Freedtown AME was organized in the late 1800s at Lake Buddy. This congregation moved into Dade City and became known as Mount Zion AME Church. A frame meeting house built in 1903 served as the parsonage. The present building, dedicated in 1920, was the first Protestant church of masonry construction in Pasco County.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Photo courtesy of Jimmy Emerson.