The Whitehouse–Mechanicsville 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 ...
located along old
New Jersey Route 28
Route 28 is a state highway in the central part of New Jersey, United States that is long. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, while its eastern terminus is at Route ...
, Mill, Lamington and School Roads in
Whitehouse Whitehouse may refer to:
People
* Charles S. Whitehouse (1921–2001), American diplomat
* Cornelius Whitehouse (1796–1883), English engineer and inventor
* E. Sheldon Whitehouse (1883–1965), American diplomat
* Elliott Whitehouse (born ...
and
Mechanicsville, unincorporated communities in
Readington Township,
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,[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 March 17, 2015 for its significance in architecture and community development. The district includes 140
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 ...
.
History
The villages of Whitehouse and Mechanicsville developed along the 1806 stage coach route, then known as the New Jersey Turnpike, that went between
Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton is a city in and the county seat of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city's population was 28,127 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Easton is located at the confluence of the Lehigh River and the Delawa ...
and
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[Italianate style
The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Ita ...]
. The house at 20 Old Highway 28 was built with Italianate and
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, ...
styles.
The Ryland Inn
The Ryland Inn is a restaurant in Readington Township, New Jersey, that won the James Beard Mid-Atlantic region top prize. It won several awards and was visited by then-president Ronald Reagan.
History
The building was built sometime in the late ...
was built with
Gothic Revival style
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century ...
with Italianate influences.
Gallery of contributing properties
File:United Methodist Church, Whitehouse, NJ.jpg, United Methodist Church
File:75 Old Highway 28, Whitehouse, NJ.jpg, United Methodist Church Parsonage
File:20 Old Highway 28, Whitehouse, NJ.jpg, 20 Old Highway 28
File:115 Old Highway 28, Whitehouse, NJ.jpg, The Ryland Inn
The Ryland Inn is a restaurant in Readington Township, New Jersey, that won the James Beard Mid-Atlantic region top prize. It won several awards and was visited by then-president Ronald Reagan.
History
The building was built sometime in the late ...
File:Rural Hill Cemetery, Whitehouse, NJ - stone gate.jpg, Rural Hill Cemetery
File:Bridge at Rockaway Creek, Whitehouse, NJ.jpg, Truss bridge on Mill Road over the Rockaway Creek
See also
*
Taylor's Mill Historic District
References
External links
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Readington Township, 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
Gothic Revival architecture in New Jersey
Greek Revival architecture in New Jersey
Italianate architecture in New Jersey