Six Mile Run Reformed Church
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The Six Mile Run Reformed Church is in Six Mile Run
, Franklin Park, New Jersey
and takes its name from Six Mile Run
, a tributary of the Millstone River
that flows through the area.
The first house of worship for an early congregation, the Church of the Three Mile Run, was built in 1703. As the congregation grew, members were sent out to start new churches, and Six Mile Run emerged in 1710. In 1720, Reverend Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen
became the permanent pastor, sent from Holland to take charge of the Dutch churches of Middlesex, Somerset, and Hunterdon counties.
The first building was replaced by a new building in 1766 and was later replaced in 1817 by a third structure on the same site. The current building replaced the 1817 church that was destroyed by fire on January 7, 1879. Within a year the present day church with its hexagonal bell tower and tall slate shingle steeple was erected and dedicated.
The Frelinghuysen Memorial Chapel was added in 1907 and the Fellowship Hall was dedicated in 1958.
Six Mile Run, New Jersey
Six Mile Run has been used to name several different but related features in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.-Historic district on the National Register of Historic Places :...
, Franklin Park, New Jersey
Franklin Park, New Jersey
Franklin Park is an unincorporated area within portions of North Brunswick Township and South Brunswick Township in Middlesex County and Franklin Township in Somerset County, in New Jersey, United States...
and takes its name from Six Mile Run
Six Mile Run (New Jersey)
Six Mile Run is a tributary of the Millstone River that drains a large area in central Franklin Township in Somerset County and as well western portions of North Brunswick and South Brunswick Townships in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States....
, a tributary of the Millstone River
Millstone River
The Millstone River is a tributary of the Raritan River in central New Jersey in the United States.The Millstone River begins in western Monmouth County and flows northward through southern Somerset County into the Raritan River at Manville. Almost three quarters of its length is paralleled by...
that flows through the area.
The first house of worship for an early congregation, the Church of the Three Mile Run, was built in 1703. As the congregation grew, members were sent out to start new churches, and Six Mile Run emerged in 1710. In 1720, Reverend Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen
Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen
Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen was a German-American Dutch-Reformed minister, theologian and the progenitor of the Frelinghuysen family in the United States of America. Frelinghuysen is most remembered for his religious contributions in the Raritan Valley during the beginnings of the First...
became the permanent pastor, sent from Holland to take charge of the Dutch churches of Middlesex, Somerset, and Hunterdon counties.
The first building was replaced by a new building in 1766 and was later replaced in 1817 by a third structure on the same site. The current building replaced the 1817 church that was destroyed by fire on January 7, 1879. Within a year the present day church with its hexagonal bell tower and tall slate shingle steeple was erected and dedicated.
The Frelinghuysen Memorial Chapel was added in 1907 and the Fellowship Hall was dedicated in 1958.