The Port Murray 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 ...
in the
Port Murray section of
Mansfield Township,
Warren County, New Jersey
Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 109,632, representing an increase of 940 (0.9%) from the 108,692 residents counted at the 2010 census. The county borde ...
. It was an important transportation location, being on the
Morris Canal
The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Jers ...
and the
Morris and Essex Railroad
The Morris and Essex Railroad was a railroad across northern New Jersey, later part of the main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
History
The M&E was incorporated January 29, 1835, to build a line from Newark in Essex Coun ...
. 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 June 7, 1996 for its significance in community development, architecture, and transportation from 1828 to 1915.
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Gallery
File:Main Street Canal Store, Port Murray, NJ - Morris Canal.jpg, Canal Store on the Morris Canal
The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Jers ...
File:Train station, Port Murray, NJ.jpg, Former train station on the Morris and Essex Railroad
The Morris and Essex Railroad was a railroad across northern New Jersey, later part of the main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
History
The M&E was incorporated January 29, 1835, to build a line from Newark in Essex Coun ...
File:267 Main Street, Port Murray, NJ.jpg, Built by Samuel McCrea, used as Methodist Church Parsonage
File:275 Main Street, Port Murray, NJ.jpg, Franco-Italianate Second Empire style house
File:21 Cherry Tree Bend Road, Port Murray, NJ - historic church.jpg, Former Mansfield Baptist Church, currently the Abundant Life Community Church
File:284 Main Street, Port Murray, NJ.jpg, Carpenter Gothic
Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic or Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures ...
style house
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Port Colden Historic District
The Port Colden Historic District is a historic district in the Port Colden section of Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey. It was an important transportation location, being on the Morris Canal and the Morris and Essex Railroad. T ...
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Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, New Jersey
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Italianate architecture in New Jersey
Second Empire architecture in New Jersey
Carpenter Gothic architecture in New Jersey
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