Old Baptist Parsonage (Scotch Plains, New Jersey)

Old Baptist Parsonage is a historic church parsonage at 547 Park Avenue in Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is associated with the historic Scotch Plains Baptist Church and cemetery.

Old Baptist Parsonage
Location547 Park Avenue, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Coordinates40°39′6″N 74°23′59″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1786
NRHP reference No.73001137[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 18, 1973

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 addition was added in 1810.[2]

The parsonage was added to the National Register in 1973.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Bousquet, Richard; Bousquet, Suzanne (1995). Images of America: Scotch Plains and Fanwood. Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 0738563188.


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