List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey
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This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Union County, New Jersey. Latitude and longitude coordinates of the sites listed on this page may be displayed in an online map.[1]
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 8, 2024.[2]
[3] | Name on the Register[4] | Image | Date listed[5] | Location | City or town | Description |
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1 | All Souls Church | December 11, 2009 (#09001078) |
724 Park Ave. 40°36′51″N 74°24′58″W / 40.61425°N 74.416128°W | Plainfield | ||
2 | Badgley House and Site | September 27, 1976 (#76001190) |
North of Mountainside off New Providence Rd., Watchung Reservation 40°40′59″N 74°22′37″W / 40.683056°N 74.376944°W | Mountainside | Destroyed by fire in 1984 | |
3 | Baltusrol Golf Club | May 6, 2005 (#05000374) |
201 Shunpike Road 40°42′18″N 74°19′41″W / 40.705°N 74.328056°W | Springfield | The courses designed 1918–26 brought architect A. W. Tillinghast to prominence as a course designer; club has been host to many men's and women's majors since then. | |
4 | Belcher-Ogden Mansion, Benjamin Price House, and Price-Brittan House Historic District | August 28, 1986 (#86001969) |
Corner of East Jersey and Catherine Streets 40°39′48″N 74°12′32″W / 40.663333°N 74.208889°W | Elizabeth | Includes Belcher–Ogden House | |
5 | Belcher–Ogden House | November 2, 1978 (#78001799) |
1046 East Jersey Street 40°39′47″N 74°12′33″W / 40.663194°N 74.209167°W | Elizabeth | Also known as Governor Jonathan Belcher Mansion | |
6 | Boxwood Hall | December 18, 1970 (#70000397) |
1073 E. Jersey St. 40°39′49″N 74°12′37″W / 40.663611°N 74.210278°W | Elizabeth | ||
7 | Burial Ground of the Presbyterian Church in the West Fields of Elizabethtown | October 25, 2007 (#07001108) |
W. side of Mountain Ave. N. of Drift Way opposite 140 Mountain Ave. 40°39′12″N 74°20′57″W / 40.653333°N 74.349167°W | Westfield | ||
8 | Caldwell Parsonage | August 12, 1982 (#82004785) |
909 Caldwell Ave. 40°41′42″N 74°16′43″W / 40.695°N 74.278611°W | Union | ||
9 | Cedar Brook Park | August 28, 2007 (#07000878) |
Roughly bounded Stelle Ave., Arlington Ave., Park Ave., Rose St. and Laramie Rd., Kenyon Ave., Parkside Rd. 40°36′05″N 74°24′25″W / 40.601389°N 74.406944°W | Plainfield | Extends into South Plainfield, Middlesex County | |
10 | Central Railroad of New Jersey | July 17, 1980 (#80002521) |
238 North Avenue 40°38′46″N 74°21′43″W / 40.646111°N 74.361944°W | Fanwood | Known as Fanwood station | |
11 | Crane-Phillips House | August 14, 1997 (#97000842) |
125 N. Union Ave. 40°39′27″N 74°17′26″W / 40.6575°N 74.290556°W | Cranford | ||
12 | Crescent Area Historic District | December 12, 1980 (#80002523) |
Roughly bounded by Park, Prospect, and Carnegie Aves., 7th and Richmond Sts. 40°36′59″N 74°24′49″W / 40.616389°N 74.413611°W | Plainfield | ||
13 | John De Camp House | December 4, 1973 (#73001136) |
2101 Raritan Rd. 40°37′38″N 74°20′27″W / 40.627222°N 74.340833°W | Scotch Plains | ||
14 | Nathaniel Drake House | June 19, 1973 (#73001135) |
602 W. Front St. 40°36′49″N 74°25′56″W / 40.613611°N 74.432222°W | Plainfield | ||
15 | Droeschers Mill | January 8, 1974 (#74001192) |
347 Lincoln Ave. E. 40°39′01″N 74°18′06″W / 40.650278°N 74.301667°W | Cranford | ||
16 | Elizabeth Station | September 29, 1984 (#84002825) |
Morris Ave., and Broad St. 40°40′01″N 74°13′01″W / 40.666944°N 74.216944°W | Elizabeth | part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | |
17 | Evergreen Cemetery | July 9, 1991 (#91000882) |
1137 N. Broad St. 40°41′32″N 74°12′39″W / 40.692222°N 74.210833°W | Hillside and Elizabeth | ||
18 | Fanwood Park Historic District | May 27, 2004 (#04000516) |
North Avenue and North Martine Avenue 40°38′39″N 74°23′21″W / 40.644167°N 74.389167°W | Fanwood | Includes Fanwood station | |
19 | Feltville Historic District | June 6, 1980 (#80002522) |
South of New Providence 40°40′53″N 74°23′16″W / 40.681389°N 74.387778°W | New Providence | ||
20 | Firehouse No. 4 | March 11, 1993 (#93000133) |
1015 South Ave. 40°37′42″N 74°24′14″W / 40.628333°N 74.403889°W | Plainfield | ||
21 | Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House | December 7, 2009 (#09000971) |
1451 Raritan Road 40°37′00″N 74°22′02″W / 40.6167°N 74.3671°W | Scotch Plains | ||
22 | First Congregation of the Presbyterian Church at Springfield | May 7, 1990 (#90000668) |
201 Morris Ave. and 11-41 Church Mall 40°42′41″N 74°18′39″W / 40.711389°N 74.310833°W | Springfield | ||
23 | First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth | May 6, 1977 (#77000914) |
14-44 Broad St. 40°39′45″N 74°12′56″W / 40.6625°N 74.215556°W | Elizabeth | ||
24 | First Presbyterian Congregation of Connecticut Farms | April 3, 1970 (#70000398) |
Stuyvesant Ave. at Chestnut St. 40°41′36″N 74°16′26″W / 40.693333°N 74.273889°W | Union | ||
25 | Charles N. Fowler House | March 13, 1986 (#86000389) |
518 Salem Ave. 40°40′35″N 74°12′53″W / 40.676389°N 74.214722°W | Elizabeth | ||
26 | Grace Episcopal Church | May 10, 2002 (#02000106) |
600 Cleveland Ave. 40°37′05″N 74°25′02″W / 40.618056°N 74.417222°W | Plainfield | ||
27 | Green Brook Park | May 14, 2004 (#04000437) |
All parkland from Clinton Ave. to west of West End Ave., and the junction of Lawrence and Parkview Ave., Fisk and Townsend Pls. 40°36′30″N 74°26′43″W / 40.608333°N 74.445278°W | Plainfield | Extends into North Plainfield, Somerset County | |
28 | Deacon Andrew Hetfield House | July 27, 1989 (#89001004) |
Constitution Plaza 40°40′19″N 74°21′29″W / 40.671944°N 74.358056°W | Mountainside | ||
29 | Hillside Avenue Historic District | June 1, 1982 (#82003307) |
Hillside Avenue from Watchung Avenue to Martine Avenue 40°36′55″N 74°24′18″W / 40.615278°N 74.405°W | Plainfield | ||
30 | Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge | October 25, 1995 (#95001185) |
Junction of Oak Ridge Rd. and Feather Bed Ln., Clark and Edison Townships 40°36′28″N 74°20′56″W / 40.607778°N 74.348889°W | Clark | ||
31 | Hutchings Homestead | September 16, 1977 (#77000915) |
126 Morris Ave. 40°42′37″N 74°18′26″W / 40.710278°N 74.307222°W | Springfield | ||
32 | Littel-Lord Farmstead | March 7, 1979 (#79001528) |
23 and 31 Horseshoe Rd. 40°40′05″N 74°25′41″W / 40.668056°N 74.428056°W | Berkeley Heights | ||
33 | William Livingston House | November 28, 1972 (#72000807) |
Morris and North Aves. 40°40′40″N 74°13′41″W / 40.677778°N 74.228056°W | Union | Liberty Hall, Kean University | |
34 | Merchants' and Drovers' Tavern | November 21, 1978 (#78001801) |
1632 St. Georges Ave. 40°36′59″N 74°17′09″W / 40.616389°N 74.285833°W | Rahway | ||
35 | Mid-Town Historic District | October 5, 1995 (#95001143) |
Bounded by Broad, N. Broad, Dickinson, E. Grand, E. Jersey Sts., Commerce Place, Elizabeth Ave. and Martin L. King Plaza 40°39′56″N 74°12′52″W / 40.665556°N 74.214444°W | Elizabeth | image shows Elizabeth Public Library and Union County Courthouse | |
36 | Miller-Cory House | November 3, 1972 (#72000808) |
614 Mountain Ave. 40°39′45″N 74°21′02″W / 40.6625°N 74.350556°W | Westfield | ||
37 | Murray Hill Station | June 22, 1984 (#84002826) |
The Circle 40°41′41″N 74°24′13″W / 40.694722°N 74.403611°W | Murray Hill | part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | |
38 | Netherwood Station | June 22, 1984 (#84002830) |
Between North and South Aves. 40°37′45″N 74°24′13″W / 40.629167°N 74.403611°W | Plainfield | part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | |
39 | Oswald J. Nitschke House | January 17, 2008 (#07001406) |
49 S. 21 St. 40°40′36″N 74°17′28″W / 40.676667°N 74.291111°W | Kenilworth | ||
40 | North Avenue Commercial District | March 29, 1984 (#84002836) |
Park, North, and Watchung Avenues 40°37′07″N 74°25′17″W / 40.618611°N 74.421389°W | Plainfield | ||
41 | Old Baptist Parsonage | January 18, 1973 (#73001137) |
547 Park Ave. 40°39′06″N 74°23′59″W / 40.651667°N 74.399722°W | Scotch Plains | ||
42 | Plainfield Central Fire Headquarters | March 4, 1993 (#93000131) |
315 Central Ave. 40°36′54″N 74°25′26″W / 40.615°N 74.423889°W | Plainfield | ||
43 | Plainfield Civic District | June 17, 1993 (#93000533) |
Roughly, Watchung Ave. between E. Fifth and E. Seventh Sts. 40°37′03″N 74°25′03″W / 40.6175°N 74.4175°W | Plainfield | ||
44 | Plainfield Station | June 22, 1984 (#84002837) |
North Ave. 40°37′06″N 74°25′15″W / 40.618333°N 74.420833°W | Plainfield | part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | |
45 | Rahway Theatre | August 13, 1986 (#86001509) |
1601 Irving St. 40°36′37″N 74°16′39″W / 40.610278°N 74.2775°W | Rahway | ||
46 | William Edgar Reeve House | February 1, 2006 (#05001565) |
314 Mountain Ave. 40°39′34″N 74°20′58″W / 40.659444°N 74.349444°W | Westfield | ||
47 | Saint Mary's Catholic Church Complex | April 11, 1985 (#85000785) |
Liberty and W. 6th Sts. 40°36′39″N 74°25′26″W / 40.610833°N 74.423889°W | Plainfield | ||
48 | Sayre Homestead | August 24, 1979 (#79001529) |
Sayre Homestead Lane 40°42′13″N 74°20′50″W / 40.703611°N 74.347222°W | Springfield | ||
49 | Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Cemetery | June 14, 2013 (#13000386) |
333-334 Park Ave., 40°39′09″N 74°23′59″W / 40.652602°N 74.399717°W | Scotch Plains | ||
50 | Scotch Plains School | December 12, 1978 (#78001802) |
Park Ave. 40°38′58″N 74°23′47″W / 40.649444°N 74.396389°W | Scotch Plains | Apparently demolished. | |
51 | Seventeenth Century Clark House | November 19, 1974 (#74001193) |
593 Madison Hill Rd. 40°36′49″N 74°18′36″W / 40.613611°N 74.31°W | Clark | ||
52 | Shady Rest Golf and Country Club | July 7, 2022 (#100007869) |
820 Jerusalem Road 40°39′22″N 74°22′20″W / 40.6560°N 74.3721°W | Scotch Plains | ||
53 | Nathaniel Smith House | September 28, 1989 (#89001584) |
105 Springfield Ave. 40°41′33″N 74°25′47″W / 40.6925°N 74.429722°W | Berkeley Heights | ||
54 | St. John's Parsonage | September 16, 1982 (#82003306) |
633 Pearl St. 40°39′37″N 74°12′45″W / 40.660278°N 74.2125°W | Elizabeth | ||
55 | Stage House Inn | April 15, 1982 (#82003308) |
Park Ave. and Front St. 40°39′03″N 74°23′59″W / 40.650833°N 74.399722°W | Scotch Plains | ||
56 | Stoneleigh Park Historic District | October 28, 1988 (#88002020) |
Roughly bounded by Westfield Ave., Shackamaxon Dr., Rahway and Dorian Rd. 40°38′34″N 74°20′49″W / 40.642778°N 74.346944°W | Westfield | ||
57 | George A. Strong House | August 28, 2012 (#12000570) |
1030 Central Avenue 40°36′18″N 74°25′01″W / 40.605000°N 74.416944°W | Plainfield | now the duCret School of Art | |
58 | Summit Downtown Historic District | June 30, 2011 (#10001116) |
Roughly bounded by Springfield Ave, the Village Green, Summit Ave, and Waldron Ave. 40°43′04″N 74°21′27″W / 40.717778°N 74.3575°W | Summit | Civic and commercial core of early railroad suburb | |
59 | Summit Playhouse | December 30, 2009 (#09001177) |
10 New England Ave. 40°42′54″N 74°21′55″W / 40.7151°N 74.3653°W | Summit | ||
60 | The Clearing | April 9, 1993 (#93000233) |
165 Hobart Ave. 40°43′36″N 74°20′53″W / 40.726667°N 74.348056°W | Summit | Now known as Reeves-Reed Arboretum | |
61 | James Townley House | May 14, 1979 (#79001530) |
Morris Ave. and Green Lane 40°40′54″N 74°14′07″W / 40.681667°N 74.235278°W | Union | On the campus of Kean University | |
62 | Twin Maples | August 29, 1997 (#97000977) |
8 Edgewood Rd. 40°43′02″N 74°21′00″W / 40.717222°N 74.35°W | Summit | ||
63 | Union County Park Commission Administration Buildings | November 25, 1985 (#85002976) |
Acme and Canton Sts. 40°39′31″N 74°14′17″W / 40.658611°N 74.238056°W | Elizabeth | ||
64 | Van Wyck Brooks Historic District | December 10, 1985 (#85003337) |
Roughly bounded by Plainfield Ave., W. Eighth St., Park Ave., W. Ninth St. and Madison Ave., and Randolph Rd. 40°36′35″N 74°25′06″W / 40.609722°N 74.418333°W | Plainfield | Named after the literary critic Van Wyck Brooks | |
65 | Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church | August 28, 2007 (#07000877) |
138-142 Broad St. 40°42′49″N 74°20′38″W / 40.713611°N 74.343889°W | Summit | ||
66 | Orville T. Waring House | May 14, 1979 (#79003252) |
900 Park Avenue 40°36′46″N 74°24′53″W / 40.612778°N 74.414722°W | Plainfield | ||
67 | Westfield Fire Headquarters | December 8, 1980 (#80002524) |
405 North Ave., W. 40°39′00″N 74°20′56″W / 40.65°N 74.348889°W | Westfield | ||
68 | Woodruff House | December 11, 1978 (#78001800) |
111-113 Conant St. 40°41′14″N 74°13′12″W / 40.687222°N 74.22°W | Hillside | ||
69 | Young Women's Christian Association of Plainfield and North Plainfield | March 12, 1998 (#98000232) |
232 W. Front St. 40°37′15″N 74°25′16″W / 40.620833°N 74.421111°W | Plainfield |
[3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
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1 | Whyman House | April 10, 1986 (#86000705) | 2020 | 705 Newark Ave. 40°40′49″N 74°12′29″W / 40.680278°N 74.208056°W | Elizabeth | 2020 demolition.[6] |