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    Monmouth County

These are 115 churches and meetinghouses erected before 1900in Monmouth County. This is a complete list.

Municipality	Church	Sect	Fnd	Built	Style
Adelphia	Bethesda Methodist	ME	1779	1899	vernacular
Allaire State Pk	Allaire Episcopal	Epis	1832	1832	meetinghouse
Allenhurst	St. Andrews by the Sea	Epis	1832	1889	Gothic
Allentown	Allenton Methodist	ME	1810	1859	vernacular
Allentown	Allentown Baptist	Bapt	1873	1879	vernacular
Allentown	Allentown Presbyterian	Pres	1756	1837	Wren-Gibbs
Allenwood	Allenwood Church	free	1857	1895	vernacular
Ardena	Ardena Baptist	Bapt	1859	1861	vernacular
Atlan Highlands	original Methodist meetinghouse	ME	1882	1882	meetinghouse
Atlan Highlands	Central Baptist	Bapt	1893	1894	shingle
Atlan Highlands	First Presbyterian of Atlantic Highlnds	Pres	1881	1892	Gothic Revival
Avon-by-the-Sea	First Baptist of Avon	Bapt	1881	1888	Gothic
Avon-by-the-Sea	St. John's Episcopal	Epis	1883	1890s	shingle
Belford	Belford Methodist Episcopal	ME	1844	1893	meetinghouse
Belmar	12th Avenue/Calvary Baptist	Bapt	1896	c1896	late Gothic
Bradley Beach	First Methodist of Bradley Beach	ME	1886	1900	Victorian
Clarksburg	Clarksburg Methodist	ME	1832	1845	vernacular
Cliffwood	Cliffwood Methodist Episcopal	ME	1840	1854	meetinghouse
Colts Neck	Colts Neck Reformed	Ref	1856	1856	Greek Revival
Colts Neck	St. Mary's Roman Catholic	RC	1871	c1879	Gothic Revival
Como	Como Methodist Episcopal	ME		c1880	vernacular
Cream Ridge	Emley's Hill Methodist Episcopal	ME	1790	1855	vernacular
Deal/Wileys	Centerville Methodist	ME	1882	1882	meetinghouse
Eatontown	Presbyterian Church at Eatontown	Pres	c1877	1878	vernacular
Eatontown	Mt. Zion AME	AME	1840	1845	vernacular
Eatontown	Saint James Memorial	Epis	1863	1866	Gothic Revival
Ellisdale	Ellisdale Methodist Episcopal	ME	1852	1852	meetinghouse
Ellisdale	Walnford Friends	Quak	c1777	c1780	meetinghouse
Englishtown	Sanford Memorial ME	ME	1842	c1870	Gothic Revival
Englishtown	First Presbyterian	Pres	1860	1860	vernacular
Fair Haven	Fisk African Methodist Episcopal	AME	1860	1882	vernacular
Farmingdale	Farmingdale Methodist Episcopal	ME	1827	1894	late Victorian
Farmingdale	Pierce Memorial Presbyterian	Pres	1870	1895	Tudor
Freehold	St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic	RC	1853	1881	Gothic
Freehold	Freehold Methodist Episcopal	ME	c1780	1857	traditional
Freehold	First Baptist	Bapt	1834	1869	Gothic Revival
Freehold	Reformed Church of Freehold	Ref	1842	1842	vernacular
Freehold	First Presbyterian	Pres	1835	1873	Gothic Revival
Freehold	Saint Peter's	Epis	1702	1771	meetinghouse
Freehold	Freehold Bethel AME	AME	1848	1895	vernacular
Freehold Twsp	Siloam Methodist Episcopal	ME	c1870	1870	meetinghouse
Holmdel	Reformed Church of Holmdel	Ref	1825	1835	meetinghouse
Holmdel	St. Catherine's Catholic	RC			Gothic
Holmdel	Holmdel Baptist	Bapt	1793	1809	meetinghouse
Hornerstown	Hornerstown Baptist	Bapt	1871	1894	vernacular
Howell Twsp	Jerseyville Methodist Episcopal	ME	c1820	1869	traditional
Imlaystown	Imlaystown ME	ME	1865	1866	vernacular
Keyport	Calvary Methodist Episcopal	ME	1832	1856	Greek Revival
Keyport	First Baptist	Bapt	1840	1860	Gothic Revival
Keyport	Reformed Church	Ref	1848	c1850	Greek Revival
Keyport	Second Baptist	Bapt	1893	1893	vernacular
Keyport	Presbyterian Church at Keyport	Pres	1878	1879	late Gothic
Keyport	Mary the Virgin Episcopal	Epis	1878	1878	Gothic
Leonardo	Leonard Baptist	Bapt	1889	1883	vernacular
Little Silver	St. John's Chapel	Epis	c1876	1876	board-and-batten
Little Silver	Embury Methodist Episcopal	ME	c1822	1868	meetinghouse
Long Branch	Asbury Methodist Episcopal	ME	1869	1894	Romanesque
Long Branch	St. Michael's Church	RC	1848	1886	Gothic
Long Branch	Church of the Presidents	Pres	1869	1869	Gothic Revival
Long Branch	Elberon Memorial Chapel	Pres	1886	1886	eclectic
Long Branch	Saint Luke's Methodist	ME	1864	1894
Long Branch	First Baptist	Bapt	1826	1894	eclectic
Long Branch	First Reformed	Ref	1847	1902	eclectic
Long Branch	Simpson Methodist Episcopal	ME	1881	1889	eclectic
Long Branch	First Presbyterian	Pres	1883	1883	Gothic Revival
Manalapan	Woodsville/St. James AME	AME	1843	c1843	meetinghouse
Manasquan	Presbyterian Church of Manasquan	Pres	1848	1848	unknown
Manasquan	First Baptist Church of Howell	Bapt	1804	1869	Gothic Revival
Manasquan	Manasquan Friends	Quak	1701	c1860	meetinghouse
Manasquan	Methodist Protestant	MP	1848	1893	late Gothic
Marlboro	Ref Dutch Church of the Navesink	Ref	1699	1826	meetinghouse
Marlboro	St. Gabriel Roman Catholic	RC	1871	1879	Gothic Revival
Marlboro	First Baptist Church	Bapt	1865	1866	Greek Revival
Marlboro	Dutch Reformed Chapel	Ref	1699	1869	vernacular
Matawan	Trinity Church	Epis	1850	1850	Gothic Revival
Matawan	First Baptist	Bapt	1850	1860	Gothic Revival
Matawan	Saint James A.M.E.	AME	1843	1851	vernacular
Middletown	Middletown Reformed	Ref	1836	1836	Gothic Revival
Middletown	Christ Church	Epis	1702	1836	meetinghouse
Middletown	Old First Church	Bapt	1688	1832	Greek Revival
Middletown	Quinn AME Chapel	AME	c1861	1894	meetinghouse
Monmouth B'ch	Church of the Precious Blood	RC	c1891	1892	Gothic
Navesink	Riceville Methodist	ME	1832	1889	Gothic Revival
Navesink	Navesink Baptist Mission Chapel	Bapt	1832	1832	Greek Revival
Navesink	All Saint's Church	Epis	1864	1864	Gothic Revival
Ocean Grove	Thornley Chapel	ME	1870	1889	Gothic Revival
Ocean Grove	Great Auditorium	ME	1869	1894	tabernacle
Ocean Grove	Bishop James Tabernacle	ME	1869	1877	tabernacle
Ocean Grove	St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal	ME	1870	1884	Gothic
Ocean Port	Ocean Port Methodist Episcopal	ME	1868	1868	meetinghouse
Perrineville	Presbyterian Church of Upper Freehld	Pres	1785	1884	vernacular
Perrineville	St. Joseph's Roman Catholic	RC	1871	1879	Gothic
PineBrook	Macedonian Zion African Methodist	AME	1845	1884	vernacular
Port Monmouth	Chanceville Baptist	Bapt	1854	1855	traditional
Red Bank	St. James Roman Catholic	RC	1854	1894	Renaissance revival
Red Bank	First Baptist	Bapt	1844	1893	Romanesque
Red Bank	Trinity Episcopal	Epis	1851	1851	Romanesque
Red Bank	Grace Methodist/Pilgrim Baptist	ME	1880	c1882	vernacular
Rumson	First Presbyterian	Pres	1861	c1886	vernacular
Rumson	Oceanic Union Chapel	union	c1842	c1842	meetinghouse
Rumson	Holy Cross Church	RC	1883	1885	Gothic
Rumson	St. George's Church	Epis	1874	1874	Gothic Revival
Sea Bright	First Methodist Episcopal	ME	1876	1892	eclectic
Shrewsbury	Christ Church	Epis	1702	1769	meetinghouse
Shrewsbury	First Presbyterian	Pres	1732	1821	meetinghouse
Shrewsbury	Shrewsbury Friends	Quak	1672	1816	meetinghouse
Southard	Southard Methodist Episcopal	ME	c1815	1863	vernacular
Spring Lake	St. Andrews Methodist Episcopal	ME	1880	1897	Gothic & Stick
Spring Lake	Church of the Holy Trinity	Epis	c1880	1887	Gothic Revival
Squankum	Lower Squankum Free Meetinghouse	union	1834	c1834	traditional
Tennent	Old Tennent Church	Pres	1692	1751	meetinghouse
Upper Freehold T	Yellow Meetinghouse	Bapt	c1686	1737	meetinghouse
W. Long Branch	Old First Methodist Episcopal	ME	1809	1870	traditional

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 solid information.

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