The Presbyterian Church in Mays Landing was built between 1841 and 1844 in the Greek Revival style on a centrally located Main Street lot donated by Samuel Richards, owner of the Weymouth Furnace, and his wife Anna, valued at $100. Its cornerstone was laid in April 1841, red bricks for the exterior walls were reportedly brought by ship from New York, and the Richards also donated cast iron columns to support the sanctuary floor. The sanctuary was completed and dedicated on 4 December 1844 at a total construction cost of $3,279. Architecturally, it is significant as an atypical early rural example of a high-style Greek Revival red brick building, with a full temple-front portico, a symmetrical facade with an accented center entrance, symmetry on the secondary elevations, carefully proportioned form, and tall graceful windows. It is the only known example in New Jersey of a raised-base, full-portico Greek Revival facade with flanking staircases. Greek Revival, once called America’s National Style, gained popularity in the 1820s as the United States developed an independent culture distinct from earlier English-associated styles, and its temple front, modeled on the Parthenon, became a defining feature. The church is also significant for its association with Rev. Allen H. Brown, D.D., who served as pastor from 1846 to 1854 and again from 1862 to 1872 and was regarded as the Historian of New Jersey Presbyterianism. It is the oldest church in Mays Landing and one of the few unaltered historic sanctuaries in continuous use in New Jersey. The building was recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1938, listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places in 1981, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.