Marker Inscription
Ethnic Heritage - Black, Architecture
Historic Place
Mount Zion United Methodist Church
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About this site
Mount Zion United Methodist Church is a historic place in Belton, Bell County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 51 historic places documented in Bell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 411 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0595, -97.4661 near Belton. The nearest cataloged historic site is African American Education in Belton (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Bell County Jail, McWhirter, George and Martha, House, and Belton Woman's Commonwealth.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2090001872. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Mount Zion United Methodist Church, built in 1893 at 218 Alexander Street in one of Belton's historically Black neighborhoods, is a Gothic Revival frame church and one of the few surviving 19th-century African American churches in Texas. It is the oldest traditionally Black United Methodist congregation in the Central Texas Conference. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, the deteriorating building underwent a multi-year restoration supported by Preservation Texas, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the City of Belton, culminating in a rededication in 2025.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgpreservationtexas.orgbeltontexas.gov
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