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  early churches of New Jersey

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Stockholm Methodist Episcopal Church
Stockholm, Sussex County

 
The simple meetinghouse in Stockholm was erected in 1826 by one of the earliest Methodist congregations in the state, formed in 1800. Methodist circuit preachers did particularly well in rural areas, and many of their early congregations can be found in Sussex, Morris, Warren, and Hunterdon (as well as in south Jersey). Only after the Civil War did they do well in the more urban areas of the state.
     The design of the church could not be any plainer—even the small belfry may be a later addition. There are shutters on the front but not on the side. And there is a substantial burial ground to the rear.

National Register.