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Passaic County

These are the pre-1900 churches I have photographed thus far. [partial list--not complete]

Municipality	Church	Sect	Fnd	Blt	Style
Bloomingdale	First Baptist	Bapt	1824	1847	vernacular
Bloomingdale	Methodist Protestant	MP	1847	1903?	late Gothic
Newfoundland	Methodist Episcopal	ME	1851	1867	vernacular
Oak Ridge	Oak Ridge Presbyterian	Pres		1819	vernacular
Pasaic	First Reformed	Ref		1880s	late Gothic
Passaic	St. John's Episcopal	Epis		1896	eclectic
Passaic	St. John's Evangelical Lutheran	Luth		1896	German Baroque
Passaic	First Baptist	Bapt		1891	meetinghouse
Passaic	St. John the Baptist	?		1870s	Gothic
Paterson	St. Paul's Episcopal	Epis		1895	eclectic
Paterson	First Presbyterian	Pres		c.1860	late Gothic
Paterson	Presbyterian chapel	Pres	1812	1870s	vernacular
Paterson	German Presbyterian	Pres		c1860	Gothic
Paterson	Church of the Redeemer	Pres		1890s	Gothic
Paterson	St. John the Baptist Cathedral	RC		1880s	Gothic
Paterson	St. Joseph's Roman Catholic	RC		1886	Gothic
Paterson	St. Boniface German Catholic	RC	1859	c1860	Gothic
Paterson	Church of the Holy Communion	Epis		1871	Gothic revival
Paterson	First Zion AME	AME	1850	1894	vernacular
Paterson	[Solomon's temple]	?		1878	eclectic
Paterson	[Victory] church
Paterson	St. Michael's Roman Catholic	RC			renaissance Revival
Paterson	Peoples Park Holland Reformed	Ref		1892	vernacular
Paterson	[Iglesia Bautista Central]			1890s	vernacular
Paterson	Broadway Baptist	Bapt	1879?	1879	Georgian
Paterson	[Friendship Baptist]	Bapt		1887	late Gothic
Paterson	[Christ Church Methodist]	ME?		1890s	late Gothic
Pompton Lakes	Pompton Reformed	Ref	1812	1814	Wren-Gibbs
Wayne	Pequannock Reformed	Ref		1882	late Victorian

 

Some explanations are 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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