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
Historic District
The Wildwoods
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
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
East Broadway Historic District
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
Arneytown Historic District
UPDATES: 1/2009: A buyer has announced plans to purchase the Arneytown Tavern and restore it for use as his personal residence. 11/2009: The Arneytown Tavern was successfully purchased and the owner has completed a great deal of the exterior restoration. 3/2010: Steady progress is being made ... » Learn More about Arneytown Historic District
Hope Village
DESCRIPTION: Hope, a village in rural Warren County, was the only New Jersey outpost of Moravians, an evangelical sect, who came to New Jersey from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1769 to spread the gospel. They built a gristmill, a distillery, a general store, a church, a school, and several homes. ... » Learn More about Hope Village
The Doo Wop Historic Motel District
UPDATES: The National Trust for Historic Preservation listed the Doo Wop Motels of the Wildwoods as one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places on May 10, 2006. For details visit http://nthp.org/11most/doo_wop.html DESCRIPTION: The two hundred motels found along a 40-block stretch in ... » Learn More about The Doo Wop Historic Motel District
South Camden Historic District
DESCRIPTION: The South Camden Historic District is the only important residential neighborhood in the entire section of Camden south of Atlantic Avenue and west of I-676. The city calls the area "Waterfront South.” The historic district, which is centered on the intersection of South Broadway ... » Learn More about South Camden Historic District
Imlaystown Historic District
UPDATES: 07/2010 Update: The district has been included in the Upper Freehold Farmland Byways project, which is currently in the federal approval stage. Unfortunately, not much else has changed about the district since its nomination. The situation remains static as the governing body is ... » Learn More about Imlaystown Historic District
Cooper Street Historic District
DESCRIPTION: Imagine sitting on the steps of your urban row house and watching every fifteen minutes while two 50-ton, 90-foot long “light” rail cars roll past, about fifteen feet away. That’s what awaits the residents of the five-block-long Cooper Street Historic District if New Jersey Transit ... » Learn More about Cooper Street Historic District