The German Valley Historic District is a
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located in the
Long Valley section of
Washington Township in
Morris County, New Jersey
Morris County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county's population was enumerated at 509,285, . The district was added to the
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 v ...
on July 14, 1983, for its significance in agriculture, education, transportation, industry, and religion.
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History and description
The congregation of the Zion Lutheran Church was chartered in 1760, the current
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
church built in 1832, and the bell tower added in 1861. The German Valley Hotel was built in the mid 19th century.
The Old Stone Union Church was built in 1774 from fieldstone and is surrounded by a cemetery. The
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
clergyman and missionary,
Henry Muhlenberg
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (an anglicanization of Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg) (September 6, 1711 – October 7, 1787), was a German Lutheran pastor sent to North America as a missionary, requested by Pennsylvania colonists.
Integral to the ...
, often preached here.
The German Valley School was built in 1830 from fieldstone. Located next to the Old Union Church, it is now Washington Township Historical Society Museum. The Obadiah LaTourette Grist and Saw Mill on the
South Branch Raritan River
The South Branch Raritan River is a tributary of the Raritan River in New Jersey.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002.
Description
The source of the South Branch is the outflow from Budd Lake, a glacial remnant locate ...
was built around 1750 and owned by Phillip Weise. In the 1870s, it was converted to turbine power by owner Obadiah LaTourette.
The Phillip J. Weisse / J. Schoenheit Farm, known as the Old Fort, is said to have been built around 1774, and was rebuilt in 1876 with
Victorian style. The two and one-half story stone Phillip Weise House was built around 1800.
Gallery of contributing properties
File:Long Valley - German Valley Historic District - 20180127101830.jpg, German Valley Hotel and Zion Lutheran Church
File:Fairview Avenue, Long Valley, NJ - Old Stone Union Church ruins.jpg, Old Stone Union Church ruins, built 1774
File:Fairview Avenue, Long Valley, NJ - German Valley School.jpg, Former German Valley School, built 1830
File:Route 24, Long Valley, NJ - Obadiah Latourette Grist and Saw Mill.jpg, Obadiah LaTourette Grist and Saw Mill, built
File:Route 24, Long Valley, NJ - "Old Fort".jpg, The "Old Fort", Phillip J. Weisse / J. Schoenheit Farm, built
File:1 East Mill Road, Long Valley, NJ - Phillip Weise House, looking north.jpg, Phillip Weise House, built
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey
References
External links
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{{NRHP in Morris County, New Jersey
Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Morris County, New Jersey
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Federal architecture in New Jersey
Greek Revival architecture in New Jersey