Date 1903
William H. Brown, Engineer
The New Jersey Railroad, chartered in 1832, was completed between Jersey City and New Brunswick in 1835. On January 2, 1836, the first train, a new locomotive named "The New Brunswick" traveled down from . . . — — Map (db m95769) HM
The oldest Catholic congregation in Middlesex County. St. Peter's was founded in 1829 by Bishop John DeBois of New York in a humble brick building on Bayard Street. The current stone Gothic Revival structure was designed by prominent architect of . . . — — Map (db m188171) HM
Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
Winants Hall
1890
Designed by New York City architect Van Campen Taylor (Rutgers College, Class of 1867), Winants Hall was Rutgers’ sole dormitory until 1914. It is named . . . — — Map (db m10018) HM
Designed in 1890 by architect Van Campen Taylor, a member of the Class of 1867. Winants Hall was Rutgers' first dormitory. It is named for Garret E. Winants, a college trustee and philanthropist who donated $75,000 for its construction. In the late . . . — — Map (db m208914) HM
Original portion erected in accordance with an Act of the Provincial Assembly 1713 Capitol of the Province and the State of New Jersey 1713 - 1790 Courthouse of Middlesex County 1713 - 1793 City Hall of Perth Amboy 1718Rebuilt 1766-67 Enlarged and . . . — — Map (db m76798) HM
The Surveyor General's Office was constructed between 1852 and 1854 to house the Headquarters of the Board of Proprietors of East New Jersey as well as the Office of the Surveyor General. The Board of Proprietors owned land grants that were sold . . . — — Map (db m208979) HM
Built n 1871, this was the first public school building in Perth Amboy. The original eight-room school, which was doubled in size in 1905, exemplifies the best class of public school building erected in New Jersey in the years after the Civil War. . . . — — Map (db m93943) HM
The reading room building was constructed in Sayreville in 1883 by the Sayre and Fisher Company for use as a library and a hall. The first floor hall was used for meetings, sales promotions and employee functions. Later it was called Sayreville Hall . . . — — Map (db m93892) HM
Queen Anne Style
Alfred H. Cowles - - Inventor
and Chemical Engineer
Edwin Cowles - - inventor of
Classifiner and Cowles Pulper
1896 — — Map (db m191210) HM
Ballard family home
Lawrence Ballard died serving in WWI
Clark family home since 1921
Horatio D. Clark
Active in Sewaren Civic Association
Daughter, Kay Clark Burns
1895 — — Map (db m191204) HM
Prominent Resident & Businessman
of Sewaren
President, Boynton Lumber Co.
Commodore, Sewaren Land
& Water Club
Son of C.W. Boynton
1895 — — Map (db m192507) HM
Est. 1913 by Sewaren
History Club and Civic Assoc.
Current location since 1960
Originally built as
Christian Science Church
1920 — — Map (db m192501) HM
This picturesque Gothic Revival style building executed in wood is St. Peter's second church. Built in 1849-51, the current structure replaced a smaller church built on this site in 1756-1759. The design of the new church departed from traditional . . . — — Map (db m95754) HM
Part of Samuel Barron estate
Italianate addition built by
Sollace family, 1877
Home of civic leaders
George & Barbara Baker Wyatt since 1954
c 1810 — — Map (db m194315) HM
Home of Civic Leaders
Hampton & Edith Cutter
Grandson of clay magnate Hampton Cutter
Parents' residence 123 Green Street
William H. & Sarah R. Barron Cutter
1927 — — Map (db m191213) HM
William P. & Mary Louise Harriot Edgar
Farm acquired from
Francis M Potter in 1848
Peter & Margaret Leahy residence
Catalano family home 1921-
c 1850 — — Map (db m191717) HM
Built for financier William E. Fink Jr
Home and Business of
August F. Grenier "Augie"
WWI veteran, civic leader
Mayor of Woodbridge 1934-1951
1876 — — Map (db m191212) HM
Dedicated in 1877, as the Barron Library, it was the first library in Middlesex County. Donated by Thomas Barron, an entrepreneur and philanthropist who considered Woodridge his native town, this building served as a library until 1977. When the . . . — — Map (db m93950) HM
The Barron name is an important one in Woodbridge, as the family was one of the first to settle here in the late 17th century. The Barron family, noted patriots and philanthropists, made many contributions to the town. The Barron estate encompassed . . . — — Map (db m93953) HM
Home of Deacon Joseph Barron,
First Presbyterisn Church.
One of many handsome colonial homes, it
remained in the Barron family, donors
of the money and land to build the
Barron Library
Circa 1803 — — Map (db m191712) HM
First library in Middlesex County on land and money donated by the Barron family. Constructed in Richardsonian Romanesque Revival Style Architecture with massive Belleville stone, floral stained glass, and terra cotta panels. — — Map (db m191713) HM
1793-1851 Site of Woodbridge Academy
school for boys and girls.
1915-1920 Site of
Woman's Suffrage Movement meetings.
CIRCA 1896 — — Map (db m191214) HM
One of the most distinctive buildings in Woodbridge is the Italianate-style mansion at the top of Strawberry Hill on Amboy Avenue – the home of 19th-century clay magnate Hampton Cutter (1819-82). Located on the site of many significant . . . — — Map (db m126840) HM
Originally called Woodbridge Avenue, Green Street was a popular thoroughfare from the early 1800s and served as the address of many prosperous Woodbridge citizens. Perhaps named for the adjacent green fields and canopy of stately trees, the . . . — — Map (db m126470) HM
Kirk Green
Named for the two churches (“kirks”) established in the late 1600s, Kirk Green was the center of Woodbridge life in the early Colonial period, encompassing the modern-day intersection of Rahway Avenue and Port Reading . . . — — Map (db m126427) HM
Classes began January 1877.
First high school graduation 1883;
two graduates.
Became Woodbridge Township District
Administration Offices.
Built 1876 — — Map (db m190136) HM
Opened September 11, 1911
Last graduating high school class June
1956: became Woodbridge Middle School
John Pierson & Son, Architects
CIRCA 1911 — — Map (db m191208) HM
Barron Family Property
Purchased 1869 by Charles A. Campbell
Home of Frederick F. & Mina Potter Anness
Edwin W. & Emma Harned Valentine
Hugh W. Kelly & Family
c 1869 — — Map (db m200981) HM
North Side
Samuel Moore Tavern c 1683
Dr. Ellis Barron Freeman Drug Store c 1840
South Side
Village Market
Pike House c 1715/Woodbridge Hotel
Railway Track Crossing — — Map (db m200982) HM
Maple Hall served as the home of the African American journalist T. Thomas Fortune from 1901 to 1908. Born into slavery in 1856 and freed by the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, Fortune rose to prominence during his more than twenty-year . . . — — Map (db m206009) HM
Front Organized as an agro-industrial Jewish cooperative community by the Provisional Commission for Jewish Farm Settlements in the United States, led by Benjamin Brown (1885-1939), Jersey Homesteads was one of approximately 100 communities . . . — — Map (db m95997) HM
Shrewsbury Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m209046) HM
District represents architectural period 1830-1895, and includes dwellings built on lots developed by Boonton Iron Works. Boundries are Church Street at Main Street to Birch Street and Cornelia Street. — — Map (db m192213) HM
One of Boonton’s two octagon houses built on Cornelia Street. Both dwellings. Of concrete slag construction. Are only examples of octagon architecture in Morris County. — — Map (db m192214) HM
William G. Lathrop, manager of the Boonton Ironworks from 1850-1882. Built this Italianate mansion, which became New Jersey’s first home for firefighters in 1898. — — Map (db m91581) HM
The one room red brick school administered by Chatham Township was erected on property privately owned by Republican Academy. Serving as a Sunday and Elementary school, one teacher taught students age 5-18 from parts of Morris and Chatham . . . — — Map (db m198721) HM
Martha Brookes Hutcheson, renowned as one of America's first professional female landscape architects, lived at Merchiston Farm. Now called Bamboo Brook, from 1911 to 1959.
These gardens are an example of an early 20th-century landscape . . . — — Map (db m33170) HM
Martha Brookes Hutcheson (1871-1959) was one of America's first women landscape architects. After studying for three years in the Landscape Architecture program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she began her practice in 1902. Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m33173) HM
Home of Martha Brookes Hutcheson, prominent early woman landscape architect who transformed this 18th century working farm into outstanding example of natural and classic landscape design. — — Map (db m33169) HM
Florham 1893-1955 Country estate of Hamilton and Florence Vanderbilt Twombly. Grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Son. Buildings designed by McKim, Mead and White. Acquired by Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1958 — — Map (db m32108) HM
Built in 1901 by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. This vernacular-style rock-faced station with Richardsonian elements serves passengers from the Somerset Hills to New York City. It also once handled freight for local industries and the . . . — — Map (db m155595) HM
1847 Gothic Revival villa, “Mount Kemble,” built for Henry and Frances Duer Hoyt on the site of the house of colonial official Peter Kemble, reluctant host to Continental Army. Renamed “Glen Alpin” by David H. McAlpin in 1885. — — Map (db m8594) HM
Built 1891 for
Major and Mrs. Charles Curtis MacConnell
Designed by
Ernest G.W. Dietrich, Architect, New York City
Built by
Lindsey Brothers, Middletown, New York
Is part of the
Washington Valley
Historic District
and has been . . . — — Map (db m150857) HM
The Troy Historic District comprises 15 residences, the Troy Hills School and the Troy Industrial Hamlet Ruins, a historic archeological site. Industrial structures and residences were built near each other, and many dwellings face Troy Brook, . . . — — Map (db m162824) HM
Constructed of native stone by the Lackawanna Railroad, the station was a key link for resort visitors and residents from 1911 into the 1950s. Lackawanna Trains, The Morris Canal, Lake Steamboats, and Morris County Traction Company Trolleys . . . — — Map (db m149142) HM
Noted architect Jeremiah O’Rourke designed this 1873 Gothic church. Built of local rough-cut stone, it features an open timber roof and jewel-toned stained glass. Early parishioners included immigrants who labored in nearby iron mines. — — Map (db m91508) HM
This private home is a Queen Ann Victorian style house built in 1898, at a cost of $5,000. The home features fish scale shingles, stained glass windows, a two story turret with witches hat roof, gingerbread trim, two inside stairways, a personal . . . — — Map (db m209209) HM
This Grier/Campbell residence is an unusual hybrid of English and Dutch house framing practices. This building may be the oldest existing home in Stafford Township. In 1871, the Stafford Land Company purchased this building as an office and . . . — — Map (db m209213) HM
In 1885, Mr. William R Hall, a general contractor from Philadelphia, purchased land from Lewis R. Peckworth to build a store with "rooms for rent" on the second floor. The original store is built in the French Second Empire with a Mansard roof . . . — — Map (db m209244) HM
East Water Street extends from its intersection with Main Street (Route 166) to Dock Street, one half mile east. It is also called "Captain's Row" for the many sea captains who built their homes here in the 1800s so they would be near their . . . — — Map (db m209109) HM
Water Street is named for the parallel waterway that flows of 40 miles from its inland source to Barnegat Bay. Since the early 1700s, the waterway and the tiny village that thrived near it were called Tom's River. Historians believe that they . . . — — Map (db m209111) HM
Stoutenburgh-Minturn House (c. 1868) [86 E. Water St.] NR
In 1866, the first trains began to run along the new railroad tracks that had been laid between New York City and Toms River. Soon, train cars brought wealthy visitors . . . — — Map (db m209166) HM
Bishop Memorial Library (c. 1941)
101 Washington Street
Writer and traveler Nathaniel Holmes Bishop (1837-1902), born in Medford, Massachusetts, moved to Toms River when he was about 27 years old. His adventurous spirit and . . . — — Map (db m208297) HM
Ocean County Courthouse (1850)
118 Washington Street
Built from borrowed plans1 used to construct the Hudson County Courthouse, this two-story red brick building was designed in a neo-classical Greek . . . — — Map (db m208310) HM
This seventy-foot observatory tower was built by Catholina Lambert in 1896. Along with Lambert Castle, the structure was built reminiscent of castles in Great Britain where Lambert spent his childhood. After Lambert's death, the tower was open to . . . — — Map (db m194029) HM
The Church was built in 1903 and rebuilt after a fire in 1904. The church is constructed of pink Pompton granite with a castellated tower and a slate roof. The facade consists of a multi-gabled apse at the south west corner and pointed arch stained . . . — — Map (db m190229) HM
Built and dedicated n 1912 by Fannie Friedman Einstein in memory of her husband. Incorporated as the Free Public Library of Pompton Lakes in 1953; declared a local historic landmark in 1994; an example of English Tudor Revival Style. — — Map (db m94667) HM
The initial structure is an excellent example of a Colonial Revival building from the New Deal era. The school initially received students from Oakland, Wayne and Midland Park as well as Pompton Lakes.
Declared a local historic landmark 2001 — — Map (db m94674) HM
Built 1937 by Sherman Construction, Passaic N.J. Designed by Louis A. Simons supervising architect for the Dept. of the Treasury 1933-1939. A cast stone portrait of Benjamin Franklin by artist Sterling Calder is in the lobby. An excellent of example . . . — — Map (db m94673) HM
Lenox School built in 1918 is a good example of the stripped classicism construction favored during this period. The separate entrances on each side of the front door identify the original entrances for "girls” and "boys”. An addition was . . . — — Map (db m190664) HM
Built in 1715. This house has been altered from its original Dutch Colonial appearance. It is 2 stories in height, 3 bays wide with a full rubblestone basement visible at the side elevation. It has a mansard roof with arched dormers and 2 chimneys. . . . — — Map (db m190231) HM
This house is an example of 18th century architecture. The Schuyler and Colfax families were prominent in shaping New Jersey history. — — Map (db m7703) HM
This site served as Washington’s headquarters July, October and November of 1780. It was placed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places on September 11, 1970 and the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1970. First restored . . . — — Map (db m200858) HM
The Old Red House AKA Samuel Shivers House
The Samuel Shivers House is one of the finest examples of Southern New Jersey 18th century timber frame architecture. It is a survivor, escaping the ravages of time, rot, fire, vermin and change of . . . — — Map (db m153950) HM
This property is the site of Lord Stirling Manor, built by William Alexander "Lord Stirling" in 1763 where he lived until 1779. The original residence was razed by fire in 1920 and a new residence was built on part of the remaining foundation where . . . — — Map (db m40353) HM
The Pluckemin School house was constructed in 1912 as a two-story four-room school. It cost approximately $5,000 and was designed by Peter C. Van Nuys of Somerville and was built by John Gulick of Lamington. it was used as a school house until 1958 . . . — — Map (db m117652) HM
Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Farmhouse Built c. 1760.
Headquarters of General Henry Knox During The 1778-1779 Winter Encampment Of The Continental Army Near Pluckemin — — Map (db m16983) HM
Bernardsville Train Station is a one-story stone structure with rounded corners and a hipped roof, and was built in 1901-1902. The interior classical detailing, including several pair of Corinthian pilasters carved in oak, is particularly notable. . . . — — Map (db m159070) HM
Historical Background
The site of the Bodine - Carkhuff House forms part of property acquired by Isaac Bodine in the early 1700s. Church records establish that Bodine, who was of French Huguenot descent, resided in the neighborhood by 1723, . . . — — Map (db m99214) HM
Constructed circa 1870, the Thomas P. Huff House exemplifies the Victorian era Tuscan Villa style. The site also includes a circa 1800 three-bay Dutch Barn, 1870 corn crib and other agricultural buildings. The farmstead historically operated as a . . . — — Map (db m104499) HM
This house was the homestead of the Frelinghuysen family, which has long been significant in New Jersey history. The wooden wing was presumably built in the early 18th century and may have been moved to the site by the Middaugh family who owned the . . . — — Map (db m230706) HM
The Somerset County Court House, constructed in 1909, is a fine example of Beaux-Arts Classicism. It was designed by the firm of Gordon, Tracy and Swartwout. James Reilly Gordon was one of America’s greatest courthouse architects, who also designed . . . — — Map (db m98263) HM
Maxim Park was the estate of famous inventor, Hudson Maxim. Purchased by Maxim in 1901, the property included a spectacular Venetian boat house, guest cottages, a laboratory, ice house/observatory, servant's quarters, tennis courts and garage. . . . — — Map (db m26455) HM
President of the H.W. Merriam Shoe Company, he relocated his factory from New York City to Newton in 1873. The nation's largest producer of ladies' and children's shoes, it was also the largest employer in Sussex County with over 350 employees. Held . . . — — Map (db m26454) HM
A Change of Plans
~ Twin brothers, John and Anthony Kuser, purchased the High Point Inn and the surrounding 1,700-acre property in 1910. After operating the Inn for one summer, John sold his interest to Anthony and his wife, Susie Dryden . . . — — Map (db m202349) HM
Built in 1772 in the Georgian style by William Livingston (New Jersey’s first elected Governor, 1776-1790). The house assumed its current Victorian Italianate appearance in the late 19th century, when it was enlarged by Colonel John Kean to meet the . . . — — Map (db m66628) HM
Rutherfurd Hall, built in 1903, is a National and NJ State Historic Landmark. A sprawling country home, the hall was designed as a grand country manor by famed architect Whitney Warren, who also designed such landmarks as New York's Grand Central . . . — — Map (db m165879) HM
The Union Square Hotel served as the town's first Town Hall, and all travelers going to or from Easton passed through the square. The hotel was erected in 1811 by Joseph Roseberry, and consisted of only the lower three stone Federal-style stories; . . . — — Map (db m157224) HM
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