First Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as United Methodist Church, is a historic church at 116 East Washington Avenue in
Washington
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Warren County, New Jersey
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. It was built from 1895 to 1898 with a
Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. The church was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
for its significance in architecture on July 17, 2017. The parsonage, built 1892, is also included in the listing.
History
The first building constructed here was a wooden church built in 1825. A fire destroyed it in 1856 and the congregation replaced it with a brick building. In 1895, the brick building was deconstructed to allow construction of the current church.
Description
The church was designed by Samuel A. Brouse in a
Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. It is built using green serpentine stone and has pink sandstone accents. The form is asymmetrical, with a round tower on one side and a taller, square bell tower of the other.
Gallery
File:United Methodist Church, Washington, NJ - bell tower.jpg, Bell tower
File:United Methodist Church, Washington, NJ - double door entrance.jpg, Double door entrance
File:United Methodist Church Parsonage, Washington, NJ.jpg, Parsonage, built 1892
See also
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List of Methodist churches in the United States
This is a list of Methodist churches in the United States. It includes notable churches either where a church means a congregation (in the New Testament definition) or where a church means a building (in the colloquial sense). It also include ...
References
External links
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{{NRHP in Warren County, New Jersey
Washington, New Jersey
Churches completed in 1898
19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States
Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, New Jersey
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Stone churches in New Jersey
United Methodist churches in New Jersey