Garwood Places of Worship
St.
Paul's United Church of Christ St. Paul’s was established in 1907 as the German Evangelical Lutheran St. Paul’s Church of Garwood. The church was organized through the efforts of the German speaking citizens, had services conducted entirely in German and initially met at the home of its members. Services moved to Britz Hall and then to the old Garwood Schoolhouse, located at St. Paul’s present site. In 1953 due to the merger of the Evangelical and Reformed Churches the church was renamed St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church. The final name change came in 1963 due to the merger of the Evangelical Reformed and Congregational Churches, when the house of worship became St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. A new sanctuary was built in 1964 and the school meeting hall was built in 1982. |
Church
of St. Anne St. Anne's Church was built in 1926. St. Anne's parish grew out of the Catholic Club of Garwood and was originally part of St. Michael's Parish in Cranford. The school was erected in 1951, followed by the combination rectory/administration building in 1970. |
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Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Church began meeting in a house that once stood where the old borough hall was on the corner of South Avenue and Center Street. In 1898, they moved across the street and then to the first schoolhouse, which is now St. Paul’s Church. In 1905 the construction began for the Garwood Presbyterian Church on Spruce Avenue.
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