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    Monmouth County

These are 115 churches in Monmouth County; these are the ones that have been photographed and researched. I will add pages on individual churches as soon as I can get to it.

Municipality
Church
Sect
Fnd
Built
Style
Adelphia
Bethesda Methodist
ME
1779
1849
vernacular
Allaire State Pk
Epis
1832
1832
meetinghouse
Allenhurst
St. Andrews by the Sea
Epis
1832
1832
Gothic
Allentown
ME
1810
1859
vernacular
Allentown
Bapt
1873
1879
vernacular
Allentown
Pres
1756
1837
Wren-Gibbs
Ardena
Ardena Baptist
Bapt
1859
1861
vernacular
Trinity Church
Asbury Park
Epis
1872
1877
Gothic
Atlan Highlands
original Methodist meetinghouse
ME
1882
1882
meetinghouse
Atlan Highlands
Bapt
1896
shingle
Atlan Highlands
original Methodist meetinghouse
ME
1882
1882
vernacular
Atlan Highlands
First Presbyterian of Atlantic Highlnds
Pres
c1890
Gothic Revival
Avon-by-the-Sea
St. John's Episcopal
Epis
1883
1890s
shingle
Belford
Belford Methodist Episcopal
ME
1844
1893
meetinghouse
Bradley Beach
First Methodist of Bradley Beach
ME
1886
1900
Victorian
Centerville
Centerville Methodist
ME
c1850
meetinghouse
Clarksburg
ME
1832
1845
vernacular
Cliffwood
Cliffwood Methodist Episcopal
ME
1840
1854
meetinghouse
Colts Neck
Ref
1856
1856
Greek Revival
Cream Ridge
Emley's Hill Methodist Episcopal
ME
1790
1855
vernacular
Deal/Wileys Corn
Centerville Methodist
ME
1882
1882
meetinghouse
Eatontown
Presbyterian Church at Eatontown
Pres
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
ME
1842
c1870
Gothic Revival
Englishtown
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
ME
c1780
1857
traditional
Freehold
Bapt
1834
1869
Gothic Revival
Freehold
Ref
1842
1842
vernacular
Freehold
Pres
1835
1873
Gothic Revival
Freehold
Epis
1702
1771
meetinghouse
Freehold
Freehold Bethel AME
AME
1895
vernacular
Holmdel
Reformed Church of Holmdel
Ref
1825
1835
meetinghouse
Holmdel
Holmdel Baptist
Bapt
1793
1809
meetinghouse
Hornerstown
Hornerstown Baptist
Bapt
1871
1894
vernacular
Imlaystown
ME
1865
1866
vernacular
Keyport
ME
1832
1856
Greek Revival
Keyport
Bapt
1840
1860
Gothic Revival
Keyport
Ref
1848
c1850
Greek Revival
Keyport
Bapt
1893
vernacular
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
RC
1848
1886
Gothic
Long Branch
Pres
1869
1869
Gothic Revival
Long Branch
Pres
1886
1886
eclectic
Long Branch
ME
1864
1894
Long Branch
Bapt
eclectic
Long Branch
First Presbyterian
Pres
1883
1883
Gothic Revival
Marlboro
Reformed Chapel
Ref
1869
vernacular
Marlboro
Ref
1699
1826
meetinghouse
Marlboro
RC
1871
1879
traditional
Manasquan
Presbyterian Church of Manasquan
Pres
1848
1848
unknown
Manasquan
Saint Andrew's Methodist
ME
1843
1887
Manasquan
Bapt
1804
1869
Gothic Revival
Manasquan
Quak
1701
c1860
meetinghouse
Manasquan
Pres
1893
late Gothic
Marlboro
St. John's Roman Catholic
RC
1880
1894
vernacular
Matawan
Epis
1850
1850
Gothic Revival
Matawan
Bapt
1850
1860
Gothic Revival
Matawan
Saint James A.M.E.
AME
1843
1851
vernacular
Middletown
Ref
1836
1836
Gothic Revival
Middletown
Epis
1702
1836
meetinghouse
Middletown
Bapt
1688
1832
Greek Revival
Middletown
Quinn AME Chapel
AME
c1830
meetinghouse
Monmouth B'ch
Church of the Precious Blood
RC
c1895
Gothic
Navesink
ME
1832
1889
Gothic Revival
Navesink
Bapt
1832
1832
Greek Revival
Navesink
Epis
1864
1864
Gothic Revival
Ocean Grove
ME
1897
Gothic Revival
Ocean Grove
ME
1869
1894
tabernacle
Ocean Grove
Youth Temple
ME
c1890
tabernacle
Ocean Grove
Bishop James Tabernacle
ME
1869
1877
tabernacle
Ocean Grove
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
ME
1870
1884
Gothic
Perrineville
Presbyterian Church of Upper Freehld
Pres
1785
1884
vernacular
Perrineville
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic
RC
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
1879
Gothic
Red Bank
First Baptist
Bapt
1844
1893
Romanesque
Red Bank
Epis
1834
c1860
Gothic
Red Bank
Bapt
1896
vernacular
Rumson
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
Gothic
Shrewsbury
Epis
1702
1769
meetinghouse
Shrewsbury
Pres
1732
1821
meetinghouse
Shrewsbury
Quak
1672
1816
meetinghouse
Southard
Southard Methodist Episcopal
ME
c1815
1866
vernacular
Spring Lake
Epis
1880
Gothic Revival
Squankum
Lower Squankum Free Meetinghouse
union
1834
c1834
traditional
Tennent
Pres
1692
1751
meetinghouse
Tinton Falls
AME
1834
c1860
vernacular
Upper Freehold T
Bapt
c1686
1737
meetinghouse
W. Long Branch
Old First Methodist Episcopal
ME
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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