The Bivalve Oyster Packing Houses and Docks are located along Shell Road in the

Bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

section of Commercial Township in

Cumberland County, New Jersey Cumberland County is a coastal county located on the Delaware Bay in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 154,152, making it the 16th-largest of the state's 21 counties. Its county seat is Bridg ...

. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 28, 1996, for their significance in commerce and maritime history during the years 1870–1945. The listing includes five

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

. With The buildings were listed as part of the Marine and Architectural Resources of the Maurice River Cove Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF). The Bayshore Center, an educational museum, is located adjacent to the property at 2800 High Street.

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The buildings were constructed in the 1870s in this industrial section of Port Norris, located by the mouth of the Maurice River. The

oyster schooner An oyster schooner is a type of traditional fishing boat specifically designed for the harvesting of oysters. Typically, an oyster schooner was a gaff-rigged two-masted schooner akin to the Dorchester schooner. They were used in the past in Del ...

s ''Cashier'' and '' A. J. Meerwald'', also listed on the

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, are located here. Bayshore Discovery Project

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bivalve Oyster Packing Houses And Docks Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Buildings and structures in Cumberland County, New Jersey Commercial Township, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places

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