This exquisite church building was designed by
the renowned church architect, Ralph Adams Cram, and was completed in 1929.
Cram also designed the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City
and the Princeton University Chapel. This church has a bell carillon. It
worked when I was a child. I don't know if it still works. Sacred Heart
also had a magnificent Austin organ. This church is located in the Greenville
area.
Not a great photo, but it does capture the main
point of this church, which is the wonderful and very sturdy steeple. This
is Saint Aloysius Church in the West Side Section and was completed in
1898. The church faces Lincoln Park which is the main park in Jersey City.
Thus the steeple can be seen for a great distance.
This is the First Congregational Church on Bergen
Avenue -- located about two miles south of the huge theaters. This is probably
the physically strongest church in the city. It is a very handsome Romanesque
building as you can see.
The Bergen Dutch Reformed Church on Bergen Avenue
completed in 1841. There has been a church on this site since 1660. The
church grounds and the adjoining cemetery are the oldest in New Jersey.
The Masonic Temple of Jersey City was completed
in the 1911. It is just a couple of hundred feet from the above Dutch Reformed
Church.
This is Jersey City's most interesting church.
Located in Bergen Avenue about 1/2 mile from the theaters, it was completed
in 1931. It combines Byzantine design elements with those of Art Deco.
The combination is very skillfully handled. This church also has a very
fine Austin Pipe organ which is still in use.