Senseney Avenue
Middletown, Virginia 22645

Last updated on April 11, 2024

There are three sites on Senseney Avenue:
​2A. Middletown Mission Church at 7893 Senseney Avenue
2B. Mt. Zion Methodist Church at 7913 Senseney Avenue
​2C. Senseney-Middletown Colored School at 7883 Senseney Avenue

Directions from Mount Zion Cemetery to site 2:

• At the intersection of Buckton Rd and Larrick Ln make a safe u-turn
• In 1 mile return to Reliance Rd by turning right 
• Continue for 0.5 mile passing over the bridge 
• Turn left onto Main St
• In 0.4 mile turn right onto W 1st St

Senseney Avenue includes three historical African American sites. The first site is Middletown Mission Church. The log structure housed Mount Olive Baptist Church, Middletown’s first church that was built by a Methodist congregation in 1818. The church was used until 1852, when a new church was built. In 1872, the building was conveyed to the African American congregation in the area and became the Middletown Missionary Church.
 
The second site is the church built around 1800, Mount Zion Methodist Church. The church was transferred to the African American Methodist congregation in 1892. It replaced the earlier Middletown Mission Church structure when it had become too small to support the congregation. It was abandoned in 1985 and converted into a private residence in the 1990s.
 
This third site is the former Senseney-Middletown Colored School, an African American elementary school on Senseney Ave, operated from 1939 to 1960.

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Site 1

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