The Burlington Historic District in

Burlington, New Jersey Burlington is a City (New Jersey), city situated on the banks of the Delaware River in Burlington County, New Jersey, Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2020 United States census, the c ...

, United States, 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 ...

bounded by the

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and High, West Broad, Talbot, and Reed streets; it is listed on

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and federal registers of historic places.Historic District Map City of Burlington June 17, 2014
/ref> The oldest building in Burlington County and one of the oldest residences in

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, the Revell House, is a

contributing property 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 ...

. St. Mary's Episcopal Church, built in 1703 and the oldest church in New Jersey, is also within the district; the new St. Mary's, designed by

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and completed in 1854, has separate status as a

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. This district is adjacent to the city's High Street Historic District.

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