Learn What Lays Beneath Old First Church In Middletown

Monmouth University Professor Gerry Scharfenberger will be giving a talk on the archaeological excavation he conducted at the 17th-century Old First Church on King's Highway in Middletown.

The talk will be held Saturday, March 29 at 10 a.m. at the Middletown Arts Center, located at the Middletown Train Station lot at 36 Church Street in Middletown.  

The Old First Church housed the first Baptist congregation in New Jersey and was also notable for its use as a hospital by the British Army after the Battle of Monmouth.

Old First Church is located in the Middletown Village Historic District on Kings Highway. This event is free to the public.

Read an article by Scharfenberger about the history of King's Highway.