First Presbyterian Church (Stillwater, New Jersey)

[1] Founded in 1769 as a union church shared by members of the Reformed and Lutheran faiths, the parish, now Presbyterian, closed in 2019.

Stillwater and the surrounding Paulins Kill valley was settled chiefly by Palatine German immigrants in the 18th century, beginning in 1741 with the arrival of Casper Shafer, John George Wintermute, Johan Peter Bernhardt and their families.

Early Stillwater families are mentioned in the records of the Dutch Reformed congregations in the Minisink Valley (along the Delaware River), and likely journeyed over Kittatinny Mountain to attend services in Walpack.

As the area's population grew and the village of Stillwater developed, its Christian community was served by clergymen who travelled a circuit of churches in remote, sparsely inhabited regions.

[7][8] Additions to this structure, largely to support the church's "Sunday school" (children's Christian education) and fellowship activities, were built in 1910, 1959, and 1990.