Six Mile Run Reformed Church
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Six Mile Run Reformed Church | |
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| Location |
3037 New Jersey Route 27 Six Mile Run Franklin Park, New Jersey |
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| Built | 1880 |
| NRHP Reference # | 09001102 |
| NJRHP # | 3527[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 18, 2009 |
| Designated NJRHP | January 9, 2009 |
The Six Mile Run Reformed Church is in the Six Mile Run, section of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, that takes its name from Six Mile Run, a tributary of the Millstone River that flows through the area.[2]
The first house of worship for an early congregation, the Church of the Three Mile Run, was built in 1703.[3][4][5] As the congregation grew, members were sent out to start new churches, and Six Mile Run emerged in 1710. In 1720, Reverend Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen became the permanent pastor, sent from Holland to take charge of the Dutch churches of Middlesex, Somerset, and Hunterdon counties.
The first building was replaced by a new building in 1766 and was later replaced in 1817 by a third structure on the same site. The current building replaced the 1817 church that was destroyed by fire on January 7, 1879. Within a year the present day church with its hexagonal bell tower and tall slate shingle steeple was erected and dedicated.[6] The Frelinghuysen Memorial Chapel was added in 1907 and the Fellowship Hall was dedicated in 1958.[7]
References
- ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. October 27, 2015. p. 6.
- ↑ "Six Mile Run Reformed Church". Six Mile Run Reformed Church. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ↑ "Church of the Three Mile Run". Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ↑ "First Reformed Church of New Brunswick". First Reformed Church of New Brunswick. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ↑ "First Reformed Church". New Jersey Churchscape. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
- ↑ "Our Historic Church". Six Mile Run. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ↑ William B. Brahms, Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ: A History, FTPL; ISBN 0-9668586-0-3 page 543
