The Asbury Historic District is a historic district encompassing the community of Asbury in Franklin Township of

Warren County, New Jersey Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 109,632, representing an increase of 940 (0.9%) from the 108,692 residents counted at the 2010 census. The county bord ...

. It is bounded by County Route 632 (Asbury Anderson Road), County Route 643 (Old Main Street), Maple Avenue, Kitchen Road, and School Street and extends along the

Musconetcong River The Musconetcong River is a tributary of the Delaware River in northwestern New Jersey in the United States.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 It flows through ...

into Bethlehem Township of

Hunterdon County Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 128,947, making it the state's 18th-most populous county,National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

on March 19, 1993 for its significance in architecture, industry, religion, community development, politics/government, and commerce. The district includes 141 contributing buildings, a contributing structure, two

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, and four

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. With

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The Warne-Castner House is a two story brick building with

Federal Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

and

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

influences. The rear wing is dated late 18th century, with the main block built from 1815 to 1818 and extended in 1846. Elisha S. Warne bought the property in 1815 and sold it to Reverend Jacob Castner in 1818. The Asbury United Methodist Church is a one story brick building with a two and one-half story brick tower. It was built in 1914 with

Victorian Gothic Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

style. It is the third church constructed at this site. The first was founded by William McCullough and Bishop

Francis Asbury Francis Asbury (August 20 or 21, 1745 – March 31, 1816) was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. During his 45 years in the colonies and the newly independent United States, he devoted his life to ...

in 1796. The second was built in 1842. The district includes the

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...

-style McCullough House, whose appearance was created by a major remodeling in to design by Easton architect William M. Michler. The

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian ...

style Brown/Wyckoff House was built by Dr. Robert B. Brown. It was then owned by Martin Wyckoff. The Greek Revival style Richey/Bristol House was built and bought by Catherine Richey. It was inherited by her daughter Anna Richey Bristol. The former Presbyterian Church, built 1868–69, and the former elementary school, built 1919, both on School Street, are now residences. The church shows Italianate and

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

styles. Located along the

, the Hoffman Grist Mill was built for James M. Hoffman. In 1895, Harry M. Riddle founded the Asbury Graphite Company and converted the mill to a commercial graphite mill. It remained in operation until 1970. The Asbury Graphite Laboratory, located in Bethlehem Township, was built .

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File:455 Old Main Street, Asbury, NJ.jpg, Asbury United Methodist Church File:15 School Street, Asbury, NJ.jpg, Former Presbyterian Church File:12 School Street, Asbury, NJ.jpg, Former elementary school File:405, 409 Old Main Street, Asbury, NJ.jpg, Brown/Wyckoff and Richey/Bristol Houses File:Hoffman Grist Mill, Asbury, NJ.jpg, Hoffman Grist Mill File:Asbury Graphite Laboratory, Asbury, NJ.jpg, Asbury Graphite Laboratory

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