Smith Metropolitan AME Zion Church

Smith Metropolitan AME Zion Church
The church in October 2015
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; -73.91611Coordinates: 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 # 91001724[1]
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.[2]:2

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "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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