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Somerset County
These are the churches that have been recently photographed and are included on the photographic inventory. [partial list--not complete, but almost; I expect there are less than 60 pre-1900 churches in total.]
Municipality Church Sect Style Basking Ridge First Presbyterian Pres Greek Revival Bedminister Bedminister Reformed Ref shingle Bedminster Baptist Society of Larger Crossroads Bapt Greek Revival Bernardsville Congregational Church Cong Gothic Revival Bernardsville Saint Bernard's Church Epis Gothic Revival Blawenburg Reformed Church Ref meetinghouse Bound Brook Congregational Church Cong eclectic Bound Brook Presbyterian Ch of Bound Brook Pres Gothic Revival+ Bound Brook Bound Brook Methodist ME Greek Revival Bound Brook St. Joseph's Catholic RC Gothic Revival Clover Hill Reformed Church of Clover Hill Ref vernacular Coontown First Congregational Cong Greek Revival East Millstone East Millstone Methodist ME Greek Revival East Millstone St Joseph's Catholic RC Gothic East Millstone Reformed Dutch Church of East Millstone Ref Greek Revival Griggstown Reformed Church of Griggstown Ref Greek Revival Harlingen Reformed Church of Harlingen Ref Greek Revival Hillsborough Mt Zion AME AME c1865 vernacular Kingston Kingston Presbyterian Pres Wren-Gibbs Kingston Kingston Methodist ME Wren-Gibbs Lamington Lamington Presbyterian Pres Greek Revival Liberty Corner Liberty Corner Presbyterian Pres Wren-Gibbs Millstone Hillsboro/ Reformed at Millstone Ref meetinghouse Millington Millington Baptist Bapt Greek Revival Montgomery Mount Hope Christian Chris vernacular Montgomery Zion Methodist ME vernacular Mount Horeb Mount Horeb Methodist ME Wren-Gibbs Neshanic Reformed Church of Neshanic Ref meetinghouse North Branch Reformed Church of North Branch Ref Wren-Gibbs North Plainfield Church of the Holy Cross Epis board-and-batten Peapack-Gladstone Methodist Episcopal of Peapack ME Gothic Revival Gladstone Peapack Reformed Ref Wren-Gibbs Pluckemin Pluckemin Presbyterian Ref Greek Revival Pluckemin Methodist Episcopal Church ME meetinghouse Pluckemin Dutch Reformed chapel Ref meetinghouse Pottersville Pottersville Reformed Ref Wren-Gibbs Raritan Third Reformed of Raritan Ref Greek Revival Raritan St. Bernard's Catholic Church RC Victorian Gothic Raritan St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Luth late victorian Rocky Hill Rocky Hill Reformed Ref board-and-batten Rocky Hill Rocky Hill Methodist Episcopal ME meetinghouse Rocky Hill Trinity Church Epis board-and-batten Somerville First Baptist Bapt Gothic Somerville First Reformed of Somerset Ref eclectic Somerville Fourth Reformed of Raritan Ref vernacular Somerville Saint John's Church Epis Gothic Revival Somerville St. Thomas AME Zion AME vernacular Somerville Second Reformed Ref Gothic South Branch Branchville Reformed Ref Greek Revival So. Bound Brk Reformed of South Bound Brook Ref Greek Revival So. Bound Brk Saint Paul's AME AME vernacular Springdale Springdale Protestant Methodist PM meetinghouse Warren Mt. Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse Bapt meetinghouse Watchung Wilson Memorial Union Union 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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