The Mount Hope Miners' Church, also known as the Mount Hope Methodist Episcopal Church, is located on Mount Hope Road in the
Mount Hope section of
Rockaway Township
Rockaway Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population was 25,341, reflecting an increase of 1,185 (+4.9%) from the 24,156 counted in the 2010 Census.
Rockaw ...
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, , United States. The historic wood frame church was built in 1868 and 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 ...
on August 20, 2012, for its significance in architecture, social history, and religion.
It features an octagonal bell tower with a dome cupola. The church was damaged on July 10, 1926, when lightning struck an ammunition building at the
Picatinny Arsenal near
Lake Denmark.
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National Archives Catalog for New Jersey
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List of Methodist churches in the United States
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{{NRHP in Morris County, New Jersey
Rockaway Township, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Morris County, New Jersey
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Churches in Morris County, New Jersey
Churches completed in 1868
1868 establishments in New Jersey
United Methodist churches in New Jersey
Wooden churches in New Jersey