Mahwah in Bergen County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Ramapo Reformed Church
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 24, 2019
1. Ramapo Reformed Church Marker
The Ramapo Reformed Church succeeded two German Lutheran meeting houses, ca. 1720-1739. The area was called the “Island". Dutch Calvinists came at mid-century and, in 1785, organized “The Dutch Reformed Congregation at Ramapough in Bergen County". In 1798, the Dutch Reformed and Lutherans built the present church. They shared it using “1 lock and 2 keys” until the Lutherans left in 1848 to build a church at Airmont, N.Y. The “Island” was the center of Mahwah until the coming of the railroad in the mid-1800’s. The Ramapo Reformed Church (“Island Church” or “Community Church”) is the oldest of two wood-frame Federal period church buildings remaining in Bergen County, and the only surviving early church building in the County with a history of shared ownership and use. In 1985, the Ramapo Reformed Church celebrated 200 years of continuous ministry.
Mahwah Historic Sites Committee 1988
Erected 1988 by Mahwah Historic Sites Committee.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1798.
Location. 41° 5.681′ N, 74° 9.164′ W. Marker is in Mahwah, New Jersey
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Old Lutheran Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); Mahwah’s First Station (approx. ¼ mile away); Wanamaker Utility Shed (approx. ¼ mile away); Tree of Life (approx. ¼ mile away); Hopper Gristmill Site (approx. half a mile away); American Brake Shoe Foundry (approx. 0.6 miles away); Laroe-Van Horn House (approx. 1.1 miles away); Rochambeau’s Encampment (approx. 1.4 miles away in New York). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mahwah.
Regarding Ramapo Reformed Church. National Register of Historic Places #85002000 — listed as "Dutch Reformed Church at Romopock"
Also see . . . Dutch Reformed Church at Romopock (Ramapo Reformed Church). New Jersey Historic Trust website entry:
The Ramapo Reformed Church is locally significant as one of ten remaining Federal-period churches in the County. The smallest of the Reformed Churches and the oldest frame church in the county, it was the home of two faiths, the Lutheran and the Dutch Reformed congregations. Situated at an important crossroads of the American Revolution where a supply store belonging to Robert
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 24, 2019
2. Ramapo Reformed Church Marker
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 24, 2019
3. Ramapo Reformed Church
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Credits. This page was last revised on September 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 291 times since then and 28 times this year. Last updated on September 13, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 22, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
