Somerset County churches

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

Key
Churches in boldface are either listed on the National Register of Historic Places or are otherwise of special interest. The Sect is the denomination of the founding congregation, not the present occupant. We have also used the name of the church when this building was erected, not the current name. The blank fields mean we have no solid data.

The list is not necessarily complete unless that is specifically noted.

Somerset County churches

Municipality	Church	Sect	Fnd	Built	Style
Basking Ridge	First Presbyterian	Pres	c.1717	1839	Greek Revival
Bedminister	Bedminister Reformed	Ref	1758	1890	shingle
Bedminster	Baptist Society of Larger Crossroads	Bapt	1850	1850	Greek Revival
Bernardsville	Congregational Church	Cong	c.1879	1879	Gothic Revival
Bernardsville	Saint Bernard's Church	Epis	1882	1897	Gothic Revival
Blawenburg	Reformed Church	Ref	1830	1832	meetinghouse
Bound Brook	Congregational Church	Cong	1876	1876	eclectic
Bound Brook	Presbyterian Ch of Bound Brook	Pres	1725	1896	Gothic Revival+
Bound Brook	Bound Brook Methodist	ME	1849	1872	Greek Revival
Bound Brook	St. Joseph's Catholic	Cath	1863	1890	Gothic Revival
Clover Hill	Reformed Church of Clover Hill	Ref	1834	1834	vernacular
Coontown	First Congregational	Cong	1846	1872	Greek Revival
East Millstone	East Millstone Methodist	ME	1854	1855	Greek Revival
East Millstone	St Joseph's Catholic	Cath	1864	1865	Gothic
East Millstone	Reformed Church of East Millstone	Ref	1855	1855	Greek Revival
Franklin Twsp	Six Mile Run Reformed	Ref	1710	1879	meetinghouse
Griggstown	Reformed Church of Griggstown	Ref	1842	1851	Greek Revival
Harlingen	Reformed Church of Harlingen	Ref	1727	1851	Greek Revival
Hillsborough	Mt Zion AME	AME	c1865	c1865	vernacular
Kingston	Kingston Presbyterian	Pres	1753	1852	Wren-Gibbs
Kingston	Kingston Methodist	ME	1878	1878	Wren-Gibbs
Lamington	Lamington Presbyterian	Pres	1740	1826	Greek Revival
Liberty Corner	Liberty Corner Presbyterian	Pres	1837	1869	Wren-Gibbs
Millstone	Hillsboro/ Reformed at Millstone	Ref	1766	1828	meetinghouse
Millington	Millington Baptist	Bapt	1851	1852	Greek Revival
Montgomery	Mount Hope Christian	Chris	1870	c1870	vernacular
Montgomery	Zion Methodist	ME	1843	1865	vernacular
Mount Horeb	Mount Horeb Methodist	ME	1770	1867	Wren-Gibbs
Neshanic	Reformed Church of Neshanic	Ref	1759	1772	meetinghouse
North Branch	Reformed Church of North Branch	Ref	1825	1874	Wren-Gibbs
North Plainfield	Church of the Holy Cross	Epis	1868	1868	board-and-batten
North Plainfield	First German Reformed	Ref	1857	1886	late Victorian
North Plainfield	Grace Methodist	ME	1885	1892	late Victorian
North Plainfield	Grove Street Chapel	Christ		1892	meetinghouse
Peapack-Gladstone	Methodist Churchof Peapack	ME	1839	1839	Gothic Revival
Gladstone	Peapack Reformed	Ref	1848	1872	Wren-Gibbs
Pluckemin	Pluckemin Presbyterian	Ref	1850	1851	Greek Revival
Pluckemin	Methodist Episcopal Church	ME	c1832	1832	meetinghouse
Pluckemin	Dutch Reformed chapel	Ref	c1759	1852	meetinghouse
Pottersville	Pottersville Reformed	Ref	1865	1869	Wren-Gibbs
Raritan	Third Reformed of Raritan	Ref	1834	1851	Greek Revival
Raritan	St. Bernard's Catholic Church	RC	1840	1856	Victorian Gothic
Raritan	St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran	Luth		1894	late victorian
Rocky Hill	Rocky Hill Reformed	Ref	1856	1856	board-and-batten
Rocky Hill	Rocky Hill Methodist Episcopal	ME	1869	1870	meetinghouse
Rocky Hill	Trinity Church	Epis	1862	1864	board-and-batten
Somerville	First Baptist	Bapt	1843	1872	Gothic
Somerville	First Reformed of Somerset	Ref	1699	1896	eclectic
Somerville	Fourth Reformed of Raritan	Ref	1879	1879	vernacular
Somerville	Saint John's Church	Epis	1851	1895	Gothic Revival
Somerville	St. Thomas AME Zion	AME	1856	1890	vernacular
Somerville	Second Reformed	Ref	1834	1863	Gothic
South Branch	Branchville Reformed	Ref		1851	Greek Revival
So Bound Brook	Reformed of South Bound Brook	Ref	1846	1848	Greek Revival
So. Bound Brook	Saint Paul's AME	AME	1880	1880	vernacular
Springdale	Springdale Protestant Methodist	PM	c1855	c1855	meetinghouse
Warren	Mt. Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse	Bapt	1767	1757	meetinghouse
Watchung	Wilson Memorial Union	Union	1870	1889	vernacular