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HISTORIC SITES Listed on the National Register of Historic Places HISTORIC SITES Listed on the National Register of Historic Places BEDMINSTER Historic Sites: McDonald’s/Kline’s Mill • Jacobus Vanderveer House Historic Districts: Pluckemin Historic District • Lamington Historic District • Pottersville Historic District BERNARDS Historic Sites: The Academy • The Alward Homestead • Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church • Coffee House Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead • Lord Stirling Manor • Lyons Train Station • St. Bernard’s Episcopal Church and Parish House Historic Districts: Franklin Corners Historic District • Liberty Corner Historic District BERNARDSVILLE Historic Sites: John Parker Tavern • Bernardsville Train Station • Reynolds-Scherman House Historic District: Morristown National Historical Park BOUND BROOK Historic Sites: Bound Brook Train Station BRANCHBURG Historic District: Neshanic Mills Historic District Historic Sites: Andrew Ten Eyck House • John Van Camp Farmstead • South Branch School House BRIDGEWATER Historic Sites: Middlebrook Encampment • Van Veghten House • Jacob Vosseller/Castner/Allen Tavern • Van Horne House FAR HILLS Historic Sites: Far Hills Train Station • Alexander James Lynn Homestead FRANKLIN Historic Sites: Rockingham • Symen Van Wickle House • Tulipwood Historic Districts: Delaware and Raritan Canal • Griggstown Historic District • Kingston Mill Historic District • East Millstone Historic District • Kingston Village Historic District • Six Mile Run Historic District • King’s Highway Historic District Middlebush Village Histroic District HILLSBOROUGH Historic Sites: Cat Tail Brook Bridge • Van der Veer-Harris House • Huff House and Farmstead • Elmendorf House • Nevius Street Bridge • Rock Brook Bridge • Higginsville Road Bridges Historic Districts: South Branch Historic District • Neshanic Mills Historic District • Neshanic Historic District • Clover Hill Historic District • Millstone Valley Agricultural District MILLSTONE Historic District: Millstone Historic District MONTGOMERY Historic Sites: Blawenburg Reformed Church • Bedens Brook Road Bridge • Opossum Road Bridge • Rock Brook Bridge • Maplewood/John A. Voorhees House • Dirck Gulick House Historic Districts: Bridgepoint Historic District • Blawenburg Historic District • River Road Historic District NORTH PLAINFIELD Historic Site: Vanderventer/Brunson House (Vermeule Mansion) Historic Districts: Washington Park Historic District • Green Brook Park Historic District PEAPACK-GLADSTONE Historic Site: Gladstone Train Station RARITAN Historic Sites: General John Frelinghuysen House • Raritan Train Station • Nevius Street Bridge • Relief Hose Company, No. 2 ROCKY HILL Historic District: Rocky Hill Historic District SOMERVILLE Historic Sites: Old Dutch Parsonage • Wallace House • Somerset County Courthouse and Courthouse Green • J. Harper Smith House • Somerville Fire Museum • St. John’s Episcopal Church Complex SOUTH BOUND BROOK Historic Sites: Abraham Staats House • Delaware and Raritan Canal WARREN Historic Sites: Duderstadt Farmstead • Mount Bethel Baptist Meeting House • Smalley/Wormser House • Kirch-Ford House .
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