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The Miller Farmstead 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 ...
encompassing the main farm complex on Route 57, at Watters Road, in Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey and extending into Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County. The farmstead is near the community of Penwell and overlooks the Musconetcong River, arranged linearly along the upper edge of the river's flood plain. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 1989, for its significance in agriculture, architecture, and transportation from 1830 to 1924. With The listing is a area that includes eight
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, seven
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, and a contributing site. The main farmhouse, at the intersection of Route 57 and Watters Road, shows Greek Revival style. It was likely built in the 1830s or 1840s. One of the contributing structures is a triple-arch stone bridge, the Old Turnpike Road over Musconetcong River bridge. The bridge spans into Lebanon Township in Hunterdon County. It was built in 1860 by J.C. Miller and J.A. Skinner, according to a marble plaque on one of the sidewalls.


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File:MILLER FARMSTEAD - TRIPLE ARCH BRIDGE, HUNTERDON & WARRN COUNTIES.JPG, Triple Arch Stone Bridge over the Musconetcong River


See also

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Warren County, New Jersey * National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey *
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* * Also known as Wydner Farm Bridge. * * {{NRHP in Warren County, New Jersey Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Stone arch bridges National Register of Historic Places in Hunterdon County, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places Greek Revival architecture in New Jersey Commercial buildings completed in 1830 Lebanon Township, New Jersey Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey