North Branch Historic District (New Jersey)

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North Branch Historic District
LocationEaston Turnpike, Vanderveer Avenue, Burnt Mill and Station Roads
North Branch, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°36′10″N74°40′42″W / 40.60278°N 74.67833°W / 40.60278; -74.67833 Coordinates: 40°36′10″N74°40′42″W / 40.60278°N 74.67833°W / 40.60278; -74.67833
NRHP reference No. 12000209 [1]
NJRHP No.2357 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 16, 2012
Designated NJRHPJanuary 13, 2012

The North Branch Historic District is a historic district located in North Branch, Somerset County, New Jersey. It is on the western side of the North Branch of the Raritan River in Branchburg Township. The district reflects the 18th and 19th century architecture of this agricultural community, once built around a mill on the North Branch. A main feature is the stone house of Jacob Ten Eyck, with its Georgian influences. [3] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 2012, for its significance in architecture and community development. [1]

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Jacob Ten Eyck house

In 1700, Matthias Ten Eyck (1658–1741), a farmer from Old Hurley, Ulster County, New York and son of Coenradt Ten Eyck, purchased 400 acres north of North Branch from John Johnston, and another 100 acres in 1702. In 1721, Matthias sold this property to his son Jacob Ten Eyck (1693–1753). Jacob settled here and built a 1+12-story stone house between 1725 and 1733. His first son Jacob Ten Eyck (1733–1794) inherited the house and later, in 1792, built a second story onto it. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System  (#12000209)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. October 27, 2015. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2013.
  3. "Historic Sites & Districts in Somerset County, New Jersey" (PDF). Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission. 2015. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  4. Bailey, Rosalie Fellows (1936). Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York. New York: William Morrow & Company. pp. 458–9.
  5. Snell, James P. (1881). History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. p.  761.