DESCRIPTION: The picturesque Horton Mansion is one of the best examples of Gothic Revival architecture in Sussex County. Built-in 1858-59 for John Horton, a harness and saddle manufacturer, the house sports a rock-faced limestone exterior, pointed-arch sandstone window, and door hoods, a ... » Learn More about Horton Mansion
2014 Ten Most Endangered
Romer Shoal Light
DESCRIPTION: Romer Shoal Light Station is an offshore lighthouse erected in 1898 in Lower New York Bay approximately 3.8 miles north of Sandy Hook, New Jersey. It sits in an area of shallow water that is hazardous to vessels navigating to and from the port of New York. The lighthouse is a ... » Learn More about Romer Shoal Light
Suydam House
DESCRIPTION: The Charles Suydam House, located on Hoe’s Lane West in Piscataway Township, was originally constructed circa 1740 and added to over the next century and a half so today it reflects the Greek Revival period of architecture with late-nineteenth-century architectural decorative features ... » Learn More about Suydam House
Trenton Savings Fund Society
DESCRIPTION: This striking, Beaux-Arts style, white-granite and steel building, was designed in 1901 by renowned bank architects Louis Moweray and Justin Affinger. The Trenton Savings Fund Society is a classic example of Beaux Arts architecture, with a symmetrical façade, grand arched entryway ... » Learn More about Trenton Savings Fund Society
Giordano Diner
UPDATE: The Giordano Diner has been relocated as a part of the Mill One project in Hamilton. More information on the relocation can be found here. DESCRIPTION: Located on US Route 1 in Lawrence, the former Giordano Diner is a rare surviving example of a Mountain View Company diner. Constructed ... » Learn More about Giordano Diner
Church of Saint Michael the Archangel
DESCRIPTION: Originally constructed between 1869 and 1875, the Romanesque Revival style Church of St. Michael the Archangel was the work of the prolific Irish immigrant ecclesiastical architect Patrick Charles Keely, and was, for some time, the largest Roman Catholic house of worship in Hudson ... » Learn More about Church of Saint Michael the Archangel
Maplewood Post Office
UPDATE: The Maplewood Post Office closed on February 12th, 2015 and moved its operations to a new location. This was done in favor of building a new mixed-use development. More information can be found here. DESCRIPTION: The brick, stone, and glass Maplewood Post Office was designed in 1958 by ... » Learn More about Maplewood Post Office
Community of Fortescue
DESCRIPTION: Rural Fortescue, on the southern shore of Cumberland County, is the largest of five hamlets that comprise Downe Township. Fishing and recreational boating are the mainstays of this isolated community, which has only one road in and out of town and no sewer system. With limited ... » Learn More about Community of Fortescue
Asher Woolman Homestead
DESCRIPTION: Asher Woolman built this two-story, brick farmhouse in 1807. It replaced a 1754 dwelling, which Woolman marked by putting a date stone on this building commemorating the older house. The unadorned, Federal-style dwelling was built on land that had been in the Woolman family since the ... » Learn More about Asher Woolman Homestead
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