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Salem County
These are the churches that have been photographed, researched and are included in the photographic inventory of the county. It is as complete as I can make it. Some articles cite Josephine Jaquett's book, The Churches of Salem County, and a few note Stanger's book On the Methodist Trail; many of the dates come from Cushing & Sheppard's 1883 History of the Counties of Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland. Expanded coverage of the religious architecture of Salem County is available in book form—The Salem Churchscape—religious architecture in Salem County, New Jersey, 1676-1900, to be published in 2011.
Municipality Church Sect Fnd Built Style Aldine Aldine Methodist ME meetinghouse Alliance Scharis Israel synagogue Jew 1882 1884 vernacular Alloway Twsp Alloway Methodist ME meetinghouse Alloway Twsp Alloway Baptist Bapt meetinghouse Auburn Ebenezar Methodist ME 1790 1880 pattern book Canton Canton Baptist Bapt meetinghouse Canton Canton Methodist ME 1885 1886 meetinghouse Cedarville Mt. Zion A.M.E. AME 1892 vernacular Churchtown Saint George's Church Luth vernacular Clayville New Jerusalem A.U.M.P. AUMP 1879 1879 vernacular Daretown Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church Pres Georgian Daretown Pilesgrove Presbyterian Pres Gothic Revival Daretown Pittsgrove Baptist Bapt vernacular Elmer Elmer Methodist ME Gothic Revival Elmer Saint Ann's Catholic Church Cath vernacular Friesburg Emanuel Lutheran Luth meetinghouse Hancock's Brdg Alloways Creek Friends Quak meetinghouse Mannington Tp Haines Neck Methodist ME 1826 1888 vernacular Marshalltown Mt. Zion A.U.M.P. AUMP 1879 vernacular Monroeville Monroeville Methodist ME 1850 1858 meetinghouse Norma Ahavas Achim Synagogue Jew vernacular Pedricktown Hudson Methodist ME 1860 1860 meetinghouse Penns Grove Trinity Methodist ME 1881 meetinghouse Penton Union Protestant Chapel non-d 1853 1880 meetinghouse Pittsgrove Twsp Union Grove Methodist ME 1835 1869 meetinghouse Pittsgrove Twsp old Pittsgrove Baptist Church Bapt meetinghouse Quinton First Methodist ME Gothic Revival Quinton Quinton Baptist Bapt 1876 1885 vernacular Quinton Twsp Marlboro 7th Day Baptist Bapt 1811 1861 vernacular Salem Saint John's Church Epis Gothic Revival Salem Salem Friends Quak meetinghouse Salem First Methodist ME Gothic Revival Salem Mount Pisgah African Meth Epis AME meetinghouse Salem Memorial Baptist Bapt vernacular Salem First Presbyterian Pres Gothic Revival Salem First Baptist Bapt Wren-Gibbs Salem Broadway Methodist ME vernacular Salem St Mary's Catholic RC 1847 1852 Gothic revival Salem Salem Orthodox Friends Quak 1676 1837 meetinghouse Salem St. John's chapel Epis 1883 Gothic Salem First Methodist of Salem (original) ME 1784 1784 meetinghouse Union Grove Union Grove Methodist ME meetinghouse Sharpton Sharpton Methodist ME meetinghouse Woodstown Pilesgrove Orthodox Friends Quak 1720 1828 meetinghouse Woodstown Asbury Methodist ME 1823 1893 pattern book Woodstown Spencer Union American ME UAME 1818 1842 meetinghouse Woodstown Woodstown Friends Quak meetinghouse Woodstown First Baptist Bapt vernacular Yorketown Mount Laurel African Meth Epis AME 1872 c1872 vernacular
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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