Upper Freehold Baptist Meeting
Upper Freehold Baptist Meeting (also known as Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House) is a historic church in the Imlaystown section of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, and the oldest Baptist meetinghouse in the state.[3]
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| Nearest city | Imlaystown, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°10′8″N 74°28′28″W |
| Area | 25 acres (10 ha) |
| Built | 1720 |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001147[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 2069[2] |
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| Added to NRHP | April 21, 1975 |
| Designated NJRHP | March 25, 1975 |
It was built in 1737, by a congregation begun that year[4] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Notable burials
- Elisha Lawrence (1746–1799), Federalist Party politician and acting governor of New Jersey in 1790
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Monmouth County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 1, 2011. p. 14. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
- "Upper Freehold Historic Farmland". Uftnj.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-31. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- "Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House - New Jersey Historical Markers on". Waymarking.com. 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
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