Six Mile Run Reformed Church

{{short description|Historic church in New Jersey, United States}}

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| name = Six Mile Run Reformed Church

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| image = Six Mile Run Reformed Church, Franklin Park, NJ - September 2022.jpg

| caption = Six Mile Run Reformed Church and Chapel in 2022

| location = 3037 New Jersey Route 27
Franklin Park, New Jersey

| coordinates={{coord|40|26|19|N|74|32|10|W|display=inline,title}}

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

| built = {{Start date|1879}}

| architecture = Late Victorian, Late Gothic Revival

| added = December 18, 2009

| area =

| refnum = 09001102{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=09001102}}

| 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 = January 9, 2009

| designated_other1_number = 3527{{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=7 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office |page=7 |date=September 11, 2023 }}

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The Six Mile Run Reformed Church is located at 3037 New Jersey Route 27 in Franklin Park (formerly known as Six Mile Run) of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1879, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 2009, for its significance in architecture and music.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=09001102}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Six Mile Run Reformed Church |publisher=National Park Service|first1=Jon |last1=Schmidt |first2=Joseph W. |last2=Hammond|date=August 2008 }} With {{NRHP url|id=09001102|photos=y|title=accompanying 20 photos}}

History

The congregation met at the Church of the Three Mile Run, which was built in 1703.{{Cite web | title = First Reformed Church of New Brunswick | publisher = First Reformed Church of New Brunswick | url = http://firstreformedchurch.net/history-of-frc/ | accessdate = 2011-07-05 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.njchurchscape.com/NewBrunswick-FirstReformed.html |title=First Reformed Church |accessdate=2011-05-20 |publisher=New Jersey Churchscape }}{{cite web |url=https://sixmilerun.org/history |title=Six Mile Run Reformed Church history |accessdate=2018-01-31 |publisher=Six Mile Run Reformed Church }}

As the congregation grew, new churches were split off with a portion of the congregation. The Six Mile Run congregation emerged in 1710.{{cite news |title=A Very Old Church |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1885/11/18/archives/a-very-old-church.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=November 18, 1885 |accessdate=2018-01-31 }}

In 1720, Reverend Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen became the permanent pastor. He was sent from Holland to take charge of the Dutch churches of Middlesex, Somerset, and Hunterdon counties.

The first building on the present site was built in 1745.

The first building was replaced by a new building in 1766 and was later replaced in 1817 by a third structure on the same site. The current building replaced the 1817 church that was destroyed by fire on January 7, 1879. Within a year the current building was erected and dedicated.

The Frelinghuysen Memorial Chapel was added in 1907. Electricity was installed in 1926. In 1958 Fellowship Hall was dedicated and the Frelinghuysen Memorial Chapel was renovated.{{cite book|last1=Brahms|first1=William B.|title=Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ: a history|date=January 1, 1999|publisher=Franklin Township Public Library|isbn=978-0966858600|page=543}}

Pastors

1983, H. Eugene Speckman.{{cite news |title=In The Churches |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/321389608/ |newspaper=The Central New Jersey Home News |date=September 10, 1983 |accessdate=2018-02-03 }}
1720, Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen. He was the first pastor of the Six Mile Run Reformed Church.
Johannes Arondeus[https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44539283.pdf]