The Wildwoods are a collection of four towns incorporated between 1885 and 1920 on a barrier island located at the southern end of New Jersey in Cape May County. For over 100 years, the towns have been a popular shore resort known for its beaches and boardwalk. A mid-twentieth-century ... » Learn More about The Wildwoods
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Early Social Services Institutes of NJ
UPDATES: 12/2000: The North Princeton Developmental Center has been listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places. 2007: The Salem County Almshouse has been demolished. Late efforts to let a stabilization contract and raise funding were met with disappointment, and it began ... » Learn More about Early Social Services Institutes of NJ
Truss Bridges of Hunterdon County
UPDATES: 1997 Trust grant to Higginsville Road Bridges, link Hunterdon and Somerset counties threatened by neglect, development pressures for replacement, deferred maintenance represent state industrial heritage, skill that developed and made skyscrapers possible 8/00 county rejected ... » Learn More about Truss Bridges of Hunterdon County
Revolutionary War Sites of New Jersey
DESCRIPTION: Since New Jersey suffered the greatest losses to persons and property in the Revolutionary War, some or most of New Jersey state-owned sites have a national significance in association with the War for Independence, notably Monmouth Battlefield, Washington’s Crossing, Hancock House, ... » Learn More about Revolutionary War Sites of New Jersey
The New Jersey Palisades
DESCRIPTION: A line of steep basalt cliffs runs approximately 20 miles along the west side of the Hudson River from Jersey City to near Nyack, New York. Rising between 300 and 540 feet above the river’s edge, the Palisades are one of the most dramatic geological features in the region. In 1890s, ... » Learn More about The New Jersey Palisades