List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey
The list of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey records the historical objects and places that are classified as National Historic Landmarks ( NHL ; German: National Historic Landmark ) in the American state of New Jersey and are under the supervision of the National Park Service (NPS). It highlights its particular national importance from the multitude of other cultural monuments in the United States' National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The award is presented by the United States Department of the Interior .
The second part of this list also includes other objects that - like landmarks - have historical significance for the United States as a whole beyond New Jersey: National Historic Sites , National Historical Parks , National Memorials and some other facilities are areas, landmarks or memorials in the United States, which received the award not from the Home Office but directly through laws of Congress or orders from the President . Such historical monuments are usually also under the protection of the National Park Service, but they have usually not been declared an NHL; often their protection status was granted before the Landmarks Program was introduced in 1960. The National Park Service names the national monuments of this type in the appendix to the NHL list for New Jersey.
Explanations
- The order of the entries, the names of the landmarks, and the date of the entry of the award follow the information in the National Park Service New Jersey Landmark List.
- In the column for the names of the historical objects and areas, alternative names are also given in brackets, if there are any.
- The entry date column also shows the entry's official registration number in the National Register of Historic Places .
- In the column to the location which are in addition to the Location geographical coordinates linked.
- In the table column on the far left, the color code for the individual table rows indicates which award category of the National Park System applies to the respective entry.
Legend of the color code | |
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NHL | National Historic Landmark |
NHLD | National Historic Landmark District |
NHP | National Historical Park |
NMON | National Monument |
National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey
There are 58 such cultural monuments in New Jersey, all of which are listed in the following list (as of April 2017). They can be found in 17 of the 21 counties in New Jersey .
Surname | image | Entry date | location | county | description | |
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1 | Abbott Farm Historic District |
ID no. 76001158 |
December 8, 1976
Hamilton Township , Bordentown Township , Bordentown ; East bank of the Delaware River 40 ° 11 ′ 9.6 ″ N , 74 ° 43 ′ 37.2 ″ W |
Mercer County , Burlington County |
The Landmark District covers an area with several significant archaeological sites south of Trenton ; first excavations and investigations by Charles Conrad Abbott since the middle of the 19th century. At least 30 recognizable different sites, remains of settlements, burial places of different time levels; largest known settlement complex of the middle Woodland period in New England between 500 BC And 500 AD; Soil evidence and remains go back more than 13,000 years. | |
2 | All Saints' Memorial Church |
ID No. 74001179 |
December 23, 1987
Navesink , 202 Navesink Avenue 40 ° 23 ′ 54 ″ N , 74 ° 1 ′ 14 ″ W. |
Monmouth County | Stone church in neo-Gothic style ; Architect Richard Upjohn , built in 1864. | |
3 | Atlantic City Convention Hall |
ID No. 87000814 |
February 27, 1987
Atlantic City , 2301 Boardwalk 39 ° 21 ′ 17.9 " N , 74 ° 26 ′ 19.2" W. |
Atlantic County | Monumental event hall in Beaux Arts style on the shores of the Atlantic , a technical masterpiece of civil engineering with up to 40,000 seats; built 1926–1929. | |
4th | John Ballantine House |
ID No. 73001093 |
February 4, 1985
Newark , 49 Washington Street 40 ° 44 ′ 35.4 " N , 74 ° 10 ′ 16.7" W. |
Essex County | Home of John Ballantine, son of Peter Ballantine , founder of the Ballantine Brewery ; last surviving residential building from the series of representative city mansions that were built around Washington Square at the end of the 19th century; built 1884/1885, part of the Newark Museum since 1937 . | |
5 | Baltusrol Golf Club |
ID no. 05000374 |
August 25, 2014
Springfield Township , 201 Shunpike Road 40 ° 42 ′ 18 ″ N , 74 ° 19 ′ 41 ″ W |
Union County | Golf club founded in 1895 with two 18-hole golf courses; honored as an NHL district because the two extraordinary, natural golf courses, built 1918–1926, established the fame of golf architect A. W. Tillinghast . | |
6th |
Pietro and Maria Botto House (Pietro Botto House) |
ID No. 74001188 |
December 17, 1982
Haledon , 83 Norwood Street 40 ° 56 ′ 5.4 ″ N , 74 ° 11 ′ 18 ″ W. |
Passaic County | Between March and July 1913, the Sunday meeting place of several thousand strikers of the Industrial Workers of the World during the Paterson silk strike ; the Bottos estate was named an NHL for its role as a refuge where freedom of speech and assembly was guaranteed; since 1983 American Labor Museum . | |
7th |
Boxwood Hall (Elias Boudinot House) |
ID No. 70000397 |
November 28, 1972
Elizabeth , 1073 East Jersey Street 40 ° 39 ′ 49 ″ N , 74 ° 12 ′ 37 ″ W. |
Union County | 1772-1795 home of Elias Boudinot , 1782/83 President of the Continental Congress and from 1789 repeatedly MP for New Jersey in the House of Representatives . 1795–1824 home of Jonathan Dayton , one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence . Built around 1750; historical house-museum since 1943. | |
8th | Burlington County Prison |
ID No. 86003558 |
June 24, 1986
Mount Holly , 128 High Street 39 ° 59 ′ 48.9 ″ N , 74 ° 47 ′ 22 ″ W. |
Burlington County | Built in 1811 according to plans by Robert Mills ; the oldest prison building in the United States in uninterrupted operation when closed in 1965; Museum since 1966. | |
9 | Camp Evans |
ID no. 02000274 |
October 16, 2012
Wall Township , 2300 Marconi Road 40 ° 11 ′ 5.2 ″ N , 74 ° 3 ′ 30.3 ″ W. |
Monmouth County | Former military base of the United States Army Signal Corps , 35 buildings belong to this landmark district; Camp Evans was one of the most important test and production facilities for the development of the radar during World War II . | |
10 | Cape May Historic District |
ID No. 70000383 |
May 11, 1976
Cape May , old town center 38 ° 56 ′ 12.5 ″ N , 74 ° 54 ′ 39.9 ″ W |
Cape May County | Oldest seaside resort in the United States; With over 600 preserved buildings, the largest collection of historic houses and commercial buildings from the 19th century in the USA. | |
11 |
Clark Thread Company Historic District (East Newark Industrial Center) |
ID No. 78001764 |
June 2, 1978
East Newark , 900 Passaic Avenue 40 ° 45 ′ 6.8 " N , 74 ° 9 ′ 43.2" W. |
Hudson County | Large economic and production complex of the textile industry, built after 1875, the Landmark District includes 35 largely unchanged buildings; From the 1890s to the middle of the 20th century, the company founded by George Aitken Clark in 1864 was the world leader in the production of cotton yarn. | |
12 |
Grover Cleveland Home (Westland Mansion) |
ID No. 66000463 |
June 23, 1965
Princeton , 15 Hodge Road 40 ° 21 ′ 5.7 ″ N , 74 ° 40 ′ 3 ″ W. |
Mercer County | From 1897 to 1908 the villa was the retirement home of the 22nd / 24th. American President , Grover Cleveland ; built in 1854. | |
13 |
Craftsman Farms (The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms) |
ID No. 85003730 |
December 14, 1990
Parsippany-Troy Hills , 2352 Route 10 West 40 ° 51 ′ 26.6 " N , 74 ° 28 ′ 48.5" W. |
Morris County | Agricultural site and school for the Arts and Crafts Movement , founded in 1908 by one of the most important exponents of this art and design movement in the United States, Gustav Stickley , operated by him until 1915; Passed into private ownership in 1917; Since 1989 owned by the city and managed by a foundation that runs the landmark site as a museum. | |
14th | Albert Einstein House |
ID No. 76002297 |
January 7, 1976
Princeton , 112 Mercer Street 40 ° 20 '36.2 " N , 74 ° 40' 0.7" W. |
Mercer County | Home of the physicist Albert Einstein after his escape from National Socialist Germany in 1935 until his death in 1955. | |
15th | The Speedwell Village Factory |
ID no. 74001186 |
May 30, 1974
Morristown , 333 Speedwell Avenue 40 ° 48'51.1 " N , 74 ° 28'49.6" W. |
Morris County | In this building, a structure of the Speedwell Iron Works , Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail built the first telegraph and it was here that the first public demonstration of the functionality of the device took place. | |
16 | Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District |
ID No. 80002505 |
December 17, 1982
Sandy Hook , State Route 36 40 ° 27 ′ 50 ″ N , 74 ° 0 ′ 10 ″ W. |
Monmouth County | The fortifications on Sandy Hook , a small peninsula south of the entrance to New York Harbor and New Jersey ( Fortifications at Sandy Hook , renamed Fort Hancock in 1895 ), have been a strategically important site since the American Revolutionary War in the late 18th century. From 1895 to 1974 Fort Hancock was the port's central defenses; the Sandy Hook Proving Ground , the oldest military training and weapons test area in the United States, existed here from 1874 to 1919, after which the area also belonged to the fort. The NHL district includes the entire peninsula with all buildings and structures standing on it, a total of 110 Building and 16 batteries . Part of the Gateway National Recreation Area of the National Park Service since 1972 . | |
17th |
T. Thomas Fortune House (The Bergen House) |
ID no. 76001171 |
December 8, 1976
Red Bank , 94 Drs James Parker Boulevard (previously 94 West Bergen Place) 40 ° 20 ′ 30.5 ″ N , 74 ° 4 ′ 20.6 ″ W |
Monmouth County | 1901–1915 Home of Timothy Thomas Fortune , a former slave who was one of the leading African American journalists and civil rights activists in his day . | |
18th | Georgian Court |
ID No. 78001788 |
February 4, 1985
Lakewood 40 ° 5 '56 " N , 74 ° 13' 44" W. |
Ocean County | Former winter residence of George Jay Gould I , son of entrepreneur Jay Gould ; since 1924 seat of the private Catholic University Georgian Court University , originally under the name Georgian Court College ; the college was founded in 1908 by the Sisters of Mercy in North Plainfield . Distinguished as an NHL district because the main and auxiliary buildings are an outstanding example of the eclectic late form of Georgian architecture , built from 1897 by Bruce Price , then the leading architect of this style. One of the last actively used Jeu-de-Paume tennis courts in the world belongs to the facility . | |
19th | Grace Church |
ID No. 72000776 |
December 23, 1987
Newark , 950 Broad Street 40 ° 43 ′ 50.5 " N , 74 ° 10 ′ 27.5" W. |
Essex County | Grace Church is an Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Newark ; Protected as NHL because the building is considered an outstanding example of neo-Gothic architecture , architect was Richard Upjohn in 1847 . Samuel A. Ward , the composer of the patriotic hymn " America the Beautiful ", was the parish organist. | |
20th | Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse |
ID No. 78001766 |
June 2, 1978
Jersey City , 150 Bay Street 40 ° 43 ′ 15.8 " N , 74 ° 2 ′ 24.1" W. |
Hudson County | Large department store of the former A&P supermarket company; last building of a larger retail center of the company, largely preserved in its original appearance, built in 1900 at the height of its success story; Named an NHL because the building can be seen as a symbol of the A&P company's importance in the history of retail in the United States. | |
21st | Great Falls of the Passaic / Society for Establishing Useful Manufacturers HD |
ID No. 70000391 |
May 11, 1976
Paterson 40 ° 54 '58.3 " N , 74 ° 10' 53.7" W. |
Passaic County | The Great Falls of the Passaic near Paterson are a 23 m high waterfall of the Passaic River . At the suggestion of Alexander Hamilton , the Society for Establishing Useful Manufacturers (SUM) , founded in 1791, used its hydropower to supply mills and industrial plants with energy from 1792, and from 1914 a hydropower station provided central energy supply. The NHL district includes several facilities and dams of the flow channels, several industrial mills and the hydroelectric power station. Established in 2011, Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park is largely within the boundaries of this NHL district. | |
22nd | Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site |
ID No. 94001648 |
October 12, 1994
Haddonfield 39 ° 54 '37.1 " N , 75 ° 1' 38.5" W. |
Camden County | Place where the world's first largely complete dinosaur skeleton was found by William Foulke in 1858 - Hadrosaurus foulkii named by Joseph Leidy . | |
23 | Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station |
ID no. 68000031 |
May 23, 1968
Manchester Township , north of Lakehurst |
Ocean County | The Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst ( American Airship Center ) was the development center of American airship travel and, since the late 1920s, the central port of commercial airship travel in the United States; Hangar No. 1, built in 1921, is the most important building that has survived from this period. The hangar was also the site of the explosion of the Hindenburg airship on May 6, 1937, which marked the abrupt end of commercial airship travel. | |
24 | Joseph Henry House |
ID No. 66000464 |
January 12, 1965
Princeton , campus of Princeton University 40 ° 20 '57.7 " N , 74 ° 39' 32" W |
Mercer County | Built 1836–1838, from then until 1848 the home of the physicist Joseph Henry , whose research on electromagnetic self-induction significantly promoted the development of telegraphy . | |
25th |
Hermitage (Waldwic Cottage) |
ID No. 70000379 |
May 22, 1970
Ho-Ho-Kus , 335 North Franklin Turnpike 41 ° 0 ′ 25.6 ″ N , 74 ° 7 ′ 3.5 ″ W. |
Bergen County | Exceptionally well preserved example of a residential house from the early phase of neo-Gothic architecture in the 19th century; originally built in the middle of the 18th century, completely rebuilt in 1845 according to plans by the architect William H. Ranlett , whose only neo-Gothic work was this building. | |
26th |
Hinchliffe Stadium (City Stadium) |
ID no. 04000223 |
February 25, 2013
Paterson , between Maple Street and Liberty Street 40 ° 55 ′ 5.9 ″ N , 74 ° 10 ′ 52 ″ W. |
Passaic County | Baseball stadium in the Negro Leagues in the Jim Crow era , completed in 1932; since 2014 part of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park . | |
27 | Holland tunnel |
ID No. 93001619 |
November 4, 1993
Jersey City , Manhattan (New York) 40 ° 43 ′ 47.2 " N , 74 ° 2 ′ 17.7" W. |
Hudson County , New York County ( New York ) |
The world's first underwater tunnel specially designed for the needs of car traffic; Link under the Hudson River between Jersey City and Manhattan Island . One of the most important features of the structure was to limit the effects of exhaust emissions on the driver through the most efficient possible ventilation. The preparatory research carried out for this purpose had a decisive influence on the construction of all subsequent tunnel constructions. Opened in 1927. | |
28 | Francis Hopkinson House |
ID No. 71000496 |
July 17, 1971
Bordentown , 101 Farnsworth Avenue 40 ° 8 ′ 55.1 ″ N , 74 ° 42 ′ 48.6 ″ W. |
Burlington County | Built in 1750; 1774–1791 home of Francis Hopkinson , one of the signatories of the United States' Declaration of Independence . | |
29 | Horn antenna |
ID No. 89002457 |
December 20, 1989
Holmdel 40 ° 23 '26.7 " N , 74 ° 11' 5.5" W. |
Monmouth County | With this horn radiator constructed in 1959 , Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson accidentally discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation in 1964/65 , an essential proof of the big bang theory for the origin of the universe. | |
30th | Lawrenceville School |
ID No. 86000158 |
February 24, 1986
Lawrenceville , Main Street, The Circle 40 ° 17 ′ 45.6 " N , 74 ° 43 ′ 44.4" W. |
Mercer County | The NHL district is the historic campus of the Lawrenceville School. The buildings and the garden landscape were redesigned at the end of the 19th century based on the model of English school architecture around a central green area, planned jointly by the architects Peabody and Stearns and the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted ; protected as the NHL as the only almost unchanged example of such cooperation in the United States. | |
31 |
William Livingston House (Liberty Hall) |
ID No. 72000807 |
November 28, 1972
Union , 1003 Morris Avenue 40 ° 40 ′ 42.6 " N , 74 ° 13 ′ 43.4" W. |
Union County | Built in 1772; 1773–1790 Home of William Livingston , member of the Continental Congress , signatory of the United States Constitution and first elected governor of New Jersey from 1776 to 1790. After 1949, converted into a house museum, part of Kean University . | |
32 | Lucy, the Margate Elephant |
ID No. 71000493 |
May 11, 1976
Margate City , 9200 Atlantic Avenue 39 ° 19 ′ 14.5 " N , 74 ° 30 ′ 41.2" W. |
Atlantic County | The six-story wooden elephant is the world's largest representation of an elephant, built in 1882. | |
33 |
Maybury Hill (Joseph Hewes Birthplace) |
ID No. 71000502 |
November 11, 1971
Princeton , 346 Snowden Lane 40 ° 22 '2.6 " N , 74 ° 38' 29.2" W. |
Mercer County | Farmhouse, built around 1725; Birthplace of Joseph Hewes , one of the signatories of the American Declaration of Independence , and home of his youth from 1730 to 1755 at the latest. | |
34 | Minisink Archeological Site |
ID No. 93000608 |
April 19, 1993
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area 41 ° 5 ′ 36.4 " N , 74 ° 59 ′ 32.1" W. |
Sussex County , Pike County ( Pennsylvania ) |
Remains of settlement by the most important Lenape community of the Munsee language group during the first contacts with the American colonists in the 17th and 18th centuries; rich and scientifically researched archaeological site; Archaeological finds show human habitation lasting over 10,000 years. | |
35 | Monmouth Battlefield |
ID No. 66000467 |
January 20, 1961
Freehold Township , northwest of Freehold 40 ° 15 ′ 49.2 " N , 74 ° 19 ′ 11.3" W |
Monmouth County | Site of the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778, the last major battle in the northern theater of the American Revolutionary War . | |
36 |
Morven (Richard Stockton House) |
ID No. 71000503 |
July 17, 1971
Princeton , 55 Stockton Street 40 ° 20 ′ 51.8 " N , 74 ° 40 ′ 0.9" W. |
Mercer County | Built in 1754 by Richard Stockton , lawyer and politician, and signatory of the Declaration of Independence . The mansion was the official residence of the Governor of New Jersey from 1954 to 1981, since 2004 a museum. | |
37 | Nassau Hall |
ID no. 66000465 |
October 9, 1960
Princeton , campus of Princeton University 40 ° 20 '55.5 " N , 74 ° 39' 33.7" W |
Mercer County | Oldest building of Princeton University and when built 1754–1756 largest building in the colonial Province of New Jersey and largest academic structure of all British colonies in America . The Nassau Hall served several times as a parliament building in the early history of the United States: 1776, the first parliamentary assembly of New Jersey was held here and the first governor was chosen; from June to November 1783, the first United States government, the Confederation Congress , used Nassau Hall as a meeting venue. | |
38 |
Thomas Nast Home (Villa Fontana) |
ID No. 66000470 |
January 29, 1964
Morristown , 50 Macculloch Avenue 40 ° 47'30.6 " N , 74 ° 28'48.8" W. |
Morris County | From 1873 to 1902 the residence of one of the first successful political cartoonists in the USA, the German-born cartoonist Thomas Nast , whose works made a significant contribution to defeating the corrupt political Tammany Hall organization in New York City . Nast created iconic images of the American Santa Claus and popularized the donkey as the symbol of the Democratic Party and the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party . | |
39 |
Navesink Light Station (Twin Lights Historic Site) |
ID No. 06000237 |
February 17, 2006
Highlands , end of Lighthouse Road |
Monmouth County | Lighthouse station with two towers, in operation between 1862 and 1952, the first lighthouse at this location directed ships into New York Harbor since 1828 ; First use of a Fresnel lens in a lighthouse in the United States. | |
40 | New St. Mary's Episcopal Church |
ID No. 72000770 |
June 24, 1986
Burlington , 145 West Broad Street 40 ° 4 ′ 37.5 " N , 74 ° 51 ′ 42.4" W. |
Burlington County | Church in neo-Gothic style , built in 1846-1854, designed by Richard Upjohn , following the example of the Church St John the Baptist from the early 14th century in Shottesbrooke , Berkshire , England . The building cemented Upjohn's reputation as a pioneer of Gothic Revival architecture in the United States. | |
41 | Abel and Mary Nicholson House |
ID No. 96001548 |
February 16, 2000
Elsinboro Township , 127 Fort Elfsborg-Hancocks Bridge Road 39 ° 31 ′ 10.3 ″ N , 75 ° 29 ′ 10.9 ″ W |
Salem County | Farmhouse built in 1722; exceptional example of the early Anglo-American architecture of the Delaware Valley; Patterned brick building, largely preserved in its original state. | |
42 | Old Barracks |
ID No. 71000506 |
November 28, 1972
Trenton , 101 Barrack Street 40 ° 13 ′ 11.5 ″ N , 74 ° 46 ′ 7.2 ″ W. |
Mercer County | The only surviving British colonial barracks in New Jersey, originally set up in 1758 to house troops in the French and Indian War ; During the War of Independence, the Hessian troops stationed in Trenton were surprised and captured at the Battle of Trenton in December 1776 . | |
43 |
Old Queens, Rutgers University (Queen's College Building) |
ID No. 76001164 |
May 11, 1976
New Brunswick , campus of Rutgers University 40 ° 29 '55.5 " N , 74 ° 26' 46.5" W |
Middlesex County | Oldest building at Rutgers University , built 1809–1822; the structure is considered to be one of the finest examples of Federal Style in American architecture. | |
44 | Palisades Interstate Park |
ID No. 66000890 |
January 12, 1965 West bank of the Hudson River north of Washington Bridge 40 ° 57 ′ 40.4 ″ N , 73 ° 55 ′ 10.6 ″ W |
Bergen County , Rockland County ( New York ), Orange County ( New York ) |
1965 named NHL because of the unusual multi-state park organization of the states of New Jersey and New York ; originally founded in 1900 to protect the Palisades cliffs on the Hudson River, which are endangered by use as a quarry . Continuously supplemented over the course of the 20th century, the interstate park's overall administration now (as of 2017) includes 20 further state parks and 9 historic sites of the two states. | |
45 | Paulsdale |
ID No. 89000774 |
December 4, 1991
Mount Laurel , 128 Hooton Road 39 ° 57 ′ 21.1 ″ N , 74 ° 55 ′ 48.2 ″ W. |
Burlington County | Built in 1800; Birth and 1885-1901 Location suffragette Alice Paul , an important leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United States; since 1990 seat of the Alice Paul Institute with museum and classrooms. | |
46 |
President's House (Dean's House, Maclean House) |
ID No. 71000504 |
July 17, 1971
Princeton , Princeton University campus 40 ° 20 ′ 56.8 ″ N , 74 ° 39 ′ 36.7 ″ W |
Mercer County | Built in 1756, from then until 1878 the residence of the Presidents of the College of New Jersey (later: Princeton University ); named NHL because John Witherspoon lived here from 1768 to 1779. During this time Witherspoon was a delegate to the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence . | |
47 |
Princeton Battlefield (Princeton Battlefield State Park) |
ID No. 66000466 |
January 20, 1961
Princeton , Princeton Battlefield State Park 40 ° 19 ′ 53.5 ″ N , 74 ° 40 ′ 32 ″ W. |
Mercer County | Site of the Battle of Princeton in the American Revolutionary War ; a few days after the surprise attack in Trenton , George Washington had a second success against the British troops, which decisively boosted the morale of the American soldiers. | |
48 | Prospect |
ID No. 85002434 |
February 4, 1985
Princeton , campus of Princeton University 40 ° 20 '49.5 " N , 74 ° 39' 23.9" W |
Mercer County | Built 1851–1852, a typical example of John Notman's Italianate architecture . Prospect was the residence of the President of Princeton University from 1879 to 1968; the most famous resident was the future American President Woodrow Wilson from 1902 to 1910 . | |
49 | Radburn |
ID No. 75001118 |
April 5, 2005
Borough in Fairlawn 40 ° 56 ′ 32.5 " N , 74 ° 6 ′ 58.7" W. |
Bergen County | Founded in 1929, expansion until 1933, early planned town , founded as the “city of the automobile age” with the separation of thoroughfares and residential areas around dead ends, which became the model of similar urban planning systems worldwide (“ Radburn system ”). | |
50 | Red Bank Battlefield |
ID No. 72000796 |
November 28, 1972
National Park , 101 Hessian Avenue, on the banks of the Delaware River, 39 ° 52 ′ 16.9 " N , 75 ° 11 ′ 21.9" W |
Gloucester County | Site of the Battle of Red Bank on October 22nd, 1777, a battle in the American Revolutionary War. | |
51 | Ringwood Manor |
ID No. 66000471 |
November 13, 1966
Ringwood , 3 miles east of Hewitt 41 ° 8 ′ 20.2 ″ N , 74 ° 15 ′ 19.1 ″ W |
Passaic County | Inventor and engineer Robert Erskine's estate ; Headquarters of the most important ironworking company in the United States between the 1740s and 1870s; New Jersey State Donation since 1938, House Museum and State Park. | |
52 | Sandy Hook Light |
ID No. 66000468 |
January 29, 1964 on the Sandy Hook Peninsula 40 ° 27 ′ 42 ″ N , 74 ° 0 ′ 7 ″ W |
Monmouth County | Oldest surviving lighthouse in the USA, in continuous operation since 1774. | |
53 | Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club |
ID No. 91000883 |
October 5, 1992
Rumson , 5 Tennis Court Lane 40 ° 22 ′ 0.8 ″ N , 73 ° 58 ′ 58.6 ″ W. |
Monmouth County | One of the oldest and most traditional tennis clubs in the United States, founded in 1877; The landmark includes the historic clubhouse and 21 tennis courts, which were built before 1941, of which 15 are grass courts and 6 clay courts. | |
54 |
Shadow Lawn (Woodrow Wilson Hall) |
ID No. 78001780 |
February 4, 1985
West Long Branch , 400 Cedar Avenue 40 ° 16'47.9 " N , 74 ° 0'17.7" W. |
Monmouth County | Country palace, built 1927–1928 for Hubert Parsons, then President of the Woolworth Company ; awarded as NHL because of the impressive palace architecture. The building has belonged to Monmouth University since 1956 . | |
55 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton House |
ID No. 75001122 |
May 15, 1975
Tenafly , 135 Highwood Avenue 40 ° 55 ′ 35.9 ″ N , 73 ° 57 ′ 16.2 ″ W. |
Bergen County | Home of civil and women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton from 1868 to 1887. | |
56 | William Trent House |
ID No. 70000388 |
April 15, 1970
Trenton , 15 Market Street (formerly 539 South Warren Street) 40 ° 12 ′ 47.2 ″ N , 74 ° 45 ′ 56.9 ″ W. |
Mercer County | Home of William Trent , founder of Trenton; awarded as NHL because the building is considered a significant example of early Georgian architecture . | |
57 | Washington's Crossing |
ID No. 66000650 |
January 20, 1961
Titusville and Yardley, Pennsylvania 40 ° 17 ′ 53.6 " N , 74 ° 52 ′ 10.7" W. |
Mercer County , Bucks County ( Pennsylvania ) |
The two states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania have a share in the landmark; The place where George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River on the night of December 26, 1776 , before the successful Battle of Trenton is protected . | |
58 | Walt Whitman House |
ID No. 66000461 |
December 29, 1962
Camden , 330 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard 39 ° 56 '32.7 " N , 75 ° 7' 24.4" W. |
Camden County | Home of the poet Walt Whitman in the last years of his life from 1884 to 1892; House museum since 1923. |
Other New Jersey monuments and historic areas in the National Park System
There are four such facilities in New Jersey, so far (as of 2017) three of them are listed by the National Park Service (NPS) in the appendix to the Landmark List for New Jersey.
The fourth overarching memorial structure, the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park , was established in 2011 and connects two National Historic Landmarks that continue to exist separately (see list): the NHL District Great Falls of the Passaic / Society for Establishing Useful, which is important in industrial history Manufacturers HD and the socially important NHL Hinchliffe Stadium .
Surname | image | Entry date | location | county | description | |
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1 | Morristown National Historical Park |
ID No. 66000053 |
March 2, 1933
Morristown , 30 Washington Place 40 ° 47 ′ 47 " N , 74 ° 28 ′ 0" W. |
Morris County | As a National Historical Park excellent because the then very small town Morristown in the War of Independence was winter camp of the Revolutionary Army and in 1777 and 1779/80, the headquarters of the American army and the main forces in two particularly critical winters under General George Washington was home. The historic site includes the Ford Mansion , which served as Washington's headquarters, Jockey Hollow , the area owned by farmer Henry Wick, which continuously served as the winter camp for the troops, and Fort Nonsense , a fortress built on Washington's orders, which provides safe retreat if necessary should offer. | |
2 | Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park |
ID no. 86001507 |
November 7, 2011
Paterson 40 ° 54 '58.3 " N , 74 ° 10' 53.7" W. |
Passaic County | The National Historical Park holds since 2011 a number of industrial and social history major facilities and buildings around the Waterfall Great Falls of the Passaic River in the natural monument area Great Falls of Paterson Garret Mountain National Natural Landmark . Since the end of the 18th century, at the suggestion of Alexander Hamilton, the gradient of the Passaic has been used to generate energy at this location, and one of the first large industrial settlements in the United States arose. The park is located within the National Historic Landmark District Great Falls of the Passaic / Society for Establishing Useful Manufacturers HD. Hinchliffe Stadium has also been part of the park since 2014 , one of the last remaining baseball venues of the Negro Leagues , which was recognized as an NHL in 2013. Both landmarks retained their older, independent protection status. |
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Statue of Liberty National Monument (Ellis Island, Liberty Island) |
extended to Ellis Island May 11, 1965 ID no. 66000058 |
October 15, 1924
Jersey City ( Ellis Island ), New York City (Ellis Island, Liberty Island ) 40 ° 41 ′ 55 ″ N , 74 ° 2 ′ 24 ″ W |
Hudson County , New York County ( New York ) |
The island Liberty Iceland (New York) - with the Statue of Liberty - and the island Ellis Iceland (states of New Jersey and New York) - with the buildings and archives of the most important immigration station of the United States - are together as a National Monument under the administration of the National Park service. | |
4th |
Thomas Edison National Historical Park (Edison National Historic Site) |
Edison National Historic Site ; renamed March 30, 2009 ID no. 66000052 |
September 5, 1962
West Orange , 211 Main Street (laboratory building) and 12 Honeysuckle Avenue (Glenmont apartment building) 40 ° 47 ′ 2.9 ″ N , 74 ° 13 ′ 59.9 ″ W |
Essex County | Laboratory building area and residence ("Glenmont") of inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison ; the buildings are museums and archives and hold memories of the life, work and importance of Edison. Both facilities were originally given separate protection status: Glenmont was designated an Edison Home National Historic Site on December 6, 1955 ; the laboratory buildings were placed under the protection of the National Park Service on July 14, 1956 as Edison Laboratory National Monument . |
Web links
- National Park Service, National Historic Landmarks Program: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey (Overview Page)
- National Park Service, National Historic Landmarks Program: Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State - New Jersey (PDF) (full list)
Remarks
- ↑ See the award criteria: National Park Service: Learn about the National Historic Landmarks Program ; Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ↑ On this and on the history of the National Park System as a whole, cf. in detail Barry Mackintosh: The National Parks. Shaping the system. US Department of the Interior, Washington 2000; third edition, revised in 2004, illustrated HTML edition by the National Park Service ; Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service, National Historic Landmarks Program: Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State - New Jersey, p. 4 (Appendix B) (PDF); Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service, National Historic Landmarks Program: Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State - New Jersey (PDF) ; Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ↑ Source for the alternative names is normally the corresponding NRHP data sheet of the National Park Service; possibly other / additional sources in the column description given.
- ^ National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places ; accessed May 23, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service, National Historic Landmarks Program: Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State - New Jersey (PDF) ; Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ↑ a b The numbering in this list column is based on the order of the entries presented by the National Park Service ; the colors distinguish different types of protected areas of the National Park System with national significance (e.g. National Historic Landmarks ) from the other entries in the National Register of Historic Places .
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 76001158 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ Delaware Tribe Historic Preservation Office: Abbott Farm ; Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ Brice Obermeyer, Robert Grumet, Michael Stewart, Jim Rementer, Greg Brown: Cultural Affiliation of the Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark (PDF) . Delaware Tribe Historic Preservation Office 2012, p. 6; Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Abbott Farm, Statement of Significance ( Memento October 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ); Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ↑ Richard Hunter, Damon Tvaryanas, David Byers, Michael Stewart: The Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark Interpretive Plan. Cultural Resource Technical Document. Hamilton Township, Mercer County, Bordentown Township and the City Of Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey. Trenton 2009, pp. 3-1 ( Online: p. 39 of the PDF document ; accessed May 25, 2017).
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- ^ National Park Service: Baltusrol Golf Club , NHL nomination; accessed May 26, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Baltusrol Golf Club , Executive Summary; accessed May 26, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 74001188 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 70000397 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
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- ^ National Park Service: Camp Evans , NHL nomination; accessed May 26, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Camp Evans , Executive Summary; accessed May 26, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 70000383 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 78001764 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000463 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 85003730 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms: Craftsman Farms 1911-2011 ; accessed May 28, 2017.
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- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 74001186 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 80002505 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Gateway National Recreation Area NY, NJ. Sandy Hook Places. Small peninsula, rich in history ; accessed May 28, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 76001171 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
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- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 94001648 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 68000031 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ↑ National Park Service: Hangar No. 1 Lakehurst Naval Air Station. From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms ; accessed June 6, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000464 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 70000379 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 04000223 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Hinchliffe Stadium , NHL nomination; accessed May 26, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Hinchliffe Stadium , Executive Summary; accessed May 26, 2017.
- ↑ Jonathan D. Salant: Congress adds NJ stadium where Negro League stars played to Paterson national park , nj.com, December 14, 2014; accessed June 8, 2017.
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- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 89002457 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 86000158 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 72000807 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ Liberty Hall Museum at Kean: History ; accessed June 10, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 71000493 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 71000502 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ The Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Joseph Hewes ; accessed June 10, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 93000608 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Minisink Archeological Site, Statement of Significance ( Memento of May 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ); accessed June 12, 2017.
- ^ John R. Wright: Archeology in the Minisink Today . In: Spanning the Gap , Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Newsletter, Vol. 25 no. 2, National Park Service Summer 2003; accessed June 12, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000467 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 71000503 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ↑ Morven Museum and Garden: About Morven ( Memento of the original dated May 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed June 13, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000465 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000470 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 06000237 (di: NRHP entry from 2006); accessed June 14, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Navesink Light Station , NHL nomination; accessed June 14, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 70000389 (di: NRHP entry from 1970); accessed June 14, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 72000770 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 96001548 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Abel and Mary Nicholson House , NHL nomination; accessed June 14, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 71000506 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 76001164 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ↑ Palisades Interstate Park: "National Landmark" ; accessed June 18, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000890 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ Palisades Parks Conservancy: State Park Listing / Historic Site Listing ; accessed June 18, 2017.
- ↑ Alice Paul Institute: The "Home Farm" ; accessed June 18, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 89000774 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 71000504 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000466 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 85002434 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 75001118 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Radburn , NHL nomination; accessed June 14, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 72000796 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000471 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000468 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Gateway National Recreation Area. Sandy Hook Maritime Structures. Lighting the way since 1764 ; accessed May 28, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 91000883 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 78001780 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 75001122 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
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- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000650 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000461 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service, National Historic Landmarks Program: Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State - New Jersey, p. 4 (Appendix B) (PDF); Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: National Park System Birthdays ; accessed June 21, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000053 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Morristown National Historical Park - Where America Survived ; accessed June 21, 2017.
- ↑ National Park Service: Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park. Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Assessment. Executive summary, p. 2f. (Available online at National Park Service: Paterson Great Falls Draft General Management Plan / Environmental Assessment (PDF); accessed June 22, 2017.)
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 70000391 , NRHP entry 1970; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 86001507 , Extension of the Protected Area, NRHP Entry 1986; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 04000223 , NRHP entry for Hinchliffe Stadium 2004; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park - A Revolutionary Idea ; accessed June 22, 2017.
- ↑ Jonathan D. Salant: Congress adds NJ stadium where Negro League stars played to Paterson national park , NJ.com, December 14, 2014; accessed June 22, 2017.
- ↑ National Park Service: Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park. Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Assessment. Executive summary, p. 2f. (Available online at National Park Service: Paterson Great Falls Draft General Management Plan / Environmental Assessment (PDF); accessed June 22, 2017.)
- ^ National Park Service: National Park System Birthdays ; accessed June 21, 2017.
- ^ Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation: A Timeline of Statue of Liberty ; accessed June 22, 2017.
- ^ With the final judgment of the Supreme Court in 1998, after decades of litigation over the status of Ellis Island , most of Ellis Island is in New Jersey. See Joan Biskupic, NJ Wins Claim to Most of Ellis Island , The Washington Post, May 27, 1998; accessed June 21, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000058 ; accessed May 22, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Statue Of Liberty National Monument - Liberty Enlightening the World ; accessed June 21, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Ellis Island, Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument - Island of Hope, Island of Tears ; accessed June 22, 2017.
- ^ Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation ; accessed June 21, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: National Park System Birthdays ; accessed June 21, 2017.
- ↑ PUBLIC LAW 111-11 — MAR. 30, 2009, 111th Congress, 123 STAT. 1198 ; accessed June 22, 2017.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places: Digital Asset 66000052 ; accessed June 22, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Thomas Edison National Historical Park - Where Modern America Was Invented ; accessed June 22, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: National Park System Birthdays ; accessed June 21, 2017.
- ^ National Park Service: Thomas Edison National Historical Park Management ; accessed June 22, 2017.