Mays Landing Presbyterian Church is a historic church built in 1841 and located at Main Street and Cape May Avenue in the
Mays Landing
Mays Landing is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. section of
Hamilton Township in
Atlantic County, New Jersey
Atlantic County is a county located along the southern coast of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county had a population of 274,534.[Historic American Buildings Survey
Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes ...]
(HABS) in 1938
and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1982, for its significance in architecture and religion.
[ With ] The church was added as a
contributing property
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distri ...
to the
Mays Landing Historic District in 1990.
History and description
The church is a brick building using
Flemish bond and designed using
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
. The front portico features
Doric columns. The land was donated to the church by Samuel Richards, who owned the Weymouth Iron Furnace. The Reverend Allen H. Brown served as pastor 1846–1854 and 1862–1872.
See also
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List of Presbyterian churches in New Jersey
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Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Brick buildings and structures in New Jersey
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Churches completed in 1841
19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
Churches in Atlantic County, New Jersey
Presbyterian churches in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Atlantic County, New Jersey
Historic district contributing properties in New Jersey
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
1841 establishments in New Jersey
Historic American Buildings Survey in New Jersey