FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders has released the latest installment in its online history project that features All Saint’s Memorial Church in a three-minute video available for viewing at www.visitmonmouth.com/history.

 

Joining the county’s “These Historic Places” video series, All Saint’s Memorial Church, known locally as the stone church, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The church was designed by Richard Upjohn, well-known architect of English Gothic Revival structures in America and designer of Trinity Church, located on Wall Street in New York City.

 

The parish was organized by the Milnor and Stephens families who provided the land, hired the architect, and paid for the building of All Saints' Memorial Church. The church was built in 1864 and the adjacent Rectory was built 3 years later, in 1867. All Saints’ is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is located at 202 Navesink Avenue at the intersections of Locust Ave., Monmouth Ave. and Navesink Ave. in the Navesink section Middletown.

 

 

Previous videos are available for viewing on the county Web site at www.visitmonmouth.com. To date, the videos have featured the Church of the Presidents in Long Branch, the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, the Strauss Mansion and Museum in Atlantic Highlands and the National Guard Militia Museum in Sea Girt.

 

Each site featured in a video has been the recipient of the county’s Historic Preservation Matching Grant Program. In 2008, the Monmouth County Historical Commission awarded 25 preservation grants for restoration projects in 18 municipalities. The Historical Commission is dedicated to preserving the past and creating a living history.