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Mount Zion United Methodist Church is Washington’s oldest Black congregation, established in 1816 by Shadrack Nugent and 125 other congregants who split from nearby Montgomery Street Methodist Church, now Dumbarton United Methodist, over its racial policies. The present church was completed in 1884. The cemetery near 27th and Q streets comprises the Old Methodist Burying Ground, founded in 1809, and the Female Union Band Cemetery, dating from 1842. The cemetery is believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. The Heritage Center at 2906 O Street, which houses church records and exhibits, is an early Old English style cottage.
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Washington, District of Columbia · United States
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The Only Constant is Change
History
Old Stone House
History
In Grateful Commemoration of the Signing of the Constitution
Civics
Dumbarton United Methodist Church / Methodism's Mother Church of Washington
Faith
Georgetown and the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Transportation
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
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