National Register Record for BETHEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

Historic Name: BETHEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Current Name: SAME
Address: SE CORNER OF WEBSTER AND LANE STREES
City: TATUMS            County: CARTER
Section: 12           Township: 1S           Range: 3W          
Description of significance: SIGNIFICANT TO THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE ALL-BLACK TOWN OF TATUMS, OKLAHOMA. THE CHURCH BUILDING IS THE OLDEST, INTACT, PUBLIC BUILDING IN THE TOWN. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 1/12/95.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE
Current Function: RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: ETHNIC HERITAGE - BLACK
Architectural Style: OTHER (GABLE-END CHURCH)
Architect: E.R. MCCONNELL, BUILDER
Year Built: 1919            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: CARNEY, GEORGE, "HISTORIC RESOURCES OF OKLAHOMA'S ALL-BLACK TOWNS: A PRESERVATION PROFILE", THE CHRONICLES OF OKLA., 69, 1991; FRANKLIN, JIMMIE LEWIS, "THE BLACKS IN OKLAHOMA, NEWCOMERS TO A LAND SERIES", UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, 1980;
Date Prepared: SEPTEMBER 19, 1994