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Whippany in Morris County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Our Lady of Mercy Chapel

1854

 
 
Our Lady of Mercy Chapel Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Ross, February 10, 2012
1. Our Lady of Mercy Chapel Marker
Inscription. Carpenter Gothic structure was mission parish of Madison and Morristown until 1883. Oldest standing Roman Catholic chapel in Morris County. Home parish of Father Cornelius Clifford.
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
 
Erected 1977 by Morris County Heritage Commission.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1883.
 
Location. 40° 49.18′ N, 74° 25.023′ W. Marker is in Whippany, New Jersey, in Morris County. It is on Whippany Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 Whippany Road, Whippany NJ 07981, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Jersey and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Melville Mill (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Seeing Eye (about 600 feet away); Village of Whippany (approx. Ό mile away); The Old Iron Works (approx. 0.3 miles away); 56-Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.R. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Earle Richard Henriquez-Gil, Sr. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Pennsylvania Railroad “Watch Box” (approx. 0.3 miles away); Pennsylvania Railroad Standard Telephone Booth (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Whippany.
 
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Our Lady of Mercy Chapel image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Ross, February 10, 2012
2. Our Lady of Mercy Chapel
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2012, by David Ross of Pequannock, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 826 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 11, 2012, by David Ross of Pequannock, New Jersey. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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