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Zion Lutheran Church
Oldwick, Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County

 

The oldest Lutheran church in the state, this stucco-over-stone building was erected in 1749. The congregation was formed in 1714 by a few German families moving west from the Millstone Valley in Somerset County. The church has been much altered in the last 250 years; the roof was originally hipped and the door was on the long side. There would have been no Gothic windows then, and of course, no Greek Revival details or Victorian belfry. The history of the church, along with its original charter, is well-documented. This church was the responsibility of Reverend Muhlenberg, whose son became a General In Washington's army.

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