Centenary Methodist Church

1866 -

Additional images: 1874 map

The church was named Centenary because it was started in the Centennial year of Methodism in the United States. The Rev. A. M. Palmer noted the steady growth of population northward and early in the summer on 1866 invited the families living near the junction of Belleville and Bloomfield Avenues to join him in the shade of an elm tree in a vacant lot. The first meeting was so successful that each Sunday morning the gathering grew in numbers and interest. Before long it was agreed that this lot should be purchased and a chapel built. The cornerstone was laid in November, 1866 and in July 1867 the completed building was dedicated. The cornerstone of the second church was laid on Thanksgiving Day, 1886 with dedication on February 26, 1888.

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Reverend	From	To
John Brien	1868	1868
H. C. McBride	1869	1869
R. B. Collins	1870	1872
E. E. Chambers	1873	1874
Charles R. Barne	1875	1877
Charles S. Colt	1878	1879
J. H. Knowles	April, 1880	August, 1880
Stephen L. Baldwin	August, 1880	April, 1881
Charles E. Little	1881	1883
David B. F. Randolph	1884	1886
Warren L. Hoagland	1887	1891
William Snodgrass	1892	1896
Fred Clare Baldwin	1897	1900
Henry Spellmeyer	1901	1904
Charles H. Buck	October, 1904	April, 1905
Charles L. Mead	1905	1908
A. C. McCrea	1909	1909
George G. Vogel	1910

Address	From	To
100 Belleville Ave. c. Bloomfield Ave.	1867	1892
198 Summer Avenue c. Kearny Avenue	1893

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Records are located at Drew University.
Treasurer's Book, 1929 - 1933
75th Anniversary, 1941
Church Bulletins, 1926
Queen Esther Circle Minutes, 1911- 1919
History, 1891