First Dutch Reformed Church, Hackensack

{{Short description|Historic church in Bergen County, New Jersey, US}}

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| name = First Dutch Reformed Church, Hackensack

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| image = HackensackChurchOnTheGreen.jpg

| caption = Hackensack's Church On The Green

| location = 42 Court Street,
Hackensack, New Jersey

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| locmapin = USA New Jersey Bergen County#New Jersey#USA

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| area = {{convert|1.6|acre}}

| built = 1791

| architecture = Wrenn-Gibbs type

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| added = June 9, 1983

| designated =

| refnum = 83001546{{NRISref|2009a}}

| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP

| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_date = April 8, 1983

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First Dutch Reformed Church, also known as the "Old Church on the Green", is located in Hackensack, New Jersey.

History

It sits in the churchyard of the church by the same name, the current building being constructed in 1791. The east wall of the building is of particular interest because it incorporates several carved stones from the first church building erected on the site. These stones bear the monogram of several of the founding families. The congregation was founded by Dutch settlers in 1686. For the first ten years the congregation worshipped in various locations, and in 1696 the first building was built on the current site. In 1780 Colonial General Enoch Poor was buried in the Cemetery. George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette attended the funeral.[http://www.njchurchscape.com/Hackensack%20First%20Reformed.html Photographic Inventory: Hackensack First Reformed Church], accessed August 7, 2006. The church is the oldest extant church in Bergen County.

{{Cite web

| title = First Reformed

| publisher = New Jersey Churchscape | url = http://www.njchurchscape.com/Hackensack%20First%20Reformed.html | access-date = 2010-09-05 }}{{cite book |last=Sarapin |first=Janice Kohl |title=Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey |year=2002 |publisher=Rutgers University Press | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uDfIJt5RFWgC&pg=PP1 |isbn=0813521114 }}{{cite news |title=Two Hundred Years Old. The Church Built By The Dutch Settlers In Hackensack Valley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1886/09/24/archives/two-hundred-years-old-the-church-built-by-the-dutch-settlers-in.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 24, 1886}}

The church is adjacent to the Hackensack Green, which was originally church land and is one of the oldest public squares in New Jersey.{{cite book | last =Chiat | first =Marilyn Joyce Segal | title =America's religious architecture: sacred places for every community, Preservation Press Series | publisher =John Wiley and Sons | year =1997 | pages =465 [83]| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=I0GviYfRKOsC&pg=PA83 |isbn=978-0471145028}}

Notable burials

Adam Boyd (1746–1835) represented New Jersey in Congress from 1803 to 1805, and again from 1808 to 1813.[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000714 Adam Boyd], Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 22, 2007.
George Cassedy (1783–1842), represented New Jersey in Congress from 1821 to 1827.[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000234 George Cassedy], Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 22, 2007.
Enoch Poor (1736–1780), one of George Washington’s officers.[http://hackensackhigh.org/~rkc/hackensack/poor/poor.html Enoch Poor burial site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012123816/http://hackensackhigh.org/~rkc/hackensack/poor/poor.html |date=2006-10-12 }}, accessed August 7, 2006.
Richard Varick (1753–1831), former mayor of the city of New York and former New York Attorney General[http://hackensackhigh.org/~rkc/hackensack/varick/varick.html Col. Richard Varick burial site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012123254/http://hackensackhigh.org/~rkc/hackensack/varick/varick.html |date=2006-10-12 }}, accessed August 7, 2006.

References

External links

[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE.html#00O16AC5Q Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery], The Political Graveyard
[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/641078/first-dutch-reformed-churchyard/ First Dutch Reformed Churchyard], Find a Grave

Category:Dutch-American culture in New Jersey

Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey

Category:Cemeteries in Bergen County, New Jersey

Category:Protestant Reformed cemeteries in the United States

Category:Churches in Bergen County, New Jersey

Category:Buildings and structures in Hackensack, New Jersey

Category:Churches completed in 1791

Category:Reformed Church in America churches in New Jersey

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Bergen County, New Jersey

Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey

Category:New Jersey Register of Historic Places

Category:18th-century churches in the United States