"Old First"

"Old First" is a New Jersey historical marker in Essex County, dedicated 1964.

Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street and Branford Place, on the right when traveling north on Broad Street.

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First Presbyterian Church organized in 1666, Abraham Pierson, minister. Two edifices preceeded this one, begun in 1787.

Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

TodayHistorical map

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Historical maps covering this location

1674 · Totius Neobelgii nova et accuratissima tabula / [Hugo Allardt] (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1675 · Pascaerte van Nieu Nederland : streckende vande Zuÿdt Revier tot de Noordt Revier en't… (Princeton University Library)
1733 · New York and Perthamboy Harbours. (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
Historical map (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Historical map (Internet Archive)

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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On the National Register nearby

Old First Presbyterian Church110 ft
First National State Bank Building150 ft

Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.