Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church

Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church
Nearest city: Fairfield Township, New Jersey
Area: 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built: 1860
Architectural style: Mid 19th Century Revival
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 95001138[1]
NJRHP #: [2]
Added to NRHP: September 29, 1995

Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church in Gouldtown, Fairfield Township, New Jersey. Gouldtown is now just a crossroads with a few buildings, but it is one of the oldest settlements in America founded by free, land-owning African-Americans. The Rev. Ruben Cuff of Salem County organized a society of African Americans in 1818. In 1823 they bought an unused schoolhouse to use as a church, and in 1834 they bought a second schoolhouse and moved it to the site.[3]

The current church was built in 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

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References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Cumberland County". NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 12. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/cumberland.pdf. Retrieved October 13, 2010. 
  3. ^ Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal (1997). America's religious architecture: sacred places for every community, Preservation Press Series. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 465. ISBN 0471145025, 9780471145028. http://books.google.com/books?id=I0GviYfRKOsC&pg=PA84#v=onepage&q&f=false.  p.84
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