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Essex County
These are the surviving churches from the 18th and 19th centuries that I have photographed. The name listed is the name of the original congregation that built the church. [This is still a partial list—many additional churches will eventually be listed.] For buildings that have "changed hands," the following links will take you to the page of the denomination which built the church: St. Stephans, New Point Baptist, Mt. Zion Baptist, Trinity Reformed, Trinity-St. Phillips, St. James AME, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Church of the Epiphany, Queen of Angels, First Reformed, First Free Presbyterian, Mount Moriah Baptist, Metropolitan Baptist, Mt. Pleasant Baptist, Clinton Memorial AME, Union Street ME, Second Reformed at South River, Union Street ME, Trinity Union AME, First Hopewell Baptist, Calvary Gospel, Iglesia del Dios Pentecostal Sinai, Pilgrim Baptist, Vineyard Baptist, Seventh Methodist, New Hope Baptist (Newark), New Hope Baptist (East Orange), Bethel Haitian Baptist, Faith Temple No. 1 Free Will Baptist, Church at the Crossroads, First Zion AME (Orange).
Municipality Church Sect Style 1869 1870
Some explanation is needed. Churches in boldface are either listed on the National Register or are otherwise of special interest. If the name of the church is in brackets [ ] I am in doubt as to the founding congregation. The Sect is the original religious denomination when the church was built. Fields left blank are those for which I have no information.
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