![This Aug. 1, 2017, photo shows the main room of the Mount Zion Baptist Church on Carpenter Street in Athens, Ohio. A group is working to preserve and restore the historically significant church that once served as a hub for blacks living in southeast Ohio. Mount Zion Baptist Church has remained empty and largely abandoned for more than a decade. Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society recently gained control of the building after a years-long battle. [Brooke LaValley/Columbus Dispatch]/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)](https://twt-thumbs-staging.washtimes.com/media-staging.washtimes.com/media/image/2017/08/05/historic_church_restoration_57478_s878x585.jpg?9739c089d09019457eff90957353d2bf131e7da7)
This Aug. 1, 2017, photo shows the main room of the Mount Zion Baptist Church on Carpenter Street in Athens, Ohio. A group is working to preserve and restore the historically significant church that once served as a hub for blacks living in southeast Ohio. Mount Zion Baptist Church has remained empty and largely abandoned for more than a decade. Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society recently gained control of the building after a years-long battle. [Brooke LaValley/Columbus Dispatch]/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
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