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Mount Zion AME Zion Church (Montgomery, Alabama)

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Built
  
1899

Opened
  
1955

Phone
  
+1 334-265-9361

NRHP Reference #
  
02001066

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Added to NRHP
  
4 October 2002

Mount Zion AME Zion Church (Montgomery, Alabama)

Location
  
467 Holt St., Montgomery, Alabama

Address
  
455 W Jeff Davis Ave, Montgomery, AL 36104, USA

Similar
  
Old Ship African Methodist, Cleveland Court Apartmen, Jefferson Davis Hotel, Tankersley Rosenwald School, Edgewood

The Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, also known as the Mount Zion AME Zion Church Memorial Annex, is a historic church in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Located on 467 Holt Street, it was built in 1899 and extensively remodeled in 1921.

In 1955 the Montgomery Improvement Association, who organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott, was formed in the building. During the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, marchers rested at the church on their way to the Capitol. It is included on the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail. The congregation moved to a new location in 1990, and on November 4, 2002, the building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The sides of the building are decorated with murals depicting Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and the Selma to Montgomery marches.

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Mount Zion AME Zion Church (Montgomery, Alabama) Wikipedia