New Jersey - Salem County
Salem County New Jersey has 27 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Finn's Point Rear Range Light, Fort Mott and Finns Point National Cemetery District, Hancock House, Nicholson, Abel and Mary, House and Holmes, Benjamin, House.

Many famous people are associated with these Salem County historic places including Abel Nicholson, Joseph Shinn, Col. Benjamin Holmes Jr., Samuel Nicholson, David Evans and John Brick.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Salem County places including John Mason, Kellogg Bridge Co., Patrick Rocat, Joseph Moore and Wistar and Co. Dunn. Prominent architectural styles found in Salem Country are Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival.

Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse (added 2003 - - #03001306)
Also known as Hancock's Bridge Friends Meetinghouse, Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse
Buttonwood Ave, 150 ft. W of Main St. , Hancock's Bridge
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Bayuk, Moshe, House (added 2012 - - #12000159)
984 Gershal Ave. (Pittsgrove Township), Alliance
Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Bayuk, Moses
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, European
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Brick, Richard, House (added 1976 - - #76001183)
NE of Salem off NJ 45 on Compromise Rd. , Salem
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Brick,John
Significant Year:
1750
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Broadway Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000098)
Also known as See Also:Market Street Historic District
Broadway from Front to Yorke Sts. , Salem
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival, Federal
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Politics/Government, Black, Community Planning And Development, Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private, Federal, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse, Professional, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
Business, Government Office, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Dickinson House (added 1975 - - #75001156)
NE of Alloway on Brickyard Rd. , Alloway
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Dunn, Zaccheus, House (added 1977 - - #77000905)
Also known as Pissant,John,House
S of Woodstown on East Lake Rd. , Woodstown
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Decatur,Stephen
Significant Year:
1803, 1810, 1743
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Finn's Point Rear Range Light (added 1978 - - #78001792)
Also known as Finn's Point Light
NW of Salem at Fort Mott and Lighthouse Rds. , Salem
2o46, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kellogg Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Fort Mott and Finns Point National Cemetery District (added 1978 - - #78001793)
NW of Salem on Fort Mott Rd. , Salem
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Military, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
State, Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Fortification
Current Function:
Funerary, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Park
Fries, Philip, House (added 1990 - - #90001451)
Cohansey--Daretown Rd. N of Alloway--Friesburg Rd., Alloway Twnshp. , Friesburg
Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Hancock House (added 1970 - - #70000393)
Rte. 49 and Front St. , Lower Alloways Creek Township
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Hedge--Carpenter--Thompson Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000236)
Bounded by Hedge, Thompson, South Third Sts. and Oak St. Alley , Salem City
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private, Local, Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Holmes, Benjamin, House (added 1978 - - #78001794)
Also known as Holmeland;Holmeland Faron
W of Salem on Fort Elfsborg-Hancock's Bridge Rd. , Salem
Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Holmes,Col. Benjamin,Jr.
Significant Year:
1784, 1729
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Lawson, James and Mary, House (added 2001 - - #01000042)
209 N. Main St. , Woodstown Borough
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Market Street Historic District (added 1975 - - #75001157)
Also known as See Also:Broadway Historic District
Irregular pattern on both sides of Market St. from Broadway to Fenwick Creek , Salem
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Georgian, Federal
Area of Significance:
Military, Commerce, Art, Politics/Government, Transportation, Industry, Religion, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse, Government Office, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse, Government Office, Single Dwelling
Marshalltown Historic District (added 2013 - - #13000498)
Marshalltown Rd. & Roosevelt Ave., Mannington Township
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Historic Person:
Marshall, Thomas, Daniel, James Russell Sr. & Jr.
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Black, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Religion, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Mecum, William and Margaret, House (added 2018 - - #100002172)
168 Lighthouse Road, Pennsville Township
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1737-1770 AD
Nicholson, Abel and Mary, House (added 1997 - - #96001548)
Jct. of Hancocks Br. and Ft. Elfsborg Rd., Elfinsboro Township , Salem
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mason, John
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Nicholson, Abel
Significant Year:
1722
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Nicholson, Sarah and Samuel, House (added 1975 - - #75001158)
2 mi. S of Salem on Amwellbury Rd. , Salem
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Moore,Joseph, Rocat,Patrick
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Nicholson,Samuel
Significant Year:
1752
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church (added 1977 - - #77000904)
Also known as Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church Complex
Main St. , Daretown
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Romanesque
Historic Person:
Evans,David
Significant Year:
1864, 1767
Area of Significance:
Education, Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Salem County Insane Asylum (added 2008 - - #08000562)
900 Route 45 , Mannington Township
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dunn, Wistar and Co.
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine, Politics/Government, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Health Care
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Seven Stars Tavern (added 1976 - - #76001184)
N of Woodstown at jct. of Sharptown-Swedesboro and Woodstown-Auburn Rds. , Woodstown
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Military, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Shinn, Joseph, House (added 1979 - - #79001518)
Also known as The Old Red House
68 N. Main St. , Woodstown
Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Shinn,Joseph
Significant Year:
1758, 1742
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Smith, David V., House (added 1976 - - #76001182)
104 S. Main St. , Elmer
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Smith,David V.M.
Significant Year:
1898, 1903, 1830
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Communications
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Smith, William, House (added 1994 - - #94000008)
Jct. of NJ 45 and Bassett Rd., Mannington Township , Salem
Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Ware, Joseph, House (added 1990 - - #89002418)
Also known as Joshua Thompson House;Ware/Shourds House
134 Poplar St. , Hancock's Bridge
Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Shourds,Thomas
Significant Year:
1778, 1856, 1758
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Military, Literature, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Wistar, John and Charlotte, Farm (added 2016 - - #15001021)
Mannington Township, Mannington Township
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal, Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1750-1974 AD
Wister, Caspar and Rebecca, Farm (added 2016 - - #15001020)
Mannington Township, Mannington Township
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture, Other
Period of Significance:
1825-1974 AD
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