Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church Est. 1872

Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church has been a downtown Murfreesboro landmark since 1884. Led by Rev. Jimmy Stewart in 1872, the congregation grew out of the earlier First Colored Baptist Church and held services in a rented building on Maple Street before acquiring this lot in 1879. Four years later, the present brick Gothic-styled church was finished. During the Jim Crow town, the church met many community needs. Pastor from 1949 to 1968, the Rev. H.L. Jordan led the church during the Civil Rights Movement. After a 1968 tornado, the congregation chose to repair and restore the church, keeping the historic sanctuary intact.