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    Cape May County

These are the churches that I have photographed in the county. It is a very incomplete list, but eventually I will get to all of the others.

Municipality	Church	Sect	Fnd	Built	Style
Burleigh	[Faith Fellowship Chapel]			c1860	schoolhouse
Cape May	Allen AME	AME		c1870	vernacular
Cape May	Cape May Methodist	ME		1844	vernacular/Greek rev
Cape May	Cape May Presbyterian	Pres		1853	eclectic
Cape May	First Presbyterian	Pres		1898	late Gothic
Cape May	Cape Island Baptist	Bapt		1879	eclectic
Cape May	St James Chapel	Epis		1865	board-and-batten
Cape May Cths	First ME of Cape May Courthouse	ME		c1870	vernacular
Cape May Cths	New Asbury Meetinghouse	ME	1812	1852	Greek Revival
Cold Spring	Cold Spring Presbyterian	Pres		1823	meetinghouse
Dennisville	Dennisville Methodist	ME	1869	1870	meetinghouse
Dias Creek	Dias Creek Methodist	ME		1886	late Victorian
Eldora	original Eldora Methodist	ME	1860	1860	meetinghouse
Eldora	Eldora Methodist	ME	1860	1883	meetinghouse
Goshen	Immanuel Baptist	Bapt		1887	late Gothic
Goshen	St. Elizabeth's Roman Catholic	RC	1879	1879	verncular
Green Creek	Green Creek Community Church	non-d		c1870	vernacular
Green Creek	Green Creek Methodist	ME		c1880	vernacular
Ocean View	Calvary Baptist	Bapt	1811	c1870	vernacular
Palermo	Palermo Baptist	Bapt		1853	Gothic
Seaville	Seaville Friends	Quak	1693	1716	meetinghouse
Seaville	Seaville Methodist	ME		c1880	Gothic
South Dennis	South Dennis Methodist	ME		1870	Greek Revival + Italate
Swainton	John Wesley Methodist	ME	1840	c1878	vernacular
Whitesboro	St. Stephen AME	AME		c1890	vernacular
Woodbine	Woodbine Brotherhood	Jew	1893	1893	meetinghouse

 

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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