National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey
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 April 12, 2024.[2]
Current listings
[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 / 40.61425; -74.416128 (All Souls Church) | 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 / 40.683056; -74.376944 (Badgley House and Site) | 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 / 40.705; -74.328056 (Baltusrol Golf Club) | 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 / 40.663333; -74.208889 (Belcher-Ogden Mansion, Benjamin Price House, and Price-Brittan House Historic District) | 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 / 40.663194; -74.209167 (Belcher–Ogden House) | 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 / 40.663611; -74.210278 (Boxwood Hall) | 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 / 40.653333; -74.349167 (Burial Ground of the Presbyterian Church in the West Fields of Elizabethtown) | 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 / 40.695; -74.278611 (Caldwell Parsonage) | 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 / 40.601389; -74.406944 (Cedar Brook Park) | 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 / 40.646111; -74.361944 (Central Railroad of New Jersey) | 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 / 40.6575; -74.290556 (Crane-Phillips House) | 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 / 40.616389; -74.413611 (Crescent Area Historic District) | 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 / 40.627222; -74.340833 (John De Camp House) | 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 / 40.613611; -74.432222 (Nathaniel Drake House) | 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 / 40.650278; -74.301667 (Droeschers Mill) | 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 / 40.666944; -74.216944 (Elizabeth Station) | 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 / 40.692222; -74.210833 (Evergreen Cemetery) | 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 / 40.644167; -74.389167 (Fanwood Park Historic District) | 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 / 40.681389; -74.387778 (Feltville Historic District) | 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 / 40.628333; -74.403889 (Firehouse No. 4) | 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 / 40.6167; -74.3671 (Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House) | 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 / 40.711389; -74.310833 (First Congregation of the Presbyterian Church at Springfield) | 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 / 40.6625; -74.215556 (First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth) | 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 / 40.693333; -74.273889 (First Presbyterian Congregation of Connecticut Farms) | 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 / 40.676389; -74.214722 (Charles N. Fowler House) | 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 / 40.618056; -74.417222 (Grace Episcopal Church) | 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 / 40.608333; -74.445278 (Green Brook Park) | 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 / 40.671944; -74.358056 (Deacon Andrew Hetfield House) | 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 / 40.615278; -74.405 (Hillside Avenue Historic District) | 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 / 40.607778; -74.348889 (Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge) | 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 / 40.710278; -74.307222 (Hutchings Homestead) | 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 / 40.668056; -74.428056 (Littel-Lord Farmstead) | 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 / 40.677778; -74.228056 (William Livingston House) | 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 / 40.616389; -74.285833 (Merchants' and Drovers' Tavern) | 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 / 40.665556; -74.214444 (Mid-Town Historic District) | 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 / 40.6625; -74.350556 (Miller-Cory House) | 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 / 40.694722; -74.403611 (Murray Hill Station) | 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 / 40.629167; -74.403611 (Netherwood Station) | 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 / 40.676667; -74.291111 (Oswald J. Nitschke House) | 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 / 40.618611; -74.421389 (North Avenue Commercial District) | 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 / 40.651667; -74.399722 (Old Baptist Parsonage) | 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 / 40.615; -74.423889 (Plainfield Central Fire Headquarters) | 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 / 40.6175; -74.4175 (Plainfield Civic District) | Plainfield | ||
44 | Plainfield Station | June 22, 1984 (#84002837) |
North Ave. 40°37′06″N 74°25′15″W / 40.618333°N 74.420833°W / 40.618333; -74.420833 (Plainfield Station) | 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 / 40.610278; -74.2775 (Rahway Theatre) | 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 / 40.659444; -74.349444 (William Edgar Reeve House) | 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 / 40.610833; -74.423889 (Saint Mary's Catholic Church Complex) | 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 / 40.703611; -74.347222 (Sayre Homestead) | 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 / 40.652602; -74.399717 (Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Cemetery) | 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 / 40.649444; -74.396389 (Scotch Plains School) | 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 / 40.613611; -74.31 (Seventeenth Century Clark House) | 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 / 40.6560; -74.3721 (Shady Rest Golf and Country Club) | 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 / 40.6925; -74.429722 (Nathaniel Smith House) | 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 / 40.660278; -74.2125 (St. John's Parsonage) | 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 / 40.650833; -74.399722 (Stage House Inn) | 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 / 40.642778; -74.346944 (Stoneleigh Park Historic District) | 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 / 40.605000; -74.416944 (George A. Strong House) | 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 / 40.717778; -74.3575 (Summit Downtown Historic District) | 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 / 40.7151; -74.3653 (Summit Playhouse) | 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 / 40.726667; -74.348056 (The Clearing) | 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 / 40.681667; -74.235278 (James Townley House) | 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 / 40.717222; -74.35 (Twin Maples) | 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 / 40.658611; -74.238056 (Union County Park Commission Administration Buildings) | 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 / 40.609722; -74.418333 (Van Wyck Brooks Historic District) | 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 / 40.713611; -74.343889 (Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church) | 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 / 40.612778; -74.414722 (Orville T. Waring House) | 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 / 40.65; -74.348889 (Westfield Fire Headquarters) | 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 / 40.687222; -74.22 (Woodruff House) | 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 / 40.620833; -74.421111 (Young Women's Christian Association of Plainfield and North Plainfield) | Plainfield |
Former listings
[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 / 40.680278; -74.208056 (Whyman House) | Elizabeth | 2020 demolition.[6] |
References
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- ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
- ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kofsky, Jared (7 June 2021). "80-Unit Development Planned Where Historic House Once Stood in Elizabeth". Jersey Digs. Retrieved 3 April 2022.