Eastside Baptist Church

The Eastside Baptist Church in Okmulgee, Oklahoma is a historic Baptist church located at 219 N. Osage Avenue.

Eastside Baptist Church
Eastside Baptist Church is located in Oklahoma
Eastside Baptist Church
Eastside Baptist Church is located in the United States
Eastside Baptist Church
Location219 N. Osage Ave., Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Coordinates35°37′33″N 95°57′30″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1921
MPSBlack Baptist Churches in Okmulgee TR
NRHP reference No.84000306[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 23, 1984

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. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 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
  3. Bryan Brown; George Carney (February 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Black Baptist Churches in Okmulgee Thematic Resources".


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