Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, Bernards

Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, Bernards
Identifier
NJS-PLC-00373
Place Type
Religious Site
Located In
Basking Ridge, Bernards
Bernards (formerly Bernardston)
Description
The Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge was organized in 1717. The present church building was erected in 1839 on the historic site where the original church once stood. Was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Rev. Robert Finley, the fifth pastor of the church who served from 1795 to 1817, was the founder of the American Colonization Society. He held several Black people in slavery when he pastored the church in Basking Ridge.
Locality
Bernards
County (Modern)
Somerset County
County (Historical)
Somerset County
State or Province
New Jersey
Country
United States of America
Latitude
40.70669159745731
Longitude
-74.5492768530994
References

"Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge," National Register of Historic Places (nomination form and photograph), National Register Information System ID 74001190, https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/550a59c8-7d6f-44a3-b65c-4371f0fdcc6c.

Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, https://brpc.org.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian%5fChurch%5fin%5fBasking%5fRidge
Keywords
National Register of Historic Places
Image Rights
Photograph of the Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, by Zeete. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Presbyterian_Church_in_Basking_Ridge,_NJ,_south_view.jpg.
Record Contributor
Jesse Bayker
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