Colonial Church

Colonial Church is a New Jersey historical marker in Union County, dedicated 1964.

Union County · dedicated 1964 · Marker is at the intersection of Morris Avenue (New Jersey Route 124) and Church Mall, on the right when traveling west on Morris Avenue.

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Site of Church used as storehouse in Revolution. Destroyed by British in Battle of Springfield. Present church built 1791.

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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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