New Point Baptist Church | |
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| Location | 17 E. Kinney Street, Newark, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′41″N74°10′32″W / 40.72806°N 74.17556°W Coordinates: 40°43′41″N74°10′32″W / 40.72806°N 74.17556°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1849 |
| Architect | Hall,John G.; Gendell,David S. |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference # | 72000779 [1] |
| NJRHP # | [2] |
| Added to NRHP | November 02, 1972 |
New Point Baptist Church is a historic church at 17 E. Kinney Street in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
Newark is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County. As one of the nation's major air, shipping, and rail hubs, the city had a population of 285,154 in 2017, making it the nation's 70th-most populous municipality, after being ranked 63rd in the nation in 2000.
Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 808,285, making it the state's third-most populous county, an increase of 3.1% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 783,969, in turn a decrease of 1.2% from the 793,633 enumerated in the 2000 Census. In 2010, the county dropped down to third-largest, behind Middlesex County, and was one of only two counties in the state to see a decline between 2000 and 2010. Its county seat is Newark, the most populous city in the state. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area.
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is located on a peninsula, bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, particularly along the extent of the length of New York City on its western edge; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous, with 9 million residents as of 2017, and the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states; its biggest city is Newark. New Jersey lies completely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia. New Jersey was the second-wealthiest U.S. state by median household income as of 2017.
It was built in 1849 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
