All Souls Church (Plainfield, New Jersey)

All Souls Church
	All Souls Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New Jersey Register of Historic Places
	Plainfield Performing Arts Center in 2024
Location	724 Park Avenue, Plainfield, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°36′51″N 74°24′58″W / 40.61417°N 74.41611°W
Built	1892
Architect	Oscar Schutte Teale, Josiah T. Tubby, Harry Keith White
Architectural style	Romanesque, Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	09001078
NJRHP No.	2656
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 11, 2009
Designated NJRHP	June 25, 2007

All Souls Church, also known as the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield, is located at 724 Park Avenue in the city of Plainfield in Union County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1892, the historic stone church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 2009, for its significance in architecture and religion.^[1]^[3] It is now the home of the Plainfield Performing Arts Center (PPAC).^[4]

The church was designed in 1892 by the architect and magician Oscar Schutte Teale and features Romanesque and Late Gothic Revival architecture. He also designed the Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook in 1896 and the Old Main at Centenary University in 1901. The Parish House was added in 1922, designed by the architect Josiah T. Tubby. The architect Harry Keith White redesigned the interior of the church in 1929.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System – (#09001078)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Union County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 25, 2024. p. 8. a.k.a. First Unitarian Society of Plainfield
^ ^a ^b Spies, Stacy E. (September 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: All Souls Church". National Park Service. With accompanying 31 photos
^ "Plainfield Performing Arts Center (PPAC)". City of Plainfield, New Jersey.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System – (#09001078)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[NJRHP-2] "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Union County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 25, 2024. p. 8. a.k.a. First Unitarian Society of Plainfield

[nrhpdoc-3] Spies, Stacy E. (September 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: All Souls Church". National Park Service. With accompanying 31 photos

[4] "Plainfield Performing Arts Center (PPAC)". City of Plainfield, New Jersey.

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Sites	Burial Ground of the Presbyterian Church in the West Fields of Elizabethtown Evergreen Cemetery Reeves-Reed Arboretum
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

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