This exhibit is the online counterpart to a physical exhibition documenting thirty-six of the earliest local houses of worship in Plainfield from the 1790s to the 1970s. Included were over 150 historical photographs, vintage postcards, original blueprints, artifacts, and ephemera from our archival collections. The physical exhibition ran from April to June 2013 and was on display throughout the entire library building.
If you cannot find a particular house of worship in the exhibit, it is simply because we do not have any photographs or other materials that document it in our collections. We always welcome new donations into our collections. If you would like to make a donation, please contact the Local History Department.
There are two ways to view this online exhibit. You can click on the house of worship names on the right or you can browse through page by page using the arrows at the bottom of each page. If you want to return to the menu below, click “Introduction”
Enjoy the exhibition!
Acknowledgements
The images used in this online exhibit are part of the Plainfield Public Library Local History Collection.
All images are the property of the Plainfield Public Library and are not to be used in any manner
without the expressed written permission from the Library Director.
If you are interested in donating historical Plainfield materials,
please contact the Local History Department.
The Local History Department is supported by funding from the New Jersey Historical Commission,
a division of the Department of State; the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs;
the Plainfield Foundation; the Plainfield Cultural & Heritage Commission.
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