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Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Rahway, Union County

Saint Mary's was founded in Rahway in 1846 and this substantial red brick Gothic building was erected in 1888. It was designed by Jeremiah O'Rourke, who designed at least a dozen other churches in the state and hundreds more throughout the country. The tower appears to be slotted, but the slots are merely a series of quite elongated windows. The long nave with a row of clerestory windows and a substantial tower offset to one side was a plan O'Rourke employed for several of his churches in the state.

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