- Cold Spring Presbyterian Church
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Cold Spring Presbyterian Church
Location: Cold Springs, New Jersey Coordinates: 38°58′35.26″N 74°54′59.11″W / 38.9764611°N 74.9164194°WCoordinates: 38°58′35.26″N 74°54′59.11″W / 38.9764611°N 74.9164194°W Built: 1823 Architect: Hughes,Thomas Hurst Architectural style: Federal Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 91000785 [1] Added to NRHP: June 14, 1991 The Cold Spring Presbyterian Church, located on U.S. Route 9 in Cold Spring, New Jersey, is a historic two-story church on the National Register of Historic Places. The church itself, known as Old Brick, was built in 1823 by Thomas Hughes, also the architect of Congress Hall, however an earlier log meetinghouse was erected there in 1718. The church's cemetery is the site of a 1742 grave (that of Sarah Eldridge Spicer) and the most Mayflower descendants anywhere outside Massachusetts.
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Notable burials (at the cemetery)
- T. Millet Hand (1902–1956), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1945-1957.[2]
- J. Thompson Baker (1847–1919), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1913-1915.[3]
- Thomas H. Hughes (1769–1839), represented New Jersey's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1829-1833.[4]
- Charles W. Sandman, Jr. (1921–1985), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1913-1915.[5]
- Edgar Page Stites (1836–1921), Hymn Writer.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Thomas Millet Hand, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 16, 2007.
- ^ Jacob Thompson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 16, 2007.
- ^ Thomas Hurst Hughes, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 16, 2007.
- ^ Charles William Sandman, Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 16, 2007.
External links
- Cape May Times Article
- Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery at The Political Graveyard
- Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery at Find A Grave
National Register of Historic Places in Cape May County, New Jersey Historic districts Cape May Historic District | Dennisville Historic District | Marshallville Historic District | Ocean City Residential Historic District | South Tuckahoe Historic District
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Categories:- Religious buildings completed in 1823
- 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Presbyterian churches in New Jersey
- Cemeteries in Cape May County, New Jersey
- U.S. Route 9
- Churches in Cape May County, New Jersey
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