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First Presbyterian Church

  • August, 1813 - At their first meeting Samuel Colt, Brown King, Oshea Wilder, Alvan Wilcox, John A. Gould, David Auchinvole and John Colt were elected trustees.
  • June 1814 - the Rev. Samuel Fisher of Morristown was installed as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Paterson.
  • The first church was erected on the block bordered by Main, Ward, Cross, and Oliver Streets. A large brick church was built facing Oliver St.
  • Fall of 1850 - Church distroyed by fire.
  • November 10, 1852 - New church dedicated.


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