Built 1910 Opened 1910 Phone +1 845-454-1913 | NRHP Reference # 91001724 Area 4,000 m² Added to NRHP 21 November 1991 | |
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Address 124 Smith St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA Similar Second Baptist Church, First Baptist Church, Glebe House, Springside, Locust Grove Profiles | ||
Smith metropolitan ame zion church 180th anniversary
Smith Metropolitan AME Zion Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church located at Smith and Cottage Streets in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It is the oldest predominantly African-American church in Dutchess County, NY. The church was a part of The Underground Railroad led by Civil Rights leader Harriet Tubman. The first black female judge in America, Ms. Jane Bolin, was a member of this church, along with other influential people. The church has experienced phenomenal new growth under the leadership of their Pastor, Reverend Edwrin Sutton. The Church as a ministry began in 1836. The church building was built between 1908 and 1910, with the parsonage added in 1914. The one-story, rectangular Gothic Revival church has an attached two-story bell tower topped by a pyramidal roof and a raised basement. The brick building features pointed arched openings and stained glass windows.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.