Historical Markers and War Memorials in Salem, New Jersey
Salem is the county seat for Salem County
Salem is in Salem County
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Built 1721 with earlier portions constructed c. 1690-1700. In addition to serving as a residence, these buildings once housed a temperance hotel and medical offices. John S. Rock, the first African-American attorney admitted to practice law before . . . — — Map (db m168704) HM
Originally named "Bridge Street" for the northern Fenwick Creek crossing and first town entrance, most buildings date from the late 18th and early 19th centuries representing an American town from over 200 years ago.
National Register of . . . — — Map (db m153701) HM
Originally named "Wharf Street" this was the town's road to the Port of Salem, which was Salem's trade link to the outside world. Most buildings date from between 1820 and 1890.
National Register of Historic Places
United States Park . . . — — Map (db m153665) HM
Esther “Hetty” Saunders was a remarkable woman of color who began her life in the early 1790s as a slave in Delaware. In 1800, her father saw an opportunity to escape to freedom with his children, crossing the Delaware River into . . . — — Map (db m36431) HM
1891 Built as Ford's Hotel.
1919 Converted to Salem County Memorial Hospital in memoriam to WWI soldiers and sailors. Opened with 30 beds, 12 physicians and surgeons. First year 1093 patients treated.
1951 Hospital vacated building relocating . . . — — Map (db m88554) HM
Built in 1891 as Ford's Hotel, then considered the most elegant and modern of several hotels in town. Converted to Salem County Memorial Hospital in 1919, dedicated to fallen soldiers of WWI. In 1951 the growing hospital moved to Mannington . . . — — Map (db m153710) HM
Top panel New Jersey Register of Historic Places 1974; National Register of Historic Places 1975; Significant for its Romanesque and Gothic ecclesiastical architecture, its steeple structural design and for being a work of architect John . . . — — Map (db m88543) HM
This oak tree, a survivor of the original forest, was standing here when Salem was founded by John Fenwick in 1675. It is eighty-eight feet high and its foliage covers one-quarter of an acre. “This tablet was erected on October 10th, 1925, . . . — — Map (db m21659) HM
To keep in perpetual remembrance the name of
John Fenwick
1618-1683
Major in the Army of Oliver Cromwell, 1648
Proprietor of the Salem Tenth
Member of the Assembly of West New Jersey, 1681
"That my said . . . — — Map (db m153699) HM
has been designated a National Historic Landmark. This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. Reuben Cuff founded this church in 1800. This present structure was built in 1878.
Rev. . . . — — Map (db m127817) HM
Built in 1806, was the residence of Col. Robert Gibbon Johnson, historian, agriculturist and champion of "New Jersey tomatoes." — — Map (db m127971) HM
This building was constructed in 1957 to replace the previous brick jail building (and Sheriff's House) built in 1867 and demolished in 1957 on this site. It served as the Salem County Jail until 1994, replaced by a much larger facility in . . . — — Map (db m153702) HM
On this site stood Salem's original market house from approximately 1742 to 1851. Market houses existed (and still do) for hundreds of years in Europe and early America, predating grocery stores. Salem's market was a one story open wood and brick . . . — — Map (db m153703) HM
Completed in 1853 to replace a smaller brick structure constructed forty nine years earlier. The building was designed to be impermeable to outside fires, but as it was with double-thick brick walls and an arched roof. Such protection was deemed . . . — — Map (db m153700) HM
Oldest active courthouse in New Jersey and the second oldest in the United States. Built in 1735, this building was occupied by British troops during the Revolutionary War and later was the site of treason trials for British sympathizers. The . . . — — Map (db m153698) HM
The handsome pattern brickwork of this house is typical of the 18th century Salem County architecture. In addition to serving as a residence, these buildings once housed a temperance hotel and medical offices. John S. Rock, the first . . . — — Map (db m88552) HM
1798 Small brick building for County Clerk. 1804 Surrogate's addition built on northeast side. 1850 Design for new building by Philadelphia architect Gordon Parker Cummings. 1853 County Clerk & Surrogate building completion 36 x 48 Evidence of two . . . — — Map (db m88556) HM
Built in 1869 as Union Fire Company No. 1, replacing their previous building named Union Hall, built in 1825. Salem fire companies included Union (est. 1749), Reliance (1825), Liberty (1866), Washington (1867) and North Bend (1904). This fire house . . . — — Map (db m153696) HM
Built in 1772, this structure stands as the oldest house of worship in Salem, whose active congregation is the oldest religious organization in Salem County. Founded in 1676, this is the third (and largest) meetinghouse - the two previous located on . . . — — Map (db m153693) HM
Estimated to be over 500 years old, the oak is the sole surviving tree from the original forest that covered this land when John Fenwick arrived in 1675. Tradition maintains that Fenwick treatied with the Native Lenni Lenape beneath these branches . . . — — Map (db m153666) HM
Site of Star Hall, demolished in 1898 for the building of City National Bank. Legend has it---if you step on the star, you will always come back to Salem. — — Map (db m153712) HM
This building was constructed around 1820 by Thomas Sinnickson, son of Andrew and Margaret Walker Sinnickson and grandnephew of Thomas Sinnickson who was active in the Revolutionary War. This historic building was home to one of Salem's oldest . . . — — Map (db m153671) HM
From 1836 through the Civil War, this house was a beacon to enslaved African Americans escaping north. Here abolitionists Abigail and Elizabeth Good provided funds and supplies to the runaways for their journey to Freedom. — — Map (db m127970) HM
To all Salem Veterans living and deceased who have served our country with honor and distinction. Let it not be taken for granted that their sacrifices by which we enjoy the benefits of freedom. — — Map (db m153678) WM
Gratefully dedicated to our honored dead who gave all to give to the living the American way of life
World War I
David Bloemer • Frank B. Bartlett • Arthur Brown • Norman Casper • Robert J. Clampitt • Henry Coleman • James C. Conover . . . — — Map (db m153681) WM
In memory of
Col. Benjamin Holme
Col. Elijah Hand
Capt. William Smith
Andrew Bacon and those other patriots who defended the bridge at Quinton.
March 18, 1778.
Erected on the site of the Smith homestead by Oak Tree Chapter, . . . — — Map (db m153719) HM WM
Dedication by the citizens of Quinton Township to all members of our Armed Forces who served their country honorably during all wars. — — Map (db m153718) WM
