List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

Summary

This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey and other landmarks of equivalent landmark status in the state. The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.[1] There are 58 NHLs in New Jersey.[2]

Current NHLs in New Jersey edit

There are NHLs in seventeen of the twenty-one counties in the state. Mercer County has fourteen NHLs, in and around Princeton, New Jersey.

[3] Landmark name Image Date designated[4] Location County Description
1 Abbott Farm Historic District
 
Abbott Farm Historic District
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December 8, 1976
(#76001158)
Hamilton Township, Bordentown Township, and Bordentown
40°11′10″N 74°43′37″W / 40.186°N 74.727°W / 40.186; -74.727 (Abbott Farm Historic District)
Mercer and Burlington Largest known Indian Woodland village archaeological site inhabited from 500 BC to 500 AD; Encompasses John A. Roebling Park, Hamilton-Trenton-Bordentown Marsh, and other nearby properties.
2 All Saints' Memorial Church Complex
 
All Saints' Memorial Church Complex
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December 23, 1987
(#74001179)
Navesink
40°23′54″N 74°01′15″W / 40.39837°N 74.02082°W / 40.39837; -74.02082 (All Saints' Memorial Church Complex)
Monmouth A stone Gothic church designed by Richard Upjohn
3 Atlantic City Convention Hall
 
Atlantic City Convention Hall
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February 27, 1987
(#87000814)
Atlantic City
39°21′18″N 74°26′19″W / 39.354982°N 74.43866°W / 39.354982; -74.43866 (Atlantic City Convention Hall)
Atlantic The famous convention hall on Boardwalk used for everything from the Miss America pageant to WrestleMania
4 John Ballantine House
 
John Ballantine House
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February 4, 1985
(#73001093)
Newark
40°44′35″N 74°10′17″W / 40.743166°N 74.171314°W / 40.743166; -74.171314 (John Ballantine House)
Essex Home of John Ballantine, of the Ballantine brewing family. Now part of the Newark Museum
5 Baltusrol Golf Club
 
Baltusrol Golf Club
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August 25, 2014
(#05000374)
Springfield
40°42′18″N 74°19′41″W / 40.705°N 74.328056°W / 40.705; -74.328056 (Baltusrol Golf Club)
Union The courses designed 1918–26 brought architect A. W. Tillinghast into prominence within American golfing.
6 Pietro and Maria Botto House
 
Pietro and Maria Botto House
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December 17, 1982
(#74001188)
Haledon
40°56′06″N 74°11′18″W / 40.934875°N 74.188281°W / 40.934875; -74.188281 (Pietro and Maria Botto House)
Passaic Rallying point of the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913, now home to the American Labor Museum
7 Boxwood Hall
 
Boxwood Hall
November 28, 1972
(#70000397)
Elizabeth
40°39′49″N 74°12′37″W / 40.663608°N 74.210283°W / 40.663608; -74.210283 (Boxwood Hall)
Union Home of Elias Boudinot, president of the Continental Congress, site of George Washington's luncheon before his inauguration, home of Jonathan Dayton, signer of the Declaration of Independence
8 Burlington County Prison
 
Burlington County Prison
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June 24, 1986
(#86003558)
Mt Holly
39°59′48″N 74°47′21″W / 39.996594°N 74.789262°W / 39.996594; -74.789262 (Burlington County Prison)
Burlington Oldest operating United States prison when it closed in 1965
9 Camp Evans
 
Camp Evans
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October 16, 2012
(#02000274)
Wall Township
40°11′06″N 74°03′28″W / 40.185°N 74.05777°W / 40.185; -74.05777 (Camp Evans)
Monmouth A former military base.
10 Cape May Historic District
 
Cape May Historic District
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May 11, 1976
(#70000383)
Cape May
38°56′13″N 74°54′40″W / 38.936814°N 74.911094°W / 38.936814; -74.911094 (Cape May Historic District)
Cape May The country's oldest seaside resort at the southernmost point in New Jersey
11 Clark Thread Company Historic District
 
Clark Thread Company Historic District
June 2, 1978
(#78001764)
East Newark
40°45′07″N 74°09′43″W / 40.75189°N 74.162001°W / 40.75189; -74.162001 (Clark Thread Company Historic District)
Hudson A large cotton thread mill complex which helped lead to textile industrialization.
12 Grover Cleveland Home
 
Grover Cleveland Home
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June 23, 1965
(#66000463)
Princeton
40°21′05″N 74°40′04″W / 40.351286°N 74.6677°W / 40.351286; -74.6677 (Grover Cleveland Home)
Mercer Home of Grover Cleveland after he left the White House
13 Craftsman Farms
 
Craftsman Farms
December 14, 1990
(#85003730)
Parsippany-Troy Hills
40°51′27″N 74°28′48″W / 40.857399°N 74.480127°W / 40.857399; -74.480127 (Craftsman Farms)
Morris A farm and school for the Arts and Crafts movement, founded by Gustav Stickley
14 Albert Einstein House
 
Albert Einstein House
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January 7, 1976
(#76002297)
Princeton
40°20′40″N 74°40′01″W / 40.344434°N 74.667034°W / 40.344434; -74.667034 (Albert Einstein House)
Mercer The home of Albert Einstein after his flight from Germany until his death.
15 Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District
 
Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District
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December 17, 1982
(#80002505)
Sandy Hook
40°27′50″N 74°00′10″W / 40.463889°N 74.002778°W / 40.463889; -74.002778 (Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District)
Monmouth This coastal artillery base played an important part in the defense of New York Harbor
16 T. Thomas Fortune House
 
T. Thomas Fortune House
December 8, 1976
(#76001171)
Red Bank
40°20′29″N 74°04′26″W / 40.341478°N 74.073831°W / 40.341478; -74.073831 (T. Thomas Fortune House)
Monmouth Home of Timothy Thomas Fortune, a slave who became a leading Afro-American journalist and civil rights advocate
17 Georgian Court
 
Georgian Court
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February 4, 1985
(#78001788)
Lakewood
40°05′56″N 74°13′44″W / 40.098889°N 74.228889°W / 40.098889; -74.228889 (Georgian Court)
Ocean The former winter estate of millionaire George Jay Gould, now a university. It has a real tennis court, one of only forty five in the world
18 Grace Church
 
Grace Church
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December 23, 1987
(#72000776)
Newark
40°43′51″N 74°10′28″W / 40.730722°N 74.1745°W / 40.730722; -74.1745 (Grace Church)
Essex Historic Episcopal Church. Grace Church's organist Samuel A. Ward composed the tune for "America the Beautiful." Designed by Richard Upjohn, this Gothic church was a major influence to other American Gothic revival architects.
19 Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse
 
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse
June 2, 1978
(#78001766)
Jersey City
40°43′16″N 74°02′24″W / 40.721055°N 74.04002°W / 40.721055; -74.04002 (Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse)
Hudson Part of A&P's distribution network, this 9 story concrete building is now an artist live/work space.
20 Great Falls of the Passaic/Society for Establishing Useful Manufacturers H.D.
 
Great Falls of the Passaic/Society for Establishing Useful Manufacturers H.D.
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May 11, 1976
(#70000391)
Paterson
40°54′58″N 74°10′54″W / 40.916189°N 74.181597°W / 40.916189; -74.181597 (Great Falls of the Passaic/Society for Establishing Useful Manufacturers H.D.)
Passaic A powerful and dramatic waterfall which also was heavy used during the Industrial Revolution
21 Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site
 
Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site
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October 12, 1994
(#94001648)
Haddonfield
39°54′37″N 75°01′38″W / 39.910318°N 75.027354°W / 39.910318; -75.027354 (Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site)
Camden Where the first relatively complete set of dinosaur bones in the world were discovered in 1858 by William Parker Foulke, a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, and subsequently removed, preserved, and named (Hadrosaurus foulkii) by Joseph Leidy, also of the Academy..
22 Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station
 
Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station
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May 23, 1968
(#68000031)
Lakehurst
40°01′44″N 74°19′00″W / 40.029011°N 74.316609°W / 40.029011; -74.316609 (Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station)
Ocean Site of the Hindenburg disaster on May 6, 1937
23 Joseph Henry House
 
Joseph Henry House
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January 12, 1965
(#66000464)
Princeton
40°20′58″N 74°39′32″W / 40.349369°N 74.658878°W / 40.349369; -74.658878 (Joseph Henry House)
Mercer Home of Joseph Henry, whose scientific research on electromagnetic self-inductance led to the electrical telegraph. He was also the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
24 Hermitage
 
Hermitage
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May 22, 1970
(#70000379)
Ho-Ho-Kus
41°00′24″N 74°07′10″W / 41.006661°N 74.119444°W / 41.006661; -74.119444 (Hermitage)
Bergen A stone house where George Washington stayed during the American Revolutionary War, it was later the site of the wedding of Aaron Burr and Theodosia Prevost. Now a museum.
25 Hinchliffe Stadium
 
Hinchliffe Stadium
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February 25, 2013
(#04000223)
Paterson
40°55′06″N 74°10′52″W / 40.9183°N 74.1811°W / 40.9183; -74.1811 (Hinchliffe Stadium)
Passaic A 1930s-era baseball stadium used to play Negro league baseball during the Jim Crow era.
26 Holland Tunnel
 
Holland Tunnel
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November 4, 1993
(#93001619)
Jersey City and New York, NY
40°43′47″N 74°02′18″W / 40.729787°N 74.03826°W / 40.729787; -74.03826 (Holland Tunnel)
Hudson, NJ and New York, NY One of the earliest examples of a ventilated design, the Holland Tunnel crosses under the Hudson River connecting New Jersey and Manhattan
27 Francis Hopkinson House
 
Francis Hopkinson House
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July 17, 1971
(#71000496)
Bordentown
40°08′54″N 74°42′50″W / 40.148325°N 74.713889°W / 40.148325; -74.713889 (Francis Hopkinson House)
Burlington The home of Francis Hopkinson, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
28 Horn Antenna
 
Horn Antenna
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December 20, 1989
(#89002457)
Holmdel
40°23′27″N 74°11′05″W / 40.390752°N 74.184859°W / 40.390752; -74.184859 (Horn Antenna)
Monmouth Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson discovered the microwave background radiation that permeates the universe using this antenna. This work earned them the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics and contributed to the confirmation of the Big Bang theory.
29 Lawrenceville School
 
Lawrenceville School
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February 24, 1986
(#86000158)
Lawrenceville
40°17′38″N 74°43′49″W / 40.293889°N 74.730377°W / 40.293889; -74.730377 (Lawrenceville School)
Mercer A boarding school typically associated with Princeton University
30 William Livingston House
 
William Livingston House
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November 28, 1972
(#72000807)
Union
40°40′43″N 74°13′43″W / 40.67849°N 74.228718°W / 40.67849; -74.228718 (William Livingston House)
Union Home of William Livingston, member of the first and second Continental Congress, signer of the United States Constitution, and first elected Governor of New Jersey. Now part of the Kean University
31 Lucy the Margate Elephant
 
Lucy the Margate Elephant
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May 11, 1976
(#71000493)
Margate City
39°19′14″N 74°30′43″W / 39.320647°N 74.511903°W / 39.320647; -74.511903 (Lucy the Margate Elephant)
Atlantic Built in 1882, this six-story elephant-shaped architectural folly is the oldest example of zoomorphic architecture
32 Maybury Hill
 
Maybury Hill
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November 11, 1971
(#71000502)
Princeton
40°22′03″N 74°38′29″W / 40.367457°N 74.641457°W / 40.367457; -74.641457 (Maybury Hill)
Mercer Boyhood home of Joseph Hewes, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
33 Minisink Archeological Site
 
Minisink Archeological Site
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April 19, 1993
(#93000608)
Delaware Water Gap NRA
41°05′36″N 74°59′32″W / 41.093454°N 74.992247°W / 41.093454; -74.992247 (Minisink Archeological Site)
Sussex, NJ and Pike, PA This archeological site was one of the most important Munsee Native American communities during the initial contact with the American colonials
34 Monmouth Battlefield
 
Monmouth Battlefield
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January 20, 1961
(#66000467)
Freehold Township
40°15′49″N 74°19′11″W / 40.263669°N 74.319817°W / 40.263669; -74.319817 (Monmouth Battlefield)
Monmouth Site of an American victory during the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778 was also where the legend of Molly Pitcher started. Re-enactments of the battle take place annually in June.
35 Morven
 
Morven
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July 17, 1971
(#71000503)
Princeton
40°20′51″N 74°40′01″W / 40.347492°N 74.666953°W / 40.347492; -74.666953 (Morven)
Mercer Built in 1754 by Richard Stockton (1730-1781), a signer of the Declaration of Independence. It served as the New Jersey Governors mansion from 1945 until 1982 and is now a museum.
36 Nassau Hall
 
Nassau Hall
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October 9, 1960
(#66000465)
Princeton
40°20′55″N 74°39′34″W / 40.348739°N 74.65935°W / 40.348739; -74.65935 (Nassau Hall)
Mercer The oldest building at Princeton University and the largest in New Jersey when it was built in 1754. It served as the home of the American government from June to November 1783.
37 Thomas Nast Home
 
Thomas Nast Home
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January 29, 1964
(#66000470)
Morristown
40°47′30″N 74°28′50″W / 40.791756°N 74.480428°W / 40.791756; -74.480428 (Thomas Nast Home)
Morris One of the first editorial cartoonists, Thomas Nast, helped bring down Tammany Hall and created iconic images of Santa Claus, the Democratic Donkey, and the Republican Elephant
38 Navesink Light Station
 
Navesink Light Station
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February 17, 2006
(#06000237)
Highlands
40°23′47″N 73°59′09″W / 40.396266°N 73.985775°W / 40.396266; -73.985775 (Navesink Light Station)
Monmouth A twin light station that guided ships into New York Harbor and was the first use of Fresnel lenses in the United States.
39 New St. Mary's Episcopal Church
 
New St. Mary's Episcopal Church
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June 24, 1986
(#72000770)
Burlington
40°04′37″N 74°51′42″W / 40.077078°N 74.861768°W / 40.077078; -74.861768 (New St. Mary's Episcopal Church)
Burlington This Gothic Revival style church was designed by Richard Upjohn and modeled after St. John's Church in Shottesbrooke, England
40 Abel and Mary Nicholson House
 
Abel and Mary Nicholson House
February 16, 2000
(#96001548)
Elsinboro Township
39°31′10″N 75°29′11″W / 39.519529°N 75.486348°W / 39.519529; -75.486348 (Abel and Mary Nicholson House)
Salem A rare pristine example of a Delaware Valley patterned brick building
41 Old Barracks
 
Old Barracks
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November 28, 1972
(#71000506)
Trenton
40°13′12″N 74°46′07″W / 40.219871°N 74.768658°W / 40.219871; -74.768658 (Old Barracks)
Mercer Only remaining colonial barracks, Hessian troops were captured here after George Washington crossed the Delaware River in December 1776.
42 Old Queens, Rutgers University
 
Old Queens, Rutgers University
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May 11, 1976
(#76001164)
New Brunswick
40°29′56″N 74°26′47″W / 40.49875°N 74.44625°W / 40.49875; -74.44625 (Old Queens, Rutgers University)
Middlesex Oldest building at Rutgers University, fine example of Federal architecture on a college campus
43 Palisades Interstate Park
 
Palisades Interstate Park
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January 12, 1965
(#66000890)
West bank of Hudson River
41°00′11″N 73°54′58″W / 41.003091°N 73.916202°W / 41.003091; -73.916202 (Palisades Interstate Park)
Bergen, NJ, Rockland, NY, and Orange, NY A joint New York and New Jersey organization, it includes 24 parks and eight historic sites, covering over 100,000 acres (405 km²) along more than 20 miles (32 km) of Hudson River shoreline. It also operates the Palisades Interstate Parkway, which travels through the park, along the Hudson River
44 Paulsdale
 
Paulsdale
December 4, 1991
(#89000774)
Mt Laurel
39°57′24″N 74°55′50″W / 39.956667°N 74.930692°W / 39.956667; -74.930692 (Paulsdale)
Burlington Birthplace and home of Alice Paul, a leader in the Women's suffrage movement
45 President's House
 
President's House
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July 17, 1971
(#71000504)
Princeton
40°20′57″N 74°39′37″W / 40.349104°N 74.660205°W / 40.349104; -74.660205 (President's House)
Mercer John Witherspoon lived in this home for the President of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) between 1768 through 1779. During this time he also served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence
46 Princeton Battlefield
 
Princeton Battlefield
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January 20, 1961
(#66000466)
Princeton
40°19′54″N 74°40′32″W / 40.331538°N 74.675564°W / 40.331538; -74.675564 (Princeton Battlefield)
Mercer After the Battle of the Assunpink Creek, the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, engaged the British here, leading to the British surrender on January 3, 1777
47 Prospect
 
Prospect
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February 4, 1985
(#85002434)
Princeton
40°20′50″N 74°39′24″W / 40.347097°N 74.656633°W / 40.347097; -74.656633 (Prospect)
Mercer A fine example of John Notman's architecture. It formerly served as the official home of the President of Princeton University, and is now the faculty club. Woodrow Wilson lived from 1902 to 1910, prior to entering politics.
48 Radburn
 
Radburn
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April 5, 2005
(#75001118)
Fair Lawn
40°56′33″N 74°06′59″W / 40.94237°N 74.116302°W / 40.94237; -74.116302 (Radburn)
Bergen An early planned community which aimed to separate traffic by transportation mode. It introduced the residential superblock.
49 Red Bank Battlefield
 
Red Bank Battlefield
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November 28, 1972
(#72000796)
National Park
39°52′17″N 75°11′22″W / 39.871371°N 75.18941°W / 39.871371; -75.18941 (Red Bank Battlefield)
Gloucester Site of the Battle of Red Bank on October 22, 1777
50 Ringwood Manor
 
Ringwood Manor
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November 13, 1966
(#66000471)
Ringwood
41°08′20″N 74°15′19″W / 41.138952°N 74.255294°W / 41.138952; -74.255294 (Ringwood Manor)
Passaic Manor of ironmaster Robert Erskine, who served George Washington here.
51 Sandy Hook Light
 
Sandy Hook Light
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January 29, 1964
(#66000468)
Sandy Hook
40°27′42″N 74°00′07″W / 40.461667°N 74.001944°W / 40.461667; -74.001944 (Sandy Hook Light)
Monmouth The oldest working lighthouse in the United States
52 Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club
 
Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club
October 5, 1992
(#91000883)
Rumson
40°21′59″N 73°59′01″W / 40.366486°N 73.983564°W / 40.366486; -73.983564 (Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club)
Monmouth One of the oldest active tennis clubs in the United States
53 Shadow Lawn
 
Shadow Lawn
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February 4, 1985
(#78001780)
West Long Branch
40°16′46″N 74°00′19″W / 40.279467°N 74.005336°W / 40.279467; -74.005336 (Shadow Lawn)
Monmouth Palatial home built for the president of the F.W. Woolworth Company. Now Woodrow Wilson Hall, part of Monmouth University.
54 The Speedwell Village Factory
 
The Speedwell Village Factory
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May 30, 1974
(#74001186)
Morristown
40°47′50″N 74°28′51″W / 40.797219°N 74.48083°W / 40.797219; -74.48083 (The Speedwell Village Factory)
Morris Birthplace of the electric telegraph.
55 Elizabeth Cady Stanton House
 
Elizabeth Cady Stanton House
May 15, 1975
(#75001122)
Tenafly
40°55′33″N 73°57′16″W / 40.925803°N 73.954556°W / 40.925803; -73.954556 (Elizabeth Cady Stanton House)
Bergen Home of Elizabeth Cady Stanton from 1868 to 1887.
56 William Trent House
 
William Trent House
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April 15, 1970
(#70000388)
Trenton
40°12′46″N 74°45′58″W / 40.212692°N 74.766031°W / 40.212692; -74.766031 (William Trent House)
Mercer Home of William Trent, founder of Trenton, New Jersey, and also home to several Governors of New Jersey
57 Washington's Crossing
 
Washington's Crossing
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January 20, 1961
(#66000650)
Titusville, NJ and Yardley, PA
40°19′52″N 74°51′49″W / 40.331111°N 74.863611°W / 40.331111; -74.863611 (Washington's Crossing)
Mercer, NJ and Bucks, PA New Jersey location of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River leading up to the Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776, includes Washington Crossing Historic Park in Pennsylvania
58 Walt Whitman House
 
Walt Whitman House
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December 29, 1962
(#66000461)
Camden
39°56′33″N 75°07′26″W / 39.9425°N 75.123889°W / 39.9425; -75.123889 (Walt Whitman House)
Camden The final residence of poet Walt Whitman

Historic areas in the United States National Park System edit

National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are often not also named NHLs per se. There are four of these in New Jersey. The National Park Service lists these three together with the NHLs in the state,[5] These are:

Landmark name
Image Date established[6] Location County Description
1 Paterson Great Falls[7]   November 7, 2011 Paterson Passaic A National Natural Landmark and site of mills and mill races originally developed by the Society of Useful Manufacture in late 1700s that are a Civil Engineering Landmark
2 Ellis Island (part of Statue of Liberty National Monument)[8]   May 11, 1965 Jersey City Hudson Immigration processing depot from 1892-1954. A portion of Ellis Island is in New York.
3 Thomas Edison National Historical Park   September 5, 1962 West Orange Essex Inventor Thomas Alva Edison's laboratory and residence, Glenmont
4 Morristown National Historical Park   March 2, 1933 Morristown Morris American Revolutionary War sites: Ford Mansion, Jockey Hollow, Fort Nonsense, and New Jersey Brigade Encampment Site

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers". Retrieved September 21, 2007.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). National Park Service. March 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2011..
  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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ These are listed on p.114 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State"
  6. ^ Date of listing as National Monument or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.
  7. ^ "Paterson Great Falls". National Park Service. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  8. ^ "Ellis Island Time". Staue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. January 16, 2003. Retrieved August 15, 2010.

External links edit

  • National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service
  • National Park Service listings of National Historic Landmarks