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Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church

May 15, 2021 by

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

St. Monica’s Episcopal Church (now Greater is He Ministries)

May 15, 2021 by

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)

Van Dien-Ruffgarten House

September 21, 2017 by

  UPDATE (June 2020):  The Van Dien-Ruffgarten House is in imminent danger of demolition. It has been schedule to go in front of the Planning Board for demolition several times in 2020, the latest in March, but been delayed by the applicant. Recent Press: Mar 2020 Decision on demolition ... » Learn More about Van Dien-Ruffgarten House

East Broadway Historic District

September 21, 2017 by

DESCRIPTION: Salem, one of the earliest English settlements in the State of New Jersey, was founded in 1675 by Quaker John Fenwick. Agricultural, mercantile, and industrial enterprises fueled its development throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and into the first half of the ... » Learn More about East Broadway Historic District

Dr. James Still Office

September 21, 2017 by

  UPDATE (June 2020):  The Dr. James Still Office is now part of the Dr. James Still Historic Office Site and Education Center. The Center is a non-profit cocnerned with teaching, restoring and preserving the legacy of Dr. James Still. The non-profit operates adjacent to the historic office ... » Learn More about Dr. James Still Office

Colemantown Meeting House / Jacob’s Chapel

September 11, 2017 by

  UPDATE:  The Colemantown Foundation provides Underground Railroad Tours and Reenactments to schools and groups. Their programs are included in the Mount Laurel Schools System History curriculum. They continue to fundraise and seek volunteers to restore the buildings. In 2017, Jacob's ... » Learn More about Colemantown Meeting House / Jacob’s Chapel

Mount Peace Cemetery

September 4, 2017 by

DESCRIPTION: Located in Lawnside, the only African-American incorporated municipality in New Jersey, Mount Peace Cemetery was founded in 1902 as a burial ground for African Americans. Many of those interred were excluded from whites-only cemeteries or burial grounds that were affiliated with ... » Learn More about Mount Peace Cemetery

Zabriskie Tenant House

September 4, 2017 by

UPDATES: July 2012: The Zabriskie Tenant House was demolished. A Patch article describes the day here. 2011: Ted Manvell, a neighbor to the Zabriskie Tenant House property and the advocate who initiated efforts to save the house, has filed suit against the Paramus Planning Board, Quattro IV, ... » Learn More about Zabriskie Tenant House

Marshalltown

September 4, 2017 by

UPDATES: 10/2011: Historic resources consultant Janet Sheridan has earned a Commendation from the NJ Legislature for her work to document Marshalltown. Janet is working on a National Register nomination for Marshalltown as a historic district. DESCRIPTION: Marshalltown is a 19th-century ... » Learn More about Marshalltown

Krueger-Scott Mansion

September 4, 2017 by

UPDATE: 9/2019: The City of Newark approved a tax exemption for the Krueger-Scott Mansion Redevelopment. Read More here.  6/2017: A redevelopment strategy has been announced for the Krueger-Scott Mansion. Seaview Development is planning rehabilitate the mansion “in a historically respectful and ... » Learn More about Krueger-Scott Mansion

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