unincorporated community
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Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. At the 2020 census, the county was the state's 4th-least populous county,
History
In the 18th century, Reaville was a stop on the stagecoach route along the
Old York Road
Old York Road, originally York Road, with reference to New York, is a roadway that was built during the 18th century to connect Philadelphia with New York City.
The road was built along the Raritan tribe, Raritan tribe's Naraticong Trail, als ...
. A school had been located in Reaville. By 1881, a harness shop was the only business located there.
Historic district
The Reaville 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 Old York, Amwell, Barley Sheaf, Kuhl, and Manners roads. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on May 2, 2002 for its significance in architecture, commerce, and community development. The district includes 32
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 ...
. With
The Reaville Church, formerly known as the First English Presbyterian Church, was built in 1839 and remodeled in 1883. It features
Federal architecture
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with
Greek Revival
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, ...
influences. The Amwell Presbyterian Church Parsonage was built in 1865 with
Gothic Revival
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influences and features a diamond-shaped window with
quatrefoil
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tracery.
File:11 Amwell Road, Reaville, NJ.jpg, Colonial Revival style house on Amwell Road
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
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