The First Presbyterian Church is located at 57 E. Park Place in the town of Morristown in

Morris County, New Jersey Morris County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county's population was enumerated at 509,285,

. The congregation started worship here in 1733. It received a royal charter from

George II of Great Britain , house = Hanover , religion = Protestant , father = George I of Great Britain , mother = Sophia Dorothea of Celle , birth_date = 30 October / 9 November 1683 , birth_place = Herrenhausen Palace,Cannon. or Leine ...

in 1756. The current church building was erected in 1894. The stone building features

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and works by

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. The church was added to the

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, listed as a

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of the Morristown District, on October 30, 1973. With

History

Second Presbyterian Church

In 1840, the congregation decided to split in two, and formed the Second Presbyterian Church. In 1863, the name was changed to the South Street Presbyterian Church at Morristown. After a fire destroyed the original church building, a new stone church was built in 1878, designed by architect

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in Romanesque Revival style. The building is also listed as a contributing property of the Morristown District. In 1925, the two congregations merged to form the Presbyterian Church in Morristown.

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Second Presbyterian Church

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