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  early churches of New Jersey

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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.

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Church of the Sacred Heart (original)
Mount Holly, Burlington County

This small frame building is the second oldest Catholic church in the state, erected in 1849 or 1852. There were many earlier Catholic churches, of course, but only Saint Patrick's Pro-Cathedral in Newark has survived. This church was succeeded in 1872 by a red brick church next door. This building served as a school and parish hall for a number of years.

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