Smith Metropolitan AME Zion Church

Historic church in New York, United States United States historic place


Smith Metropolitan AME Zion Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The church in October 2015
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Location	Jct. of Smith and Cottage Sts., Poughkeepsie, New York
Coordinates	41°42′23″N 73°54′58″W / 41.70639°N 73.91611°W / 41.70639; -73.91611
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1910
Architect	Carpenter, DuBois
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	91001724
Added to NRHP	November 21, 1991

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.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
"Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes Robert D. Kuhn (October 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Smith Metropolitan AME Zion Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs

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