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Alloway Methodist Episcopal Church
Alloway Township, Salem County

The Alloway congregation was organized in 1819 and a brick building erected in 1820. This large church was built in 1876. Note the deep pediment, a characteristic of several south Jersey "bank-front" churches built during this period, when most of the state's congregations were putting up asymmetrical Gothic or Romanesque revival buildings. The tower and belfry are to the rear of the church, which is highly unusual. I believe the entrance portico is a later addition.
     Because Methodist churches (especially) hosted a variety of cultural activities and groups in addition to their own Sunday School, Bible classes and other groups, the lower floor was often given to meeting rooms, while the auditorium was on the second floor.

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