Annotated by Louise L. Strawbridge, with the assistance of John E. Jones, Jr., and reproduced in the Germantown Crier vol. 36, no. 1 (winter, 1983-84), p. 38
Available at the Germantown Historical Society

Included are a photograph, 1913 caption, and annotation by Louise L. Strawbridge and John E. Jones.

• The 1913 caption:
  "Mt. Zion Baptist Church, West Rittenhouse Street, near Germantown Ave.--Organized 1890, Valuation of Property $75,000"

• Annotation by Louise L. Strawbridge and John E. Jones, Jr.:
  "Mt. Zion owed much of its financial existence to the generosity of John S. Trower. Its first pastor, the Reverend M. Winston, served the church from 1890 to 1927. Himself a stonemason, he also helped construct the building--from stone supplied by William Byrd, the Superintendent of the Sunday School and Chairman of the Board of Trustees."

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