New Jersey Register of Historic Places

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The New Jersey Register of Historic Places is the official list of historic resources of local, state, and national interest in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The program is administered by the New Jersey's state historic preservation office within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

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The register was established under the terms of the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Act of 1970. The New Jersey Register mirrors the National Register of Historic Places, and uses the same criteria for eligibility.

Current listings not on the National List

Gloucester County

See National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester County, New Jersey for the national list.

Broad Street Historic District encompassing Broad Street (between Woodbury Creek and Courtland Street) and Delaware Street (between Broad and Wood streets) was listed (#1429) on February 19, 1988. It includes the Gloucester County Courthouse. [1]

Hunterdon County

See National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey for the national list.

[2] Name on the RegisterImageDate listed [3] Location City or townDescription
1 NJ Route 165 Bridge over Swan Creek
NJ Route 165 Bridge over Swan Creek NJ Route 165 Bridge over Swan Creek.jpg
NJ Route 165 Bridge over Swan Creek
11 February 1999
(#3355)
Intersections of NJ Route 165 and Swan Street
40°21′53″N74°56′30″W / 40.364720°N 74.94163940°W / 40.364720; -74.94163940 (NJ Route 165 Bridge over Swan Creek)
Lambertville [4]
2 Lilly Mansion
Lilly Mansion Lambertville Public Library - Lilly Mansion.jpg
Lilly Mansion
2 February 1981
(#1603)
6 Lilly Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530
40°21′56″N74°56′32″W / 40.365643°N 74.942308°W / 40.365643; -74.942308 (Lilly Mansion)
Lambertville Lilly Mansion was built between 1812 and 1830 for John Lilly. It is now the Lambertville Public Library. [5]
3 People's Store
People's Store People's Store - Lambertville.jpg
People's Store
2 February 1981
(#1605)
28 N Union St, Lambertville, NJ 08530
40°13′12″N74°33′51″W / 40.220066°N 74.564200°W / 40.220066; -74.564200 (People's Store)
Lambertville Built in 1839, the building is now an antiques mall. [6]

Mercer County

See National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey for the national list.

[2] Name on the RegisterImageDate listed [3] Location City or townDescription
1 Shaky Bridge
Shaky Bridge Trenton historic buildings- monuments (29606900340).jpg
Shaky Bridge
24 March 2004
(#4313)
near Trenton Water Filtration Plant at the Calhoun Street Bridge
40°13′24″N74°46′48″W / 40.2232316°N 74.7800616°W / 40.2232316; -74.7800616 (Shaky Bridge)
Trenton (spans approx. 20 feet) demonstration project from John_A._Roebling. [7]
2 Yard Avenue Historic District 25 April 1983
(#1809)

40°13′13″N74°45′16″W / 40.22034°N 74.75449°W / 40.22034; -74.75449 (Yard Avenue Historic District)
Trenton Demolished. [8]

It was petitioned to be de-certified. [9]

It is now known as Station Plaza. [10]

There was a book published in the early 80's. [11]

It is no longer listed on the map. [12] In included an area including Carroll street, Southard Street, Yard Avenue, South Clinton Avenue, and East State Street, and was considered to be "Railroad Age". [13]

3 Waters Edge Archaeological Complex 3 March 1997
(#3535)

Coordinates missing
Trenton HPO Opinion: 12/19/1975

Smithsonian Institution site registration designation 28-Me-268(ID#3535)

[14] It is on the site of Water's Edge residential care facility. [15] at 512 Union Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08611

[16]

It is superseded by the Smithsonian Institution site registration designation 28Me273 [17]

4 Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Trenton Lodge 105
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Trenton Lodge 105 Trenton historic buildings- monuments (29901189025).jpg
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Trenton Lodge 105
7 March 1988
(#1792)
120 North Warren Street, Trenton, NJ
40°13′18″N74°45′55″W / 40.221535°N 74.765341°W / 40.221535; -74.765341 (Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Trenton Lodge 105)
Trenton Construction on the building began in 1910, was completed the following year and formally opened January 1, 1912. [18]
5 Trenton Trust Company
Trenton Trust Company Trenton historic buildings- monuments (29866164706).jpg
Trenton Trust Company
21 May 2008
(#4786)
28 West State Street, Trenton, NJ
40°13′15″N74°46′02″W / 40.220723°N 74.767139°W / 40.220723; -74.767139 (Trenton Trust Company)
Trenton Built in 1928 as Trenton Trust Headquarters. [19] In 1937, Mary Roebling, became the bank's president, making her the first woman to head a major American bank. [20]

Somerset County

See National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey for the national list.

[2] Name on the RegisterImageDate listed [3] Location City or townDescription
1 Raritan Water Power Canal
Raritan Water Power Canal Raritan Water sign.jpg
Raritan Water Power Canal
27 August 2001
(#3633)
Raritan, NJ 08869
40°33′55″N74°38′16″W / 40.56521667°N 74.63778333°W / 40.56521667; -74.63778333 (Raritan Water Power Canal)
Raritan Raritan Water Power Canal Historic District, ID#3633 [21]

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References

  1. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. p. 12. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  3. 1 2 3 The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  4. "NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places" (PDF). New Jersey Historic Preservation Office. p. 9. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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  8. "NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places" (PDF). New Jersey Historic Preservation Office. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2016.Portions of Yard, South Clinton, and Fairview avenues; East State Street SHPO Opinion: 4/25/1983 (Historic District substantially demolished. Local Certified District: 10/12/83.)
  9. "CITY COUNCIL meeting" (PDF). 18 January 2007. 2u - New Jersey Department of Transportation – enclosing copy of “Petition for Decertification of the Yard Avenue Historic District”.
  10. TRENTON PLANNING BOARD, City of Trenton , Department of Housing & Economic Development , Division of Planning; APPROVED BY TRENTON LANDMARKS COMMISSION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION (1 March 2001). "CITY OF TRENTON HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) the former Yard Avenue Historic District, de=designated in 1985 and now redeveloped as Station Plaza
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  13. "northward survey, trenton". "The growing cluster of neighborhoods including properties on Carroll and Southard Streets in addition to the more recently developed Yard Avenue, South Clinton Avenue, and East State Street came to be referred to as the “Railroad Age” community" "Yard Avenue has a split character with large Second Empire twins on the north side (#272, #275, #277, #278), and three-story townhouses on the south side (#272, #274). A number of individualistic dark stone and brick Queen Anne and Romanesque inspired dwellings line South Clinton Avenue (#266, #270). Stone of various hues and textures comprises the facade triptych at 42-46 (#268). This stonework is a counterpoint to Trenton's more typical virtuoso brickwork. These homes, as well as the stone structures at 48-52 (#266, #267) were erected by Thomas H. Prior, a stone contractor. Remaining residential structures on East State Street include massive Second Empire (#281, #282, #284, #286), Colonial Revival (#285, #287), and Romanesque (#288) derived houses. Comparison of Second Empire houses in the area such as 29-91 Carroll Streets (#238), 47-61 Southard Street (#258), 17-17 (#272), 18-29 (#275), 28-54 (#277-278) Yard Avenue, 55 North Clinton Avenue (#301), and 506-508 and 528 East State Street (#281, #282), reveals the flexibility of this stylistic theme, utilized extensively in this generally elite “Railroad Age” neighborhood."
  14. "NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places" (PDF). New Jersey Historic Preservation Office. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2016.SHPO Opinion: 12/19/1975 Waters Edge Archaeological Complex (ID#3535)
  15. "Combined Phase I/II Archaeological Survey Assunpink Creek Restoration City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey Technical Report" (PDF). Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. January 20, 2012. A quarter mile to the southeast, on the site of the Water's Edge residential care facility, immediately adjoining the N.J. Route 29 corridor, a limited program of data recovery was undertaken for Archaic and Woodland period deposits [28Me268] identified within the building construction zone (Hunter Research, Inc. 1989, 1992).
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  21. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. February 12, 2018. p. 12.