DescriptionFirst Baptist Church of Millburn, Spring Street and Millburn Avenue. Photograph taken October 26, 1897. The young man on the sidewalk was probably Nicholas C. Schmidt, who eventually became president of the Union County Coal & Lumber Company of Springfield. His home was on the corner where he stands, on property that was later occupied by the building of Bell Atlantic, formerly N.J. Bell Telephone Company. The Millburn Baptist Church was organized on October 18, 1858 by a group of nine charter members: Samuel Edwards, Sydney W. Edwards, William Hastings, James James, Mrs. Susan Marsh, Mrs. Catherine Green, Mrs. Sally Drew, Mrs. Isabelle Lee and Mrs. Julia A. Spangler. Mrs. Isabelle Lee donated a plot of land at the corner of Millburn Avenue and Spring Street to construct a church. The cornerstone was laid on August 10, 1859 and the building was completed in 1861. The first pastor was Reverend H.C. Townley (1858-1860).