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    Middlesex County

These are the churches that have been recently photographed and are included on the photographic inventory. [partial list--not complete]

Municipality	Church	Sect	Fnd	Built	Style
Cranbury	First Presbyterian	Pres		1838	Greek Revival
Cranbury	First Methodist	ME		c1850	vernacular
Dayton	First Presbyterian	Pres		1869	meetinghouse
Dayton	Long Memorial Chapel	Pres		c1870	vernacular
Jamesburg	Presbyterian Church	Pres	1853	c1860	carpenter Gothic
Jamesburg	unknown - Monroe Sr Citizens			c1870	traditional
Keyport	First Presbyterian	Pres		1866	eclectic
Metuchen	Saint Lukes Episcopal Church	Epis	1866	1868	board and batten
New Brunswick	Christ Church	Epis	1743	1750	Wren-Gibbs
New Brunswick	First Reformed	Ref		1812	Wren-Gibbs
New Brunswick	Saint Peter's Roman Catholic	Cath		1865	Gothic Revival
New Brunswick	Emanuel Lutheran	Luth		1897	Gothic Revival
New Brunswick	Church of the Sacred Heart	Cath		1883	Gothic revival
New Brunswick	First Methodist	ME		1869	Gothic Revival
New Brunswick	Kirkpatrick Chapel, Rutgers	Ref		1873	Gothic Revival
New Brunswick	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Orthd		c1890	Romanesque Revival
North Brunswick	Georges Road Baptist	Bapt	c1845	1865	traditional
Perth Amboy	Saint Peter's Church	Epis	1698	1852	Gothic Revival
Perth Amboy	Simpson Methodist	ME	1856	1866	Wren-Gibbs
Perth Amboy	First Presbyterian	Pres		c1880	Gothic
Perth Amboy	Our Savior Lutheran	Luth	1868	1897	Gothic
Piscataway	Saint James Church	Epis	1704	1836	Greek Revival
South Amboy	Christ Church	Epis		1858	Gothic Revival
South Amboy	St. Mary's Catholic	RC		c1880	Gothic
South Amboy	unknown/Baptist?			c1880	vernacular
South Brunswick	Fresh Ponds Methodist	ME	c1840	1840	meetinghouse
South Brunswick	Fresh Ponds chapel			1890s	meetinghouse
South River	Old School Baptist	Bapt		1805	meetinghouse
South River	German Presbyterian	Pres		1890s	vernacular
Spotswood	Saint Peter's Church	Epis	1757	1849	board and batten
Woodbridge	First Presbyterian	Pres	1675		[questionable]
Woodbridge	Trinity Church	Epis	1698	1860	Gothic Revival
Woodbridge	Woodbridge Methodist	ME	1832	1870	Romanesque

 

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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