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Old Baptist Parsonage
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	547 Park Avenue, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°39′6″N 74°23′59″W / 40.65167°N 74.39972°W / 40.65167; -74.39972
Built	1786 (1786)
NRHP reference No.	73001137
NJRHP No.	2721
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 18, 1973
Designated NJRHP	May 12, 1972

Old Baptist Parsonage is a historic church parsonage at 547 Park Avenue in the township of Scotch Plains in Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is associated with the historic Scotch Plains Baptist Church and cemetery. The parsonage was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 18, 1973, for its significance in architecture. In 2013, it was included in the Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Cemetery listing on the NRHP.

History and description

It still stands on the original site where it was built in 1786. This structure was the first stone parsonage of Essex County, which included what is now Union County. The wood frame addition was added in 1810.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System – (#73001137)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Union County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 11, 2023. p. 12.
3. Detwiller Jr., Charles H. (March 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Baptist Parsonage". National Park Service. With accompanying photo
4. "National Register Information System – (#13000386)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
5. Zeoli, Vanessa; Leynes, Jennifer B. (April 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Parsonage and Cemetery". National Park Service. With accompanying 36 photos
6. Bousquet, Richard; Bousquet, Suzanne (1995). Images of America: Scotch Plains and Fanwood. Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 0738563188.

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Landmarks	Baltusrol Golf Club Boxwood Hall William Livingston House
Districts	Belcher–Ogden Mansion; Benjamin Price House; and Price–Brittan House Historic District Cedar Brook Park Crescent Area Historic District Fanwood Park Historic District Feltville Historic District Green Brook Park Hillside Avenue Historic District Mid-Town Historic District North Avenue Commercial District Plainfield Civic District Stoneleigh Park Historic District Summit Downtown Historic District Van Wyck Brooks Historic District
Places of worship	All Souls Church First Congregation of the Presbyterian Church at Springfield First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth First Presbyterian Congregation of Connecticut Farms Grace Episcopal Church Saint Mary's Catholic Church Complex Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Cemetery Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church
Houses	Badgley House and Site Belcher–Ogden House Caldwell Parsonage Crane-Phillips House John De Camp House Nathaniel Drake House Charles N. Fowler House Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House Deacon Andrew Hetfield House Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge Hutchings Homestead Littel–Lord Farmstead Miller-Cory House Oswald J. Nitschke House Old Baptist Parsonage William Edgar Reeve House Sayre Homestead Seventeenth Century Clark House Nathaniel Smith House St. John's Parsonage George A. Strong House James Townley House Twin Maples Orville T. Waring House Whyman House Woodruff House
Buildings	Droescher's Mill Elizabeth Station Fanwood Station Firehouse No. 4 Merchants and Drovers Tavern Murray Hill Station Netherwood Station Plainfield Central Fire Headquarters Plainfield Masonic Temple Plainfield Station Rahway Theatre Scotch Plains School Shady Rest Golf and Country Club Stage House Inn Summit Playhouse Union County Park Commission Administration Buildings Westfield Fire Headquarters Young Women's Christian Association of Plainfield and North Plainfield
Sites	Burial Ground of the Presbyterian Church in the West Fields of Elizabethtown Evergreen Cemetery Reeves-Reed Arboretum
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

• Baptist churches in New Jersey
• Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
• Churches completed in 1786
• Houses in Union County, New Jersey
• Scotch Plains, New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places in Union County, New Jersey
• New Jersey Register of Historic Places
• Clergy houses in the United States
• 18th-century Baptist churches in the United States