158 North Church Street
Woodstock, Virginia 22664

Last updated April 2, 2024

Directions from Creekside Elementary School to site 24:

• Continue on S Water St for 250 feet then turn right onto E Hight St
• Then turn right onto S Church St 
• In 0.2 mile the church is on right on the southeast corner of N Church St and E Locust St

The Mt. Zion Methodist Church was organized in 1867. The Black Methodist community raised funds to build a church, completed in 1887. The church was central to the African American community and was used for religious, educational, political, and social events. It was also affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Woodstock’s first African American school was built on the lot of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church. They held “bush meetings” and other children's services in partnership with other local Black churches in the area. Today, the church is part of the Shenandoah Valley charge with Strasburg’s Mt. Zion Methodist churches and assists in the upkeep of the Riverview cemetery. 

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SIte 23

Site 25