Mount Pleasant is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
located along
County Route 519 on the border of
Alexandria Township and
Holland Township, in
Hunterdon County
Hunterdon County is a County (United States), county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county was the state's List of counties in New Jersey, 4th-least populous ...
, New Jersey.
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State of New Jersey
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. Accessed January 1, 2015. The Mount Pleasant Historic District was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1987.
History
The Presbyterian church was organized and worshipped in a log meeting house. The Mount Pleasant school was started before 1790. By the 1880s, the community had a post office, two stores, a mill, a blacksmith and a tavern.
Historic district
The Mount Pleasant Historic District is a
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...
encompassing the community along
County Route 519 (Little York–Mount Pleasant Road) and Rick Road. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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on November 16, 1987 for its significance in agriculture, architecture, commerce, settlement, and industry. It includes 34
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 dist ...
.
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The Presbyterian Church, built in 1843, and the general store, built in the 1860s, feature vernacular
Greek Revival style
Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...
.
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{{NRHP in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Alexandria Township, New Jersey
Holland Township, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Unincorporated communities in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places