| First Presbyterian Church | |||||||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Morris County#New Jersey#USA | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 40.7975°N -74.4797°W | ||||||||||||||
| Location: | 57 E. Park Place Morristown, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Denomination: | Presbyterian | ||||||||||||||
| Architectural Type: | Romanesque Revival architecture | ||||||||||||||
| Completed Date: | 1894 | ||||||||||||||
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The First Presbyterian Church is located at 57 E. Park Place in the town of Morristown in Morris County, New Jersey. The congregation started worship here in 1733. It received a royal charter from George II of Great Britain in 1756. The current church building was erected in 1894.[1] [2] The stone building features Romanesque Revival architecture and works by Louis Comfort Tiffany.[3] The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places, listed as a contributing property of the Morristown District, on October 30, 1973.[4]
In 1840, the congregation decided to split in two, and formed the Second Presbyterian Church. In 1863, the name was changed to the South Street Presbyterian Church at Morristown. After a fire destroyed the original church building, a new stone church was built in 1878, designed by architect J. Cleaveland Cady in Romanesque Revival style. The building is also listed as a contributing property of the Morristown District.[4] In 1925, the two congregations merged to form the Presbyterian Church in Morristown.[1]