Church of the Redeemer (Longport, New Jersey)

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Church of the Redeemer was a historic church in Longport, New Jersey, located at 20th Street and Atlantic Avenue. Built in 1908 by builder W. S. Higbee and designed by the firm Duhring, Okie & Ziegler (likely H. Louis Duhring Jr.), it combined Mission/Spanish Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1992, and to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places on July 27, 1992, for its significance in art, health/medicine, and religion. The land was donated by Joseph P. Remington, whose son was the church’s architect.

In June 2012, the church suffered a catastrophic fire, believed to have been started by a lightning strike during a derecho storm on June 30, 2012. The surviving structure was deemed unsafe and demolished on July 2, 2012. A recreation of the church was under construction and planned to open in June 2014.