Mays Landing Presbyterian Church
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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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National Register of Historic Places listings in Atlantic County, New Jersey List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Atlantic County, New Jersey __NOTOC__ This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Atlantic County, New J ...
* List of Presbyterian churches in New Jersey


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