Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse
{{short description|Historic church in New Jersey, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse
| nrhp_type =
| image = Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse, Somerset County, NJ.jpg
| caption = Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse in 2020
| location = Warren Township, New Jersey
| coordinates = {{coord|40|38|16.7|N|74|30|51.2|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = USA New Jersey Somerset County#New Jersey#USA
| map_label = Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse
| built = {{Start date|1786}}
| architecture =
| added = June 3, 1976
| area =
| refnum = 76001187{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=76001187}}
| 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 = December 22, 1975
| designated_other1_number = 2588{{cite web |title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County |url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/SOMERSET.pdf#page=15 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office |page=15 |date=September 11, 2023 }}
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The Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse is a historic church located at the intersection of County Route 651 (King George Road, Mount Bethel Road) and Mountainview Road in the village of Mount Bethel in Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1786, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1976, for its significance in architecture and religion.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=76001187}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse |publisher=National Park Service|first1=Terry |last1=Karschner |date=July 1975 }} With {{NRHP url|id=76001187|photos=y|title=accompanying 4 photos}}{{cite web |title=Mount Bethel Baptist Meeting House |url=https://www.nj.gov/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/MountBethelBaptistMeetingHouse.shtml |publisher=New Jersey Historic Trust|year=2020}}
History and description
The meetinghouse, a plain two and one-half story frame building, was built in 1786. Previously thought to have been built in 1761, disassembled in 1785, and moved to this location, the meetinghouse is now thought to have been built using some of the structure from an earlier building.{{cite web |title=Mount Bethel Baptist Meeting House |url=https://visitsomersetnj.org/fun-somerset-nj/mount-bethel-baptist-meeting-house/ |publisher=Somerset County Tourism}} It was built by the Mount Bethel Baptist congregation, which had been established in 1767 from the Scotch Plains Baptist Church. This congregation was the first in Somerset County. In 1960, it dedicated a new church building and abandoned this one.{{cite web |title=Mount Bethel History |url=https://www.mtbethelnj.org/history/ |publisher=Mt. Bethel Baptist Church}}
See also
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External links
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{{National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey}}
{{NRHP in Somerset County, New Jersey}}
Category:Baptist churches in New Jersey
Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Category:Churches completed in 1786
Category:Churches in Somerset County, New Jersey
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, New Jersey
Category:New Jersey Register of Historic Places