Mt Zion United Methodist Church

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Founded in 1816, Mt Zion United Methodist Church is DC’s oldest black congregation. Its original site, on 27th St NW, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. A fire later forced the church to move to its present building, completed in 1884.

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