Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church

Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church in Gouldtown, Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. Gouldtown is now just a crossroads with a few buildings, but it is one of the oldest settlements in America founded by free, land-owning African-Americans. The Rev. Ruben Cuff of Salem County organized a society of African Americans in 1818. In 1823 they bought an unused schoolhouse to use as a church, and in 1834 they bought a second schoolhouse and moved it to the site.[3]

Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church
Nearest cityFairfield Township, New Jersey
Coordinates39°25′12″N 75°11′3″W
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1860
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival
NRHP reference No.95001138[1]
NJRHP No.[2]
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 1995

The current church was built in 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Cumberland County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 19, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
  3. Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal (1997). America's religious architecture: sacred places for every community, Preservation Press Series. John Wiley and Sons. p. 465. ISBN 0471145025. p.84


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