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Historic Sites & Districts in Somerset County, Nj HISTORIC SITES & DISTRICTS IN SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ µ Open To The Public F BERNARDSVILLE BORO D *# 53 *# +$ 10 5 +$ C 54 +$ 4 PEAPACK GLADSTONE BORO 7+$ 21 *# 8*# BEDMINSTER TWP FAR HILLS BORO BERNARDS TWP A 3+$ 9 +$ E 1+$ 6 +$ +$ B 2 WATCHUNG BORO 68+$ +$ WARREN TWP 67 NORTH PLAINFIELD BORO 66 +$ 36 +$ H +$52 Z1 34+$ GREEN BROOK TWP BRIDGEWATER TWP 17+$ Z 61 +$35 $ RARITAN BORO 18+ SOMERVILLE BORO BOUND BROOK 57*# 64 +$+$63 58 +$+$ +$+$ +$62 !@ 16 +$ 55 60 11 56 !@ 40 +$ *#+$ 20+$ 12 R!13 19 SOUTH BOUND BROOK BORO I 38+$ +$65 15+$ MANVILLE BORO 23+$ U !@ 44 J J BRANCHBURG TWP 32 +$ !@ !@14 42 +$ 43 46 FRANKLIN TWP 39 !@ G 45+$ +$24 V K P T MILLSTONE BORO 26 30 R HILLSBOROUGH TWP +$ +$ 33+$ +$ S +$ 22 31 Q 49 +$ 37R! 41 Legend R! X +$+$ 25 A-Z R! 50 Y 28 Historic Districts MONTGOMERY TWP +$ Historic Sites 48 +$ !@ Metal Truss Bridges 51R! L *# Operating Train Stations W R! Stone Arch Bridges 5+$9 47 ROCKY HILL BORO Selected Local Roads R! J Z2 County Roads $ +29 State Routes O R! M US Routes 27 N Interstates Rail Lines Municipal Boundaries 2 1 0 2 Miles Prepared By: Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission 11/13 HISTORIC SITES & DISTRICTS IN SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES 1) Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment* HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP 2) Pluckemin School House, 2020 Burnt Mills Road HISTORIC SITES 3) Jacobus Vanderveer House, 955 US Route 202/206 37) Cat Tail Brook Bridge, Montgomery Road HISTORIC DISTRICTS 38) Duke Farms, U.S. Route 206 A) Lamington Historic District 39) Higginsville Road Bridges, Higginsville Road over the South Branch of the B) Pluckemin Historic District Raritan River C) Pottersville Village Historic District 40) Nevius Street Bridge, Nevius Street over the Raritan River 41) Rock Brook Bridge, Long Hill and Dutchtown-Zion Roads BERNARDS TOWNSHIP 42) Van der Veer-Harris House, 344 U.S. Route 206 HISTORIC SITES 43) Woodfern Road Bridge, Woodfern Road over the South Branch of the Raritan 4) The Academy, 15 West Oak Street River 5) Boudinot-Southard-Ross Property, 135 North Maple Avenue HISTORIC DISTRICTS 6) Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead, 450 King George Road R) Clover Hill Historic District 7) Lord Stirling Manor Site, Lord Stirling Road S) Millstone Valley Agricultural District 8) Lyons Train Station, Cross Road T) Neshanic Historic District 9) United States Golf Association Museum, (Frothingham-Sloane House), 77 G) Neshanic Mills Historic District Liberty Corner Road U) South Branch Historic District HISTORIC DISTRICTS D) Franklin Corners Historic District MANVILLE BOROUGH E) Liberty Corner Historic District 44) Bridge Street Bridge, Bridge Street over the CSX Railroad BERNARDSVILLE BOROUGH MILLSTONE BOROUGH HISTORIC SITES HISTORIC SITES 10) Bernardsville Train Station, U.S. Route 202 45) Millstone Borough Hall, 1353 Main Street HISTORIC DISTRICTS 46) Old Millstone Forge, 9 North River Street F) Morristown National Historical Park, New Jersey Brigade/Cross Estate HISTORIC DISTRICTS V) Millstone Historic District BOUND BROOK BOROUGH HISTORIC SITES MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP 11) Brook Theater, 10 Hamilton Street HISTORIC SITES 12) Bound Brook Train Station, Main Street 47) Bedens Brook Road Bridge, Bedens Brook Road 13) Old Stone Arch Bridge, Railroad Avenue 48) Bedensville School House, Burnt Hill Road 49) Dirck Gulick House, 506 Belle Mead-Blawenburg Road BRANCHBURG TOWNSHIP 50) Mill Pond Bridge, Dead Tree Run Road over the Pike Run HISTORIC SITES 51) Oppossum Road Bridge, Oppossum Road over Bedens Brook 14) Elm Street Bridge, Elm Street over the South Branch of the Raritan River 41) Rock Brook Bridge, Rock Brook Road 15) South Branch School House, 2120 South Branch Road HISTORIC DISTRICTS 16) Andrew Ten Eyck House, 671 Old York Road W) Blawenburg Historic District HISTORIC DISTRICTS X) Bridgepoint Historic District G) Neshanic Mills Historic District Y) River Road Historic Rural District H) North Branch Historic District NORTH PLAINFIELD BOROUGH BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES HISTORIC SITES 52) Vermeule Mansion (Van Derventer/Brunson House), 614 Greenbrook 17) American Redoubt, 1824 Bolmer Farm Road Road 18) Middlebrook Encampment (Washington Camp Ground), Middlebrook HISTORIC DISTRICTS Road Z) Green Brook Park Historic District 19) Van Horne House, 941 Main Street Z1) Washington Park Historic District 20) Van Veghten House, 9 Van Veghten Drive HISTORIC DISTRICTS PEAPACK & GLADSTONE BOROUGH I) Raritan Water Power Canal Historic District HISTORIC SITES 53) Gladstone Train Station, Main Street FAR HILLS 54) Limestone Kilns, 122 Main Street HISTORIC SITES 21) Far Hills Train Station, U.S. Route 202 RARITAN BOROUGH HISTORIC SITES FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP 55) General John Frelinghuysen House, 54 East Somerset Street HISTORIC SITES 56) Hibernia Mine Rail Road Bridge, Pedestrian Path over the Raritan Power 22) Blackwells Mills Canal House, 598 Canal Road Canal 23) Hendrick Fisher House, 1960 Easton Avenue 40) Nevius Street Bridge, Nevius Street over the Raritan River 24) Franklin Inn, 2371 Amwell Road 57) Raritan Train Station, Thompson Street 25) Griggstown School House, 1565 Canal Road 58) Relief Hose Company No. 2 Engine House, 16 Anderson Street 26) Hageman Farm, 205 South Middlebush Road HISTORIC DISTRICTS 27) Kingston Bridge, Old Route 27 over the Millstone River I) Raritan Water Power Canal Historic District 28) Long House (Mule Tenders Barracks), 4 Griggstown Causeway 29) Rockingham, 84 Laurel Avenue ROCKY HILL BOROUGH 30) Tulipwood, 1165 Hamilton Street 59 Rocky Hill Community House, 62 Washington Street 31) Van Liew – Suydam House,280 South Middlebush Road HISTORIC DISTRICTS 32) Van Wickle House, 1289 Easton Avenue Z2) Rocky Hill Historic District 33) Wyckoff-Garretson House, 215 South Middlebush Road HISTORIC DISTRICTS SOMERVILLE BOROUGH J) Delaware and Raritan Canal HISTORIC SITE K) East Millstone Historic District 60) Old Dutch Parsonage, 71 Somerset Street L) Griggstown Historic District 61) Daniel Robert House (Somerville Borough Hall), 25 West End Avenue M) King’s Highway Historic District 62) Somerset County Court House Green, Main Street N) Kingston Mill Historic District 63) Somerville Fire Museum, 15 Doughty Street O) Kingston Village Historic District 64) Wallace House, 71 Somerset Street P) Middlebush Village Historic District Q) Six Mile Run Historic District SOUTH BOUND BROOK BOROUGH HISTORIC SITES GREEN BROOK TOWNSHIP 65) Abraham Staats House, 17 Von Steuben Lane HISTORIC SITES HISTORIC DISTRICTS 34) Dr. John Vermeule House, 223 Rock Avenue J) Delaware and Raritan Canal 35) Vail-Trust House, 225 Greenbrook Road 36) Washington Rock State Park, Washington Avenue WARREN TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES * Sites in bold are listed on the National and New Jersey Registers of 66) Coddington Farmstead, 15 Mount Horeb Road Historic Places 67) Kirch-Ford House, 1 Reinman Road 68) Mount Bethel Baptist Meeting House, 235 Mountainview Road .
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