Eastside Baptist Church
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Eastside Baptist Church | |
| File:Eastside Baptist Church, Okmulgee, OK.jpg | |
| Location | 219 N. Osage Ave., Okmulgee, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates | 35°37′33″N 95°57′30″W / 35.62583°N 95.95833°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1921 |
| MPS | Black Baptist Churches in Okmulgee TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000306[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 23, 1984 |
The Eastside Baptist Church in Okmulgee, Oklahoma is a historic Baptist church located at 219 N. Osage Avenue. It is home to a congregation established in 1903, as the Zion Bethel Church, which met at a frame residence at the location of the present church.[2] The church was built in 1921, and was added to the National Register in 1984.[1] It is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. The building was deemed significant as the second-oldest black church building in Okmulgee, and one of the "oldest unaltered black churches in eastern Oklahoma."[3][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bryan Brown; George Carney (February 1984). "Excerpt from Thematic Resources document: Eastside Baptist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved February 25, 2022. With accompanying four photos from 1983
- ↑ Bryan Brown; George Carney (February 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Black Baptist Churches in Okmulgee Thematic Resources".
Categories:
- African-American history of Oklahoma
- Baptist churches in Oklahoma
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma
- Churches completed in 1921
- Buildings and structures in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
- National Register of Historic Places in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
- 1921 establishments in Oklahoma