29071 Polks Rd., Princess Anne, Maryland. County/parish: Somerset.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 01, 2007. NRIS 07001116.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.Also known as:
Mt. Zion Memorial Church, also known as Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church or Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland. It is a single-story asymmetrically planned T-shaped timber-frame structure constructed in 1887 and remodeled in 1916. It features a three-story entrance tower with an open belfry. It served the African-American community along Polks Road in northern Somerset County.
Its design is attributed to architect Benjamin D. Price, who sold church plans by catalogue orders.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106778205