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

Presbyterian Church

Presbyterian Church, Chester, N.J., postcard, 1909.

Also known in this exhibit as the Federated Church, this building sits on 2.5 acres of Main Street property purchased for $247.50 in 1851. The Presbyterians of the area date back to the mid-1700s, and were known as the Black River Presbyterians. The group traveled to neighboring Mendham to practice their faith until in 1745, they created the First Presbyterian Congregation of Roxbury. The Old Hill Church, as it was called, was a log building at the top of Pleasant Hill.

The postcard was mailed to Mrs. S.S. Barcroft of Stockton, N.J.

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Exhibit Publication Date: Published in 2014. ©Copyright Chester Public Library 2014.