Harmony Hill United Methodist Church
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Harmony Hill United Methodist Church | |
Nearest city | Stillwater Township, New Jersey |
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Area | 4.6 acres (1.9 ha) |
Built | 1832 |
Architect | Dildine,Thomas; Earl,John W. |
NRHP reference No. | 77000913[1] |
NJRHP No. | [2] |
Added to NRHP | September 19, 1977 |
Harmony Hill Methodist Church is a Methodist Episcopal house of worship affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located about one mile north of the village of Stillwater in Stillwater Township, in the Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.
One of the earliest Methodist congregations organized in both New Jersey and the United States, Harmony Hill Methodist Church was established in 1802 along the Flanders Circuit, a large, nearly 400-mile circuit of several churches in northwestern New Jersey, Southern New York and Pennsylvania that was served by travelling ministers. The congregation met in its early members' barns and homes until the current structure, a wood-frame building, was erected in 1832–1833. Its founders were either previously members (including original founders) of the Stillwater Presbyterian Church when that church was affiliated as a joint Lutheran and German Reformed congregation (before 1822), or from descendants of those founders, as the population of Stillwater assimilated from its Palatine German roots to English-oriented American culture.
Harmony Hill Methodist Church is listed on both the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places.
Harmony Hill Methodist Cemetery
A cemetery is located adjacent to the Harmony Hill Methodist Church where most of the early parishioners of the church are interred. Several members of the Main, Savercool, Wintermute and descendants of the early families of Stillwater, New Jersey are buried within the cemetery.
See also
- History of New Jersey
- Paulins Kill
- Stillwater Cemetery (Stillwater, New Jersey)
- Stillwater Presbyterian Church (Stillwater, New Jersey)
- Stillwater Township, New Jersey
- Sussex County, New Jersey
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Sussex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 12. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
External links
- Harmony Hill United Methodist Church
- Published burials at the Harmony Hill Methodist Cemetery
- Harmony Hill Methodist Church at New Jersey Churchscape
- Palatine German settlement in New Jersey
- History of New Jersey
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Churches completed in 1833
- Churches in Sussex County, New Jersey
- History of Methodism in the United States
- Religious organizations established in 1802
- Methodist churches in New Jersey
- Methodist congregations established in the 19th century
- 1802 establishments in New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, New Jersey
- Stillwater Township, New Jersey
- New Jersey Registered Historic Place stubs
- New Jersey church stubs