Located at the southern tip of New Jersey, Cape May Point still resembles its original roots as the Presbyterian retreat "Sea Grove" established in 1875. Incorporated as Cape May Point in 1878, this friendly borough of 285 residents and 0.3 square miles is a beach community with a ... » Learn More about Borough of Cape May Point
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Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church
Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church on Franklin Street in Cape May was built in 1888 and is an important African American Landmark in the Cape May Historic District. The building was the home of a congregation who left the Cape Island Methodist Church and moved into a former church ... » Learn More about Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Robert Marshall House
The Robert Marshall House is a two-story wood-framed structure in Gloucester Township, Camden County that was constructed in two distinct sections over the years -- the original farmhouse section dates to c. 1720, and a significant addition was constructed c. 1810. The Marshall House ... » Learn More about The Robert Marshall House
Shafer Grist Mill
For centuries rural grist mills dotted the rivers and streams of northwestern New Jersey with industry and agriculture working together and creating the communities surrounding them. The Casper and Abraham Shafer Grist Mill is a 19th-century intact example of one of these mills. Located ... » Learn More about Shafer Grist Mill
The Ephraim Tomlinson House
The Ephraim Tomlinson House (the “Mansion”) is a three-story, brick Greek Revival mansion built by Ephraim and Sarah Tomlinson in 1844. The Mansion is a brilliant example of Greek Revival architecture, as is clear upon examination of the entrance, which features a marble staircase and ... » Learn More about The Ephraim Tomlinson House
Ben and Bernarda Shahn House & Studio
The Ben and Bernarda Shahn House was constructed in 1936 as part of Jersey Homesteads (later renamed Roosevelt), a New Deal project established in response to the Great Depression as an agricultural-industrial cooperative community for Jewish garment workers and farmers. Architect ... » Learn More about Ben and Bernarda Shahn House & Studio
COVID-19’s Impact to Historic Resources
Generally speaking, historic resources can stand the test of time quite well. They are resilient in the face of neglect and lack of use. However, the last fifteen months of the COVID health emergency has been international in its scope and debilitating in its societal impact. For ... » Learn More about COVID-19’s Impact to Historic Resources
The City of Elizabeth
The City of Elizabeth’s historic resources span the centuries with colonial homes of early citizens, opulent Victorian homes of late-19th Century elite, and Italianate row houses of factory workers. It boasts many historic churches, Greek Revival civic buildings (including a Carnegie ... » Learn More about The City of Elizabeth
James Street Historic District
The James Street Commons Historic District today contains one of the last and largest remaining concentrations of red-brick masonry townhouses which still exists in the City of Newark. This twenty-four block area, containing some sixty-four acres of land possesses the finest examples of ... » Learn More about James Street Historic District
St. Monica’s Episcopal Church (now Greater is He Ministries)
St. Monica’s Episcopal Church lies in the very center of the Spring Street neighborhood of Trenton. Spring Street was the center of Trenton’s middle class African-American community during the mid-twentieth century. According to the 2011 publication by Richard Grubb & Associates for ... » Learn More about St. Monica’s Episcopal Church (now Greater is He Ministries)