Scotch Plains Baptist Church

Scotch Plains Baptist Church
General information
Architectural style Gingerbread Ruskinian Gothic
Town or city Park Avenue, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Country United States
Construction started 1870 (for present church)[1]
Completed c.1740 (for 1st church)[1]
c.1816 (for 2nd church)[1]
1870 (for 3rd and present church)[1]
Demolished 1816 (fire--1st church)[1]
Client Scotch Plains Baptist Church
Technical details
Structural system Masonry brick with Ohio stone dressing[1]

Scotch Plains Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at Park Avenue in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. The associated nearby Old Baptist Parsonage is a historic church parsonage, located at 547 Park Avenue, which was built in 1786 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[2]

History

The present church is located in an American Revolutionary War-era cemetery known as "God’s Little Acre", with Watchung Mountains-quarried brown sandstone grave markers dating back to 1742.[1] The original church dated from the early 18th century. After a fire, it was rebuilt around 1816.[1] The present church was built in 1871 in a Gingerbread Ruskinian Gothic style “made of pressed brick with Ohio stone and white brick trimmings.”[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bousquet, R; S. Bousquet (1995). Scotch Plains and Fanwood. Images of America. Dover, New Hampshire: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-6318-8.
  2. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

Coordinates: 40°39′09″N 74°23′59″W / 40.6526°N 74.3998°W / 40.6526; -74.3998

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