| Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse | |
| Location: | Warren Township, New Jersey |
| Coordinates: | 40.638°N -74.5142°W |
| Map Label: | Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse |
| Added: | June 3, 1976 |
| Refnum: | 76001187 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
| Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Date: | December 22, 1975 |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 2588[1] |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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The Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse is a historic church located at the intersection of County Route 651 (King George Road, Mount Bethel Road) and Mountainview Road in the village of Mount Bethel in Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1786, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1976, for its significance in architecture and religion.[1] [2] [3]
The meetinghouse, a plain two and one-half story frame building, was built in 1786. Previously thought to have been built in 1761, disassembled in 1785, and moved to this location, the meetinghouse is now thought to have been built using some of the structure from an earlier building.[3] [4] It was built by the Mount Bethel Baptist congregation, which had been established in 1767 from the Scotch Plains Baptist Church. This congregation was the first in Somerset County. In 1960, it dedicated a new church building and abandoned this one.[2] [5]