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Milford Presbterian church
Milford, Hunterdon County

 

This substantial stone sturcture, seating 600, is the second Presbyterian church on the site. The first was built in 1833 and served until it was removed to make way for the current building. The building was stuccoed until a renovation in 1999.
A sawmill and grist mill were among the earliest buildings, showing up on a survey done in 1757. The grist mill burned and by 1805 the location was identified as “Burnt Mills.” Shortly thereafter it acquired the name Milford. By the 1880s it had two hotels, a drug store, hardware store. a tin-and-stove store, three churches, two gristmills, a carriage shop, two cabinet-makers’ shops, two blacksmiths, a post office and a railroad depot.
     The style and scale are similar to the Methodist churches in Fairmont, Oldwick and Whitehouse and the Reformed churches in Annandale and Pottersville.

 

 

 

 

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