Old Bergen Church
Old Bergen Church in Jersey City, New Jersey, is the oldest continuously operating church congregation in present-day New Jersey. It began in 1660 in the Dutch colony of New Netherland and is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America and the Presbyterian Church (USA).
The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (since August 14, 1973) and on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places (since June 13, 1973).
The current building was completed in 1841. The congregation formed in the Dutch village of Bergen, across the Hudson River from New Amsterdam (today Lower Manhattan). The first services were held in a log schoolhouse. In 1680, William Day built an octagonal sandstone church on Vroom Street between Bergen and Tuers Avenues.
A second sandstone church was erected in 1773 at the corner of Bergen Avenue and Vroom Street as the congregation grew. The third and present church was built in 1841 by William H. Kirk and Company and Clark and Van Nest.
The Old Bergen Church Cemetery and the Speer Cemetery are affiliated with the church.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 12:20 (CET).