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
Industrial Building or Site
Wheatsworth Mill and Gingerbread Castle
DESCRIPTION: Once upon a time in the village of Hamburg, New Jersey, there were two unique historic resources on one property– an early 19th-century mill and an amusement park featuring a whimsical Gingerbread Castle. It used to be that both sites had value in the community, but alas, they are now ... » Learn More about Wheatsworth Mill and Gingerbread Castle
TISCO Complex
UPDATES: 2/2009: The site received a Certificate of Eligibility for the National Register in December 2008. The adaptive use plan for the site is to restore the TISCO office into an extension of the High Bridge borough library for meeting spaces and archiving, as well as borough administrative ... » Learn More about TISCO Complex
Bell Labs
UPDATE: Today, Bell Labs - now known as Bell Works, is a one-of-a-kind destination for business and culture, complete with a blossoming ecosystem of technology, traditional offices, retail, dining, hospitality, and much more. It took the love and tenacity of a great number of people to bring this ... » Learn More about Bell Labs
Helmetta Snuff Mill
UPDATES: 7/2010: Some of the buildings have been demolished, but the main structures remain. There has been an on going debate between the two co-owner municipalities and a developer over the site's redevelopment. The town of Spotswood wants age-restricted housing, while the developer does not want ... » Learn More about Helmetta Snuff Mill
R. H. Simon Silk Mill
UPDATES: 07/2010 Update: The eminent domain and demolition threats are gone. The whole site remains as it did at the time of its listing, with no repair or restoration work completed. The building continues on though and houses several small businesses and artists. DESCRIPTION: This 1874 mill ... » Learn More about R. H. Simon Silk Mill
Michelin Site
DESCRIPTION: When Milltown incorporated in 1896 it had already been a mill-centric village for more than a century. Rubber had arrived in 1843 when a New Brunswick firm that made rubber overshoes relocated, but the tire hit Milltown’s road in 1907 when the French manufacturer Michelin, presciently ... » Learn More about Michelin Site
McMyler Coal Dumper
DESCRIPTION: This enormous device was built in 1917. It is located at the former eastern terminus of the Reading Railroad, on the Arthur Kill. The last of eight that once graced the New York metropolitan area, the apparatus lifted into the air coal filled hopper cars weighing up to forty-five tons. ... » Learn More about McMyler Coal Dumper
Horsman Doll Factory
UPDATES: 1/2012: A fire has damaged the third floor of the Horsman Doll Factory. The single-alarm blaze is suspected to have been the result of arson. 07/2010 Update: A large real estate group currently owns the site and is playing the role of absentee landlord. They have had several plans over ... » Learn More about Horsman Doll Factory
Maxwell House Complex
UPDATES: 2003: The City of Hoboken approved the developer's plan for a new residential complex which called for the demolition of exisiting buildings. Demolition began in late 2003. 2010: Two 12-story luxury condominium complexes have been constructed on the property. According to an Oct. 5, ... » Learn More about Maxwell House Complex