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r ' Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE: (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE New Jersey COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Monmouth INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY ^NUMBER DATE (Type all entries — complete applicable sections) ——— jto 1 1« ^ ^* oM ft |i|iil|^l;|^||llillllll^ll"lll: COMMON: \ j *• /, £, ^ r _ ^**^h Desertod Village of Allaire Bfeatf iet D ^--'" ^ — p-^ AN D^frR HISTORIC: -^*"^*" X^\ \i^-' -• U^V/ ^\ /Howell Works, Monmouth Furnace\ /'x/ hr^ 5^v\ tyfijj^jjjp^ •;:i;:::xiK::.- ••>v'.::::::::::'::*:t:i(iii[P?/^/:f>:J;:;F:::"::^::-::^^>f' ill qq-VriVr-Ty^1'" 7 *%(^x-;-----.v.v.-.-.-.'.v. •-•••-•.•.•.•.•••••.•••.•.•.•-•--•••••-•-•••••-••••••-•-•••••• •••.-.- •.•-:•:••-•-•.••-••--••-•-:•:•:••••-.•:••••-••••;-••:-••••:•:-:••-:. •.-••^^'.•'.•'.•'. t ^<^' . -. - . .-:-:-:-:-:-:-.-:-:-:-:-:?v**:T-:-iP:£>::£:/:'-v:-x .•••^r r; S TJlE.E.T-,Jk,HC>*H.<ltAB.e: R • ^ -/ S£p T . /v U.Botite 52UJX 3 miles southeast of Farminsdale y !~;d ^ 19ft I6 CIT"Y OR TOWNi . ••^-*. —— ,,,,,,r m,,.u,»ro,,4l»1J ___ ,,.,-^^.....— . D) ;•% TONAL t/ • Allaii*G f o-A-«tn v-v,- v-^^w fuJLt^ \ STATE ^ CODE COUNTY: CODE Nk />. • \ C>/ New Jersey 3U Monmoillthx; / ^Y"TTr»"\ \ x 02f? ACCESSIBLE CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS fC/iecfc One) ) THE PUBLIC 25 District Q Building ® Public Public Acquisition: I | Occupied Yes: Restricted n Site Q Structure D P"vate Q ln Process I | Unoccupied *•* Unrestricted Q Object D Both D Being Considered !§C| Preservation work — in progress ' — No PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) ( I Agricultural |~1 Government 3d Park PI Transportation ^Comments | | Commercial [~1 Industrial f~l Privtite Residence n other (specify) Statc-ownec jp Educational Q Military Q Relicjious historic [~| Entertainment E Museum [~1 Scieritific site ........................ ——— ................ ........... Ml Ml... OWNER'S NAME: 5 U)> New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection § S STREET AND NUMBER: C_ P.O. Box 1390, John Fitch Plaza CD 4 CITY OR TOWN: STATE: CODE CO Trenton New Jersey 3k 3 COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Monmouth County Courthouse fonmouth COUNTY: STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Freehold New Jersey 314 TITLE OF SURVEY: ' T» 25 Historic American Building Survey NJ-6-28 NUMBERENTRY -n 0 DATE OF SURVEY: J£] Federal Q State Q County Q Local TO H* DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 2 TO CO Library of. Congress C 1 (/i STREET AND NUMBER: m O r-z CITY OR TOWN: STATE: -< Washington n n 11 DATE (Check On*) n Excellent KJ Good Q F«' r D Deteriorate* G3 "<•»«» FT Un»xpos«d CONDITION (Check One) (Check On*) n Altered (S Unaltered £] Mwred g] Original Site Allaire Village which was also known as Monmouth Furnace and Howell Works was built on land which was first kno/m as "Williams- b«Fg...-FQrge. The location of the Forge has not been determined. Structures associated with the early enterprises include a frame house and a farmhouse. The other extant buildings, including a brick store, bakery, carriage house, carpenter's shop, enamelling furnace, worker cot tages and a frame church, date from the Allaire Period (1822-1850). A blacksmith shop and farmhouse have been restored. The stack of the iron furnace and walls of the casting house stand in ruin as a stark reminder of the town's history. The re mains of the grist mill, and saw mill are now the concern of the archeologist. rn The original appearance of Allaire Village has been preserved rn in a map and sketches made for Hal Allaire in 1853. The subsequent ownership of the Allaire property by Arthur z Brisbane, newspaperman and later by the State of New Jersey has */» restricted commercial and residential development in the area. The Village is located on the Manasquan River five miles from the bay. The town grew around the water powered mills and furnace C and towards Freehold, the county seat. The pattern of the industrial o complex, row dwellings, church and store is typical of several in New Jersey. CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION Hon. Harris on A. Williams, U.S. Sen. Hon. Clifford P. Case, U. S, Sen. Hon. James J. Howard, 3rd. Cong. Dist. ^-x,y PERIOD f Check One or More «• Appropriate) Q, Pre-Go*umb*aR j Q 16th Century 18th Century Q 20th Century Q T5th Century D !7th Century 19th Century SPECIFIC DATEtS> gf Applicable and Known) 1750-18^3 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE fChecfc One or More a* Appropriate) Abor ioinol (~1 Education a Political Q Urban Planning Q Prehistoric ( t Engineering a Religion/Phi, Q Other (Specify) Q Historic E] Industry losophy F~l Agriculture | | Invention a Science Q Architecture {~"| Landscape a Sculpture D Art Architecture a Social/Human fl Commerce f~| Literature itarian f~) Communications D Military a Theater f~l Conservation Q Music a Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Allaire is significant for three reasons: as an indus trial community, for its architecture and for its owner, J. P. Allaire. INDUSTRY: u Allaire with its bog iron industry complex was signif icant in the early industrial development of the state. The ruins of the furnace and the other structure along with ex tant buidings create a graphic representation of the past. The present furnace, built in 1831, replaced an earlier fur nace and a still earlier forge7~ ARCHITECTURE: The buildings that remain have architectural signifi HI cance as well as industrial merit. Most date from the 1830 period and are constructed of brick. There is also a frame church area 1830, and a workman's cottage reported to be circa 17^0. James P. Allaire, the owner of the village, was a brass founder from New York who provided marine engines for several early steamboats built for Robert Fulton between 1810 and 181$, His venture in iron came in 1822 when he purchased Monmouth Furnace, a former name for Allaire Village. Brown, James S., Allaire's Lost Empire. Transcript Pr-inti™ H-IRP, Jj'reenoia, JNew Jersey 1955. " Boyer, Charles, Early Forces and Furnaces in New Jersev T University nf Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1931. '" Allaire Papers: Monmouth County Historical Society Hal Allaire Papers: Mrs. Myron Taylor, Brielle Historic American Building Survey LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY 0 DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY ROF LESS THAN TEN ACREg CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds, Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW ^0° 09' WCf-fll* ° 08' 7 00 "0\5 0 t . 0 • » NE UO ° 09' JKW7U ° 07 • 30 - SE kO ° 09 ' £© Tl 7U ° 07 • 30 - . sw ),n * o° ' M *1f 7l* ° nft ' n CT - APPROXIMATE ACREAGE DENOMINATED PROPERTY: 330 [LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUN T>-BW07?B*«1ES ^e^ \\ f !fi, 7\ m STATE: CODE COUNTY /\\^ J ji.~r^y/^\ CODE /*Y fcrpA/f [i XA m STATE: CODE COUNTY: /^ KLll-WLU \^\ CQDE 'N/ cEP 141973 rJ STATE: " CODE COUNTY: i ~-\ v *" 1 —— I CODE ^ NATIONAL H STATE: - CODE COUNTY: ^X\V Kb^lSTER JW yCV CODE NAME AND TITLE: ^~~— - ——— *•-"' Charles W. Wilson, Jr. Archeologist n ORGANIZATION DATE \ H Historic Sites, Department of Environmental Protection August k. 197( STREET AND NUMBER: - * Box 1U20, John Fitch Plaza CITY OR TOWN: STATE ' CODE Trenton New Jersey 3U I^^B^ftMrtli^liWMiiSli^lia* As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law I hereby certify that this property is included in the 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been dfoti » ~l —————— evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set v^ /H^fTZ^^^^^^ forth by the National Park Service. The recommended KflOOdC Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: Director, National n State £] Local n Date l////7^/ \ 1 ATTEST: Title Commissioner, Department of . c^U^C>/<:'C-^^ Environmental Protection "C^£i~^r Keeper of The National Register Date September ;?, 1973 Date / - "7- -7 y KEY TO MAP OF HISTORIC HOWELL WORKS 1. Casting House Stack 11. Blacksmith Shop 23. Pine Creek Railroad ENTRANCE ROUTE 524 v 2. Office Building Site 12. Grist Mill Site 24. Main Parking Lot 3. Allaire Homestead & 13. Saw Mill Site 25. Toll House Dormitory Site 4. Charcoal Depot 14. Post Office 26. Activities Area Foundation <X"V 5. Carriage House 15. Visitor's Center & 27. Parking Lot #3 Snack Bar 6. Barns 16. Church 28. Main Picnic Area 7. Enameling Furnace 17. 18, 19 29. Start Nature Trails (Park Headquarters) Residence Sites 8. Carpenter Shop 20. The Farm House 30. Fishing Pond (Children Only) 9. General Store 21. Slaughter House Site 31. Rest Rooms ' 10. Bakery 22. File Mill Site 32. The Village Green \ I J The site of Allaire, first known as Monmouth Furnace, and then Howell Works, was originally occupied by a sawmill in 1750. Benjamin B. Howell is THE HISTORIC HOWELL WORKS the first known operator of the property as an iron works. He leased the property in 1821 and it became known as the Howell Works at that time. at In 1822 James P. Allaire, of New York, purchased the works and com menced operations. Allaire was originally a brass "founder" in New York City ALLAIRE STATE PARK and later established an iron foundry there, where he built engines and boilers. He cast with his own hands the brass air chamber for Robert Fulton's famous "Clermont". In his New York Shop the cylinder of the Savannah, the first American steamship to cross the Atlantic, was cast in 1819. He bought the Howell works as a source of material for his foundry in New York. He developed at Allaire a complete and self-contained community with church and school, employing as many as 500 men in a diversity of crafts, some of which sound odd today-moulders, ware-cleaners, carpenters, pattern makers, wheelwrights, millers, teamsters, ore-raisers, colliers, stage drivers, grooms and harness-makers to name a few.