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    Monmouth County

These are 115 churches in Monmouth County; these are the ones that have been photographed and researched. I will add to the list as soon as I can get to it. [partial list--not complete]

Municipality	Church	Sect	Fnd	Built	Style
Adelphia	Bethesda Methodist	ME	1779	1849	vernacular
Allaire State Pk	Allaire Episcopal	Epis	1832	1832	meetinghouse
Allenhurst	St. Andrews by the Sea	Epis	1832	1832	Gothic
Allentown	Allenton Methodist	ME	1810	1859	vernacular
Allentown	Allentown Baptist	Bapt	1873	1879	vernacular
Allentown	Allentown Presbyterian	Pres	1756	1837	Wren-Gibbs
Ardena	Ardena Baptist	Bapt	1859	1861	vernacular
Trinity Church	Asbury Park	Epis	1872	1877	Gothic
Atlan Highlands	original Methodist meetinghouse	ME	1882	1882	meetinghouse
Atlan Highlands	Central Baptist	Bapt		1896	shingle
Atlan Highlands	original Methodist meetinghouse	ME	1882	1882	vernacular
Atlan Highlands	First Presbyterian of Atlantic Highlnds	Pres		c1890	Gothic Revival
Avon-by-the-Sea	St. John's Episcopal	Epis	1883	1890s	shingle
Belford	Belford Methodist Episcopal	ME	1844	1893	meetinghouse
Bradley Beach	First Methodist of Bradley Beach	ME	1886	1900	Victorian
Centerville	Centerville Methodist	ME		c1850	meetinghouse
Clarksburg	Clarksburg Methodist	ME	1832	1845	vernacular
Cliffwood	Cliffwood Methodist Episcopal	ME	1840	1854	meetinghouse
Colts Neck	Colts Neck Reformed	Ref	1856	1856	Greek Revival
Deal/Wileys Corn	Centerville Methodist	ME	1882	1882	meetinghouse
Eatontown	Presbyterian Church at Eatontown	Pres		1878	vernacular
Eatontown	Mt. Zion AME	AME	1840	1845	vernacular
Eatontown	Saint James Memorial	Epis	1863	1866	Gothic Revival
Englishtown	Sanford Memorial ME	ME	1842	c1870	Gothic Revival
Englishtown	First Presbyterian	Pres	1860	1860	vernacular
Freehold	First Baptist	Bapt	1834	1869	Gothic Revival
Freehold	Reformed Church of Freehold	Ref	1842	1842	vernacular
Freehold	First Presbyterian	Pres	1835	1873	Gothic Revival
Freehold	Saint Peter's	Epis	1702	1771	meetinghouse
Imlaystown	Imlaystown ME	ME	1865	1866	vernacular
Keyport	Calvary Methodist Episcopal	ME	1832	1856	Greek Revival
Keyport	First Baptist	Bapt	1840	1860	Gothic Revival
Keyport	Reformed Church	Ref	1848	c1850	Greek Revival
Keyport	Second Baptist	Bapt		1893	vernacular
Keyport	Presbyterian Church at Keyport	Pres	1878	1879	late Gothic
Long Branch	St. Michael's Church	RC	1848	1886	Gothic
Long Branch	Church of the Presidents	Pres	1869	1869	Gothic Revival
Long Branch	Elberon Memorial Chapel	Pres	1886	1886	eclectic
Long Branch	Saint Luke's Methodist	ME	1864	1894
Long Branch	First Baptist	Bapt			eclectic
Long Branch	First Presbyterian	Pres	1883	1883	Gothic Revival
Marlboro	Reformed Chapel	Ref		1869	vernacular
Marlboro	Ref. Dutch Ch. of the Navesink	Ref	1699	1826	meetinghouse
Marlboro	St. Gabriel Roman Catholic	RC	1871	1879	traditional
Manasquan	Presbyterian Church of Manasquan	Pres	1848	1848	unknown
Manasquan	Saint Andrew's Methodist	ME	1843	1887
Manasquan	First Baptist Church of Howell	Bapt	1804	1869	Gothic Revival
Manasquan	Manasquan Friends	Quak	1701	c1860	meetinghouse
Manasquan	Reformed Presbyterian	Pres		1893	late Gothic
Manasquan				c1870	vernacular
Matawan	Trinity Church	Epis	1850	1850	Gothic Revival
Matawan	First Baptist	Bapt	1850	1860	Gothic Revival
Matawan	Saint James A.M.E.	AME	1843	1851	vernacular
Middletown	Middletown Reformed	Ref	1836	1836	Gothic Revival
Middletown	Christ Church	Epis	1702	1836	meetinghouse
Middletown	Old First Church	Bapt	1688	1832	Greek Revival
Middletown	Quinn AME Chapel	AME		c1830	meetinghouse
Navesink	Riceville Methodist	ME	1832	1889	Gothic Revival
Navesink	Navesink Baptist Mission Chapel	Bapt	1832	1832	Greek Revival
Navesink	All Saint's Church	Epis	1864	1864	Gothic Revival
Ocean Grove	Thornley Chapel	ME		1897	Gothic Revival
Ocean Grove	Great Auditorium	ME	1869	1894	auditorium
Red Bank	Trinity Episcopal	Epis	1834	c1860	Gothic
Red Bank	Pilgrim Baptist	Bapt		1896	vernacular
Rumson	First Presbyterian	Pres	1861	c1886	vernacular
Shrewsbury	Christ Church	Epis	1702	1769	meetinghouse
Shrewsbury	First Presbyterian	Pres	1732	1821	meetinghouse
Shrewsbury	Shrewsbury Friends	Quak	1672	1816	meetinghouse
Spring Lake	Church of the Holy Trinity	Epis		1880	Gothic Revival
Tennent	Old Tennent Church	Pres	1692	1751	meetinghouse
Tinton Falls	St. Thomas AME Zion	AME	1834	c1860	vernacular
Upper Freehold T	Yellow Meetinghouse	Bapt	c1686	1737	meetinghouse
W. Long Branch	Old First Methodist Episcopal	ME			traditional

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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