Zion Baptist Church, Historic Baptist church in Marietta, United States.
Zion Baptist Church is a brick building constructed in 1888, replacing an earlier wooden church house on the same site. The congregation moved to a new building across the street in 1978, and the 1888 structure was restored and is now shown on tours.
The church was established in 1866 when members founded a new congregation separate from another church in the area. The brick building that still stands today was constructed in 1888.
The congregation began in 1866 with 88 members who had left First Baptist Church, many of them formerly enslaved. The restored 1888 brick building is now used for tours and occasionally for weddings rather than regular worship, since the congregation moved to a new building across the street in 1978.
The 1888 brick building is no longer the congregation's meeting house; a new church was built across the street in 1978, and another in 2007. Visits to the restored 1888 structure are by guided tour, and it occasionally hosts weddings, so arrange a tour in advance rather than expecting regular Sunday services there.
The congregation met in the 1888 brick building until 1978, when it moved to a new structure across the street; a further building followed in 2007. The restored 1888 building, listed on the National Register on July 11, 1990, now receives tours and occasionally hosts weddings.
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