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{{short description|Historic church in New Jersey, United States}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name                           = Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
| nrhp_type                      =
| image                          = Old Broad St Presby Bridgeton.JPG
| caption                        =
| location                       = Broad and Lawrence Streets, [[Bridgeton, New Jersey]]
| coordinates                    = {{coord|39|25|45|N|75|14|3|W|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-NJ|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin                       = USA New Jersey Cumberland County#New Jersey#USA
| built                          = 1792
| architecture                   = Federal
| added                          = December 02, 1974
| area                           = {{convert|9.8|acre}}
| refnum                         = 74001159<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
| designated_other1_name         = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_abbr         = NJRHP
| designated_other1_link         = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_date         =
| designated_other1_number       = <ref name=NJRHP>{{cite web | title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Cumberland County | url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/cumberland.pdf | publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] – Historic Preservation Office | page=12 | date=April 1, 2010 | access-date=October 13, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030709093129/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/cumberland.pdf | archive-date=July 9, 2003 }}</ref>
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'''Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church and Cemetery''' is a historic church on Broad ([[New Jersey Route 49]]) and Lawrence Streets in [[Bridgeton, New Jersey|Bridgeton]], [[Cumberland County, New Jersey|Cumberland County]], [[New Jersey]], United States.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sarapin |first=Janice Kohl |title=Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey |year=2002 |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uDfIJt5RFWgC&pg=PP1 |isbn=0-8135-2111-4 }}</ref> It was built in 1792 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The church and cemetery are also listed on both the [[New Jersey Register of Historic Places|New Jersey Register]] (ID #1029, since 1973)<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/cumberland.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Cumberland County] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030709093129/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/cumberland.pdf |date=2003-07-09 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]], Historic Preservation Office, last updated August 6, 2007. Accessed August 26, 2007.</ref>
==Notable burials==
* [[Ebenezer Elmer]] (1752–1843), represented New Jersey in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1801 to 1807.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000154 Ebenezer Elmer], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 20, 2007.</ref>
* [[Jonathan Elmer]] (1745–1817), represented New Jersey in the [[United States Senate]] from 1789 to 1791.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000155 Jonathan Elmer], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 20, 2007.</ref>
* [[Lucius Elmer]] (1793–1883), represented [[New Jersey's 1st congressional district]] from 1843 to 1845.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000156 Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 20, 2007.</ref>
* [[James G. Hampton]] (1814–1861), represented [[New Jersey's 1st congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1845 to 1849.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000138 James Giles Hampton], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 25, 2007.</ref>
* [[John T. Nixon]] (1820–1889), represented {{ushr|New Jersey|1}} from 1859 to 1863.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000115 John Thompson Nixon], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 20, 2007.</ref>
* [[Elias P. Seeley]] (1791–1846), 11th [[Governor of New Jersey]], serving in 1833.<ref>[http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=86744fc0d5049010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey Governor Elias Pettit Seeley] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190053/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=86744fc0d5049010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |date=2007-09-27 }}, [[National Governors Association]]. Accessed August 20, 2007.</ref>
* [[William G. Whiteley]] (1819–1886), represented [[Delaware]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from  1857 to 1861.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000409 William Gustavus Whiteley], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 20, 2007.</ref>
* [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/researchNotes/1975.75.pdf General James Giles] (1756–1825) Revolutionary War General who served under Washington
*[[Bloomfield H. Minch]] (1864–1929), President of the [[New Jersey Senate]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=26 June 1929|title=Bloomfield Minch Dies; Ex-Head of N.J. Senate|volume=54|page=3|work=The Morning Post|issue=127|location=Camden, N.J.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/447448873/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Archibald Clark]] (1822–1914), one of the founders of Cumberland Glass Mfg. Co.
* [[Clement Waters Shoemaker]] (1848–1914), one of the founders of Cumberland Glass Mfg. Co. and philanthropist.
*[[Thomas Whitaker Trenchard]] (1863–1942), Justice of the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] from 1906 to 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=alrqAgAAQBAJ&q=The+Governors+of+New+Jersey%3A+Biographical+Essays|title=The Governors of New Jersey: Biographical Essays|first1=Michael J.|last1=Birkner|first2=Donald|last2=Linky|first3=Peter|last3=Mickulas|date=10 February 2014|publisher=Rutgers University Press|access-date=26 June 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[Hessian (soldiers)|Hessian soldier]] from the [[American Revolutionary War]]
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File:Bridgeton NJ Broad St Presby PHS720.jpg|On a pre-1923 postcard
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==See also==
*[[Fairfield Presbyterian Church]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, New Jersey]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU.html#RBB0GXA8D Presbyterian Cemetery] at [[The Political Graveyard]]
* [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1969053/famous-memorials Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery] at [[Find A Grave]]
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[[Category:18th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States]]
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