====== Zion Baptist Church (BE 1248) ====== The [[churches|church]], one of two extant [[African-Americans|African-American]] congregations in the [[Boone County|county]], was founded in [[1872]]. (The [[First Baptist Church of Burlington]] is the other.) The congregation developed from a group of local residents who held prayer services in the home of one of the members. A combination church and [[schools|school]] building was erected in [[1884]], which was replaced by the present building in 1922. Located on Church Street in [[Walton]], across from the [[Walton Cemetery]], the building is a simple nave-plan frame structure with forward-facing gable roof. A gabled vestibule was added to the main facade at an unknown date. ===== More Information ===== * //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/30929/0|History of Zion Baptist Church]]// ===== Related Topics ===== * [[Churches]] of Boone County * [[African American churches]] * [[Baptist]] churches * [[Historic buildings]] * [[Walton]]