The Old Tennent Presbyteian Church

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Stock #: 67150
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Freehold
State: New Jersey (NJ)
County: Monmouth
Publisher: C.T. American Art
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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THE OLD TENNENT PRESBYTEIAN CHURCH IS LOCATED ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENGLISHTOWN AND THREE MILES FROM FREEHOLD.IT IS THE MOST CELEBRATED AND HISTORIC HOUSE OF WORSHIP IN MONMOUTH COUNTRY BECAUSE OF ITS REVOLUTIONERY ASSOCIATIONS. THE CHURCH WAS BUILT ABOUT 1750 AND WAS FIRST KNOWN AS THE OLD SCOT'S CHURCH AND AFTERWARDS WAS KNOWN AS FREEHOLD CHURCH. IN 1859 IT WAS ENTROLLEED IN THE LISTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS THE TENNENT CHURCH IN MEMORY OF JOHN TENNENT AND HIS BROTHER WILLIAM TENNENT WHO HAD BEEN PASTORS. THE MONUMENT IN THE FOREGROUND HAS BEEN ERECTED LATELY IN HONOR OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORA OF MONMOUTH COUNTY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR

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