The First Presbyterian Church
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| NEW PROVIDENCE THE FIRST CHURCH TO STAND ON THIS SITE WAS A LOG BUILDING ERECTED IN 1737 SHORTLY AFTER TURKEY, AS THE TOWN WAS THEN CALLED, WAS SETTLED. THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO NEW PROVIDENCE IN 1778 WHEN THE GALLERIES IN THE OLD CHURCH FELL JUST AFTER THE CONGREGATION HAD LEFT THE BUILDING. |
