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Methodist Church

Once Baptist church in Bedminster and it was purchased in 1854 by the Methodist Episcopal Church and moved to Chester during winter of 1880-81 and was placed at the corner of Grove Street and Maple Avenue.  It was moved in large sections by six mule teams.  In 1911 a new Methodist Church was built on Main Street and the Township then purchased this building for $550.00 for its Municipal Building.  It now belongs to the Chester Theatre Group who performs their productions at the building now called the Black River Playhouse.
Methodist Church

Once Baptist church in Bedminster and it was purchased in 1854 by the Methodist Episcopal Church and moved to Chester during winter of 1880-81 and was placed at the corner of Grove Street and Maple Avenue.  It was moved in large sections by six mule teams.  In 1911 a new Methodist Church was built on Main Street and the Township then purchased this building for $550.00 for its Municipal Building.  It now belongs to the Chester Theatre Group who performs their productions at the building now called the Black River Playhouse.  

A quote from the Methodist Conference reads, “one of the most beautiful village churches in the whole Conference … with a bowled floor lecture room opening into the main audience room, cathedral glass windows of elaborate design, modern pews and a choir gallery.”  This building was used until it burned to the ground in 1921.


 
Chester Historical Society
PO Box
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~ Chester, NJ  07930
Phone: (908) 866-6717
chester.historical.society@gmail.com

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