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The Joseph Falkinburg House, also spelled Falkenburg, is located at 822 (historically 922) Delsea Drive (
New Jersey Route 47 Route 47 is a state highway in the southern part of New Jersey. It runs from Atlantic Avenue in Wildwood, New Jersey, Wildwood, Cape May County, New Jersey, Cape May County north to U.S. Route 130 in Brooklawn, New Jersey, Brooklawn, Camden Count ...
) in the South Dennis section of Dennis 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 ...
, United States. The historic brick
Federal style Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was heavily based on the works of Andrea Palladio with several inn ...
house was built around 1805 and was documented by the
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(HABS) in 1961. It was added to the
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on October 3, 1994, for its significance in architecture and politics/government. With According to the nomination form, the house is one of three brick houses in the county built before 1860. Joseph Falkinburg served in the New Jersey legislature during the
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. In 1989, the house was purchased by the Arc of Cape May County.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape May County, New Jersey List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape May 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 Cape May County, N ...


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