Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church

Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church
Nearest city Fairfield Township, New Jersey
Coordinates 39°25′12″N 75°11′3″W / 39.42000°N 75.18417°W / 39.42000; -75.18417Coordinates: 39°25′12″N 75°11′3″W / 39.42000°N 75.18417°W / 39.42000; -75.18417
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1860
Architectural style Mid 19th Century Revival
NRHP Reference # 95001138[1]
NJRHP # [2]
Added to NRHP September 29, 1995

Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church in Gouldtown, Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. Gouldtown is now just a crossroads with a few buildings, but it is one of the oldest settlements in America founded by free, land-owning African-Americans. The Rev. Ruben Cuff of Salem County organized a society of African Americans in 1818. In 1823 they bought an unused schoolhouse to use as a church, and in 1834 they bought a second schoolhouse and moved it to the site.[3]

The current church was built in 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

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References

  1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Cumberland County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 12. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
  3. Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal (1997). America's religious architecture: sacred places for every community, Preservation Press Series. John Wiley and Sons. p. 465. ISBN 0471145025, ISBN 978-0-471-14502-8. p.84


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