Historic Cold Spring Village is a non-profit
living history museum
A living museum, also known as a living history museum, is a type of museum which recreates historical settings to simulate a past time period, providing visitors with an experiential interpretation of history. It is a type of museum that recre ...
in the
Cold Spring section of
Lower Township in
Cape May County, New Jersey
Cape May County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Much of the county is located on Cape May bound by Delaware Bay to its west and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and east. Adjacent to the Atlantic coastline are fiv ...
.
The village was listed as the Historic Cold Spring Village Historic District on the
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 ...
on September 27, 2016.
The Village consists of 27 historic buildings relocated from around Cape May County, several of which are listed on 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 ...
. There are two entrances, one at 735 Seashore Road and the other at 720 US Route 9. The
Cold Spring Grange Hall, listed in 1998, located at the Seashore Road entrance, serves as the Cold Spring Grange Restaurant.
[ With ] Cold Spring Village is home to Cold Spring Brewery, the only non-profit craft brewery in New Jersey.
In 1983 the one-room former
Cape May Point jail was moved to the village.
[Jordan, ISBN 0-7643-1830-6, p. 80.]
Gallery
File:Old Grange Cold Spring.JPG, Cold Spring Grange Hall
File:Octagonal Chicken Coop.JPG, Octagonal Poultry House
The Octagonal Poultry House, also known as the Walter P. Taylor Octagon, is a historic octagonal farm building located in Cold Spring, in Lower Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It was built to house hens, who supposedly ...
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Museums in Cape May County, New Jersey
Open-air museums in New Jersey
Buildings and structures in Cape May County, New Jersey
Lower Township, New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
U.S. Route 9
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