Mays Landing Presbyterian Church

	Mays Landing Presbyterian Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	Main Street and Cape May Avenue, Mays Landing, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°27′9″N 74°43′40″W / 39.45250°N 74.72778°W
Built	1841
Architectural style	Vernacular Neo-Classical
Part of	Mays Landing Historic District (ID90001245)
NRHP reference No.	82003261
NJRHP No.	339
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 20, 1982
Designated CP	August 23, 1990
Designated NJRHP	April 21, 1981

Mays Landing Presbyterian Church is a historic church built in 1841 and located at Main Street and Cape May Avenue in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1938^[3] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1982, for its significance in architecture and religion.^[4] The church was added as a contributing property to the Mays Landing Historic District in 1990.^[5]

History and description

The church is a brick building using Flemish bond and designed using Greek Revival architecture. The front portico features Doric columns. The land was donated to the church by Samuel Richards, who owned the Weymouth Iron Furnace. The Reverend Allen H. Brown served as pastor 1846–1854 and 1862–1872.^[4]

References

^ "National Register Information System – (#82003261)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Atlantic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 30, 2023. p. 6.
^ "Mays Landing Presbyterian Church". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1938.
^ ^a ^b Ash, III, John T.; McGeary, Mary J. (January 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mays Landing Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. With accompanying 10 photos
^ Thompson, Priscilla M. (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mays Landing Historic District". National Park Service.

External links

Media related to Mays Landing Presbyterian Church at Wikimedia Commons
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-516, "Mays Landing Presbyterian Church, Mays Landing, Atlantic County, NJ", 3 photos, 13 measured drawings, 4 data pages
"The Presbyterian Church, Mays Landing – 1841". The Historical Marker Database.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System – (#82003261)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[NJRHP-2] "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Atlantic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 30, 2023. p. 6.

[3] "Mays Landing Presbyterian Church". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1938.

[nrhpdoc-4] Ash, III, John T.; McGeary, Mary J. (January 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mays Landing Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. With accompanying 10 photos

[nrhpdoc2-5] Thompson, Priscilla M. (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mays Landing Historic District". National Park Service.

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Districts	Bay Front Historic District Bethlehem Loading Company Mays Landing Plant Archeological Historic District Estellville Glassworks Historic District Linwood Historic District Marven Gardens Historic District Mays Landing Historic District Port Republic Historic District John Stafford Historic District
Places of worship	Church of the Ascension Church of the Redeemer Head of the River Church Jacobus Evangelical Lutheran Church Mays Landing Presbyterian Church St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church
Houses	Capt. Francis Babcock House William L. Black House John Doughty House Dr. Jonathan Pitney House Jeremiah II or Edward Risley House Somers Mansion
Buildings	Barclay Court Belcoville Post Office Amanda Blake Store Egg Harbor Commercial Bank Great Egg Coast Guard Station Holmhurst Hotel Linwood Borough School No. 1 Madison Hotel Morton Hotel Pleasant Mills Samuel Richards Hotel Santa Rita Apartments Segal Building Shelburne Hotel Smithville Apothecary Ventnor City Hall
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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Atlantic County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

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