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 church located at Smith and Cottage Streets in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. The church 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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