DESCRIPTION: Pine Street is a small historic district composed of vernacular single-family homes and masonry apartment buildings anchored by a church, a school, and a community center. The district, historically and currently a multi-ethnic neighborhood of recent immigrants and ethnic minorities, ... » Learn More about Pine Street Historic District
1997 Ten Most Endangered Historic Sites in NJ
John Mason House
UPDATE: 07/2010: The state sold the house to a private owner around 2000 with an agreement that the new owner must rehabilitate and live in the house. The new owner did this and still lives in the house. DESCRIPTION: For many years, historians both amateur and professional have speculated about ... » Learn More about John Mason House
Wanamaker Hall
DESCRIPTION: Located in Island Heights, where the Tom’s River and Barnegat Bay meet, Wanamaker Hall was built in 1904. Features of this vernacular neo-gothic revival structure are crenelated parapets and corner oriels. Between 1908 and 1913, the building underwent several additions, and, at its ... » Learn More about Wanamaker Hall
Louis Kahn – Bath House and Day Camp Buildings
UPDATES: 1997: The bathhouse pavilions have been closed. There has been a partial stabilization effort by a contractor: scaffolding is attached to one structure, and all of the structures have now been boarded up to prevent use. Concerns about liability are significant. A new book by Susan Solomon ... » Learn More about Louis Kahn – Bath House and Day Camp Buildings
Early Cemeteries
DESCRIPTION: No one knows precisely how many burial grounds there are in New Jersey, but hundreds lie neglected and forgotten. They represent tens of thousands of graves, and they embody an enormous amount of New Jersey history. The problem is most acute with small, out of the way graveyards that ... » Learn More about Early Cemeteries
Nipper Building RCA
DESCRIPTION: This structure is a grand vestige of Camden’s great industrial past. Given the important role the Victor Talking Machine Company, its successor the Radio Corporation of America and few other select industrial giants played in the rise of Camden, the likelihood of the structure’s ... » Learn More about Nipper Building RCA
Victory Bridge
DESCRIPTION: Demolished 2004-05 The significance and prominence of this majestic structure, whose swinging truss span creates a powerful image for traffic on both the river and the adjacent highways, is emphasized by a review of the written and visual documentation. Victory Bridge is both the ... » Learn More about Victory Bridge
Thomas Edison Memorial Tower
UPDATES: 07/2010: The Edison Memorial Tower Corporation has developed conceptual plans for the "reinvention" of Menlo Park. The reinvention includes restoration of the Edison Memorial Tower, construction of a new museum about the site's history as well as the theme of invention, outdoor ... » Learn More about Thomas Edison Memorial Tower
Early 20th Century Skyscrapers/Newark
UPDATES: 2010: National Newark building has been rehabbed and will be honored by a local preservation group. Discussions are underway for rehab of two other 1930s skyscrapers. DESCRIPTION: In the first third of this century, downtown Newark was a growing commercial center. The years between ... » Learn More about Early 20th Century Skyscrapers/Newark
Hinchliffe Stadium
UPDATES: 2000: The Stadium has been included in 5-year $763 million modernization plan for Paterson schools (9.6 million in the stadium). 2002: "Friends of Hinchliffe Stadium," a non-profit dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and redevelopment of Hinchliffe, has been formed. The group is ... » Learn More about Hinchliffe Stadium