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Old Baptist Parsonage is a historic church
parsonage A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of religion. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, parsonage, rectory or vicarage. Function A clergy house is typically own ...
at 547 Park Avenue in the township of Scotch Plains in
Union County, New Jersey Union County is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 575,345, making it the seventh-most populous of New Jersey's 21 counties. Its county seat is Elizabeth.
, United States. It is associated with the historic
Scotch Plains Baptist Church The Scotch Plains Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at Park Avenue in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Cemetery listing ...
and cemetery. The parsonage 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 January 18, 1973, for its significance in architecture. With In 2013, it was included in the Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Cemetery listing on the NRHP. With accompanying 36 photos


History and description

It still stands on the original site where it was built in 1786. This structure was the first stone parsonage of Essex County, which included what is now Union County. The
wood frame Framing, in construction, is the fitting together of pieces to give a structure support and shape. Framing materials are usually wood, engineered wood, or structural steel. The alternative to framed construction is generally called ''mass wal ...
addition was added in 1810.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey __NOTOC__ Current listings This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Union ...


References

{{NRHP in Union County, New Jersey Baptist churches in New Jersey Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Churches completed in 1786 Houses in Union County, New Jersey Scotch Plains, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Union County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places Clergy houses in the United States 18th-century Baptist churches in the United States