Salemkerk

About the history: In the middle of the 19th century, some church members moved from the Reformed Church of Lisse to the Cross Church in Noordwijk. In 1865 the first church was built on the Kanaalstraat. For the Reformed congregation belonging to the "Gereformeerde Kerken onder het kruis". In 1887 the new church and parsonage followed, location: current C&A. The present church building, to a design by architect A.F. Fresen from Wageningen, was designed in 1935. In 1936 the first service took place in the new church in the Tulpenstraat. In 1969? 1980, the clubhouse was built next to the church. In 2000, the church underwent a major renovation that brought an additional 140 seats to the church.

The Salem Church is a hall church on a cruciform plan, with a main volume covered by intersecting gabled roofs with a modest spire at the top. The turret is covered with slates and decorated with a cockerel. The four gables have narrow high windows with stained glass. At the end of the nave, on both sides of and parallel to the transepts, a sextonium and an association building are located in the same style. The façades are built in reddish-grey brick in a chain bond.
With its sober, restrained form, the Salem church is a fine example of traditional Reformed church building.