Introduction
Chester House (1)
Chester House (2)
Chester House (3)
Chester House (4)
Chester House (5)
Chester Road Hotel
Chester School
Chester Volunteer Fire Company
Cross Roads Schoolhouse
Crystal Lake
Culvert over Black River
East Main Street
Entrance to Hacklebarney State Park
Federated Church
Grove Street
Leck’s Luncheonette
M.E. Church
Methodist Church
Milltown Bridge
Muskrat Inn
Muskrat Valley
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Presbyterian Church
Ralston
R.R. Station
Square and Mill Street, German Valley
St. Lawrence the Martyr
The Institute Boarding House
Welcome Home Farm

Federated Church of Chester

Federated Church and Chapel (1851), Chester, N.J., postcard, 1947.

The building housing the Federated Church of Chester began as a Presbyterian church on Main Street in 1851. Prior to that building, in 1750, William Larison donated land on Pleasant Hill for a church and burial ground (Pleasant Hill Cemetery still exists on the location). The church became federated in 1918 when the Methodist and Presbyterian churches suffered economic difficulties. Eventually, the Methodists were subsumed into what later became known as the Community Presbyterian Church.

Aurthur Appleby of Mt. Rodd in Mendham, N.J. penned this postcard to Milton R. Wildermuth at 360 Market Street in Sunbury, Penn. He writes, “Hello Pal Enjoyed your articles in PCCM. Is this new to your collection? Can get you some churches in black & white of Mendham N.J. & Bernardsville. If you want them drop a card. I also like church & LL cards.”

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