Old Zion Baptist Church, U.S. Route 29, North Garden, Albemarle County, Virginia
Summary
Significance: The Zion Baptist Church has served the black community of North Garden for over one hundred years. The combination of its sophisticated decagonal shape and the simple vernacular wooden structure make it the only building of its kind in Albemarle County. There are plans to destroy this unique building in the near future.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-232
Survey number: HABS VA-995
Building/structure dates: 1871 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 19t1 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
North Garden, 37.94070, -78.63668
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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