Scotch Plains Baptist Church

Scotch Plains Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church located at Park Avenue in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. The associated nearby Old Baptist Parsonage is a historic church parsonage, located at 347 Park Avenue, which was built in 1786 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[2]

Scotch Plains Baptist Church
General information
Architectural styleGingerbread Ruskinian Gothic
Town or cityPark Avenue, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
CountryUnited States
Construction started1870 (for present church)[1]
Completedc.1740 (for 1st church)[1]
c.1816 (for 2nd church)[1]
1870 (for 3rd and present church)[1]
Demolished1816 (fire--1st church)[1]
ClientScotch Plains Baptist Church
Technical details
Structural systemMasonry brick with Ohio stone dressing[1]
Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Cemetery
Location333-347 Park Ave.
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Coordinates40°39′9″N 74°23′59″W
ArchitectThomas A. Roberts
Architectural styleLate Victorian: Gothic; Colonial: Georgian
NRHP reference No.13000386[2]
Added to NRHPJune 14, 2013

History

The present church is located in an American Revolutionary War-era cemetery known as "God’s Little Acre", with Watchung Mountains-quarried brown sandstone grave markers dating back to 1742.[1] The original church dated from the early 18th century. After a fire, it was rebuilt around 1816.[1] The present church was built in 1871 in a Gingerbread Ruskinian Gothic style “made of pressed brick with Ohio stone and white brick trimmings.”[1]

Burid the church's cemetery is Caesar, who died on February 7, 1806 at 104 years of age. He was born in Africa and brought to America as a slave. He was freed from slavery in 1769. During the Revolutionary War Caesar drove a wagon and delivered supplies to the Continental troops at Blue Hills Fort and Camp.

References
  1. Bousquet, R; S. Bousquet (1995). Scotch Plains and Fanwood. Images of America. Dover, New Hampshire: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-6318-8.
  2. "Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Cemetery; National Register of Historic Places Program". National Park Service. Retrieved August 30, 2017.

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