Upper Freehold Baptist Meeting

Upper Freehold Baptist Meeting (also known as Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House) is a historic church in the Imlaystown section of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, and the oldest Baptist meetinghouse in the state.[3]

Upper Freehold Baptist Meeting
Nearest cityImlaystown, New Jersey
Coordinates40°10′8″N 74°28′28″W
Area25 acres (10 ha)
Built1720
NRHP reference No.75001147[1]
NJRHP No.2069[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 21, 1975
Designated NJRHPMarch 25, 1975

It was built in 1737, by a congregation begun that year[4] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Notable burials
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References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Monmouth County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 1, 2011. p. 14. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  3. "Upper Freehold Historic Farmland". Uftnj.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-31. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  4. "Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House - New Jersey Historical Markers on". Waymarking.com. 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2013-03-07.


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