The authoritative source on
  early churches of New Jersey

About this site
We've created a database and photographic inventory on more than half the 18th & 19th century churches in the state and add to it each month. We welcome and solicit all contributions and suggestions from our visitors.

How to use this site
Post a query
Respond to readers' queries
Consult the database
Annotate the database
Upload a photo
Suggest a church for inclusion
Glossary
List of churches, by county
Photographic notes
Links to related sites

   Photographic Inventory

Groveville Methodist Episcopal Church
Groveville, Hamilton Township, Mercer County

This trim frame church was probably based on a Methodist planbook, for it resembles in many respects plans issued by the Methodist church in the 1870s and 1880s. Benjamin Price of Philadelphia claimed to have designed more than 6,000 churches, mostly Methodist, between 1876 and 1906.
      The congregation was founded in 1837 and this building was erected fifty years later, in 1887. The "tracery" in the main window is similar to that on Methodist churches in Changewater (Hunterdon) and Port Colden (Warren), and many other churches of that period throughout the country.

 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  |  ABOUT US  |  HOME  

Copyright (c) 2005 Frank L. Greenagel