National Register of Historic Places

St. Peter's AME Zion Church

New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Listed
June 29, 1997
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
97000571

About this property

St. Peter's AME Zion Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 615 Queen Street in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built between 1923 and 1942, on the site of the 1914 church building which was destroyed by fire in 1922. It is a large three bay by seven bay, rectangular brick church building in the Late Gothic Revival style. It features a gabled nave flanked by two-story truncated stair towers. Also on the property is the contributing 1926 parsonage; a 2+1⁄2-story, frame American Craftsman style dwelling. It is known within the denomination as the "Mother Church of Zion Methodism in the South," and the oldest existing African Methodist Episcopal congregation in the South. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Location

615 Queen St.
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
35.11057, -77.04339

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Sources

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When was St. Peter's AME Zion Church listed on the National Register?

St. Peter's AME Zion Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 29, 1997.

What type of historic resource is St. Peter's AME Zion Church?

St. Peter's AME Zion Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for St. Peter's AME Zion Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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