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New Jersey Register Of Historic Places
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. 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. Hunterdon County See National Register of Historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by Delaware Bay and the state of Delaware. At , New Jersey is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, fifth-smallest state in land area; but with close to 9.3 million residents, it ranks List of U.S. states and territories by population, 11th in population and List of U.S. states and territories by population density, first in population density. The state capital is Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton, and the most populous city is Newark, New Jersey, Newark. With the exception of Warren County, New Jersey, Warren County, all of the state's 21 counties lie within the combined statistical areas of New York City or Delaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercer County, New Jersey
Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton, also the state capital, but also directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is included within the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia designated media market.- Philadelphia Market Area Coverage Maps , . Accessed December 28, 2014. As of the 2020 census, Mercer County's population was 387,340, making it the state's 12th-most populous county, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of New Jersey
The history of what is now New Jersey begins at the end of the Younger Dryas, about 15,000 years ago. Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans moved into New town reversal of the Younger Dryas; before then an ice sheet hundreds of feet thick had made the area of northern New Jersey uninhabitable. European contact began with the exploration of the Jersey Shore by Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. At the time of European contact, many tribes of the Lenape lived in the area. In the 17th century, the New Jersey region came under the control of the Swedes and the Dutch, resulting in a struggle in which the Dutch proved victorious (1655). However, the English seized the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1664, renaming it the Province of New Jersey. New Jersey became one of the Thirteen Colonies which broke away from Britain in the American Revolution, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence in 1776. Becoming a U.S. state, state up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey Register Of Historic Places
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. 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. Hunterdon County See National Register of Historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Oldest Buildings In New Jersey
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of New Jersey in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in New Jersey and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier. To be listed here a site must: *date from prior to 1776; or *be the oldest building in a county, large city, or oldest of its type (church, government building, etc.), Colonial era Post 1776 See also *List of the oldest buildings in the United States * National Register of Historic Places listings in New Jersey * List of Washington's Headquarters during the Revolutionary War * New Jersey Historic Trust * Monmouth County Historical Association * Meadows Foundation (New Jersey) * New Bridge Landing *Cranford Historical Preservation Advisory Board Cranford, New Jersey, Cranford, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In New Jersey
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New Jersey Historical Society
The New Jersey Historical Society is a historical society and museum located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The Historical Society is housed in the former headquarters of the Essex Club. It has two floors of exhibition space, a gift shop, and a hall for lectures. The NJHS offers occasional Newark walking tours. The Society formerly published the academic journal, ''New Jersey History''. Exhibitions can be found on the second and third floor while the library reading room is housed on the fifth floor, formerly the Essex Club squash courts The Society is open to the public. Members are free, while non-members pay an admission fee. Patrons visiting the library are encouraged to make an appointment. The current director is Steven Tettamanti. History The society was founded in 1845 at Trenton by intellectual and business leaders of New Jersey including Joseph C. Hornblower, Robert Gibbon Johnson, Peter D. Vroom and William Whitehead. In 1846, the soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey Historic Trust
The New Jersey Historic Trust was created by the State of New Jersey in 1967 to preserve New Jersey's historic resources. The Historic Trust's executive director is Dorothy P. Guzzo. Funding programs available through the New Jersey Historic Trust are *The Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund, which provides matching grants for planning and capital projects related to the repair, restoration and rehabilitation of historic properties. *The Revolving Loan Fund offers low-interest, long-term financing for the repair, restoration and rehabilitation or purchase of historic properties. *The Emergency Grant and Loan Fund offers grants and loans, usually small in size, for emergency work on endangered historic properties *The Cultural Trust Capital Preservation Grant Program provides grants to historic and humanities-oriented organizations for the repair, restoration and rehabilitation of historic properties they own. See also * New Jersey Historical Society *New Jersey Registe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerset County, New Jersey
Somerset County is a county located in the north-central part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was 345,361, an increase of 21,917 (6.8%) from the 323,444 counted at the 2010 U.S Census, making it the 13th most populous of the state's 21 counties. Somerset County constitutes part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Somerville.New Jersey County Map New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017. The most populous place in the county was Franklin Township ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raritan, New Jersey
Raritan is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 6,881,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Raritan borough, Somerset County, New Jersey , . Accessed February 13, 2013. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Somerset County, New Jersey
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey __NOTOC__ This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, New Jersey. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". References {{Somerset County, New Jersey Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ... * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital city, capital city (New Jersey), city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784.New Jersey County Map New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017. The city's metropolitan area, including all of Mercer County, is grouped with the New York metropolitan area#Combined statistical area, New York combined statistical area by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, but it directly borders the Delaware Valley, Philadelphia metropolitan area and was from 1990 until 2000 part of the Delaware Valley, Philadelphia combined statistical area. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
