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Friendship Church

 
 
Friendship Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, January 18, 2016
1. Friendship Church Marker
Inscription. Built in 1808 on land donated by William and Hope Hollingshead. Rev Richard Sneath was the first Methodist Preacher.
 
Erected 1978 by Atlantic County Cultural and Heritage Commission.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesReligion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1808.
 
Location. 39° 32.07′ N, 74° 55.318′ W. Marker is in Buena, New Jersey, in Atlantic County. It is at the intersection of Weymouth Road and Friendship Road on Weymouth Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 218 Friendship Rd, Buena NJ 08310, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); 9-11-2001 (approx. 4.1 miles away); This Section of Steel Beam (approx. 4.1 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); Pennsylvania Railroad Steel Caboose #477466 (approx. 4.1 miles away); "The Tree Monument" (approx. 4.1 miles away); Atlantic City Railroad Cape May Branch (approx. 5.1 miles away); Charles Kline Landis (approx. 5.4 miles away).
 
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Friendship Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, January 18, 2016
2. Friendship Church Marker
Friendship Church and Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, January 18, 2016
3. Friendship Church and Cemetery
Friendship Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, January 18, 2016
4. Friendship Church
Marker above the front door-Friendship Methodist Church 1808
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 23, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 23, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,136 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 23, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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