New Jersey - Middlesex County
Middlesex County New Jersey (Page 2) has 30 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Princeton Nurseries Historic District, Queen's Campus, Rutgers University, White, Joseph and Minnie, House, Perth Amboy Station and Proprietary House.

Many famous people are associated with these Middlesex County historic places including William Flemer Jr., Margaret Bourke-White, William Flemer III, William Franklin, John Van Buren Wicoff and James Neilson.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Middlesex County places including William Jr. Flemer, Rolf W. Bauhan, Henry J. Hardenbergh, John McComb, Richard Upjohn, A.E. Owen, Frank Wills, Condit, C. Harrison, et al., C.K. Pursell and Nicholas Wyckoff. Prominent architectural styles found in Middlesex Country are Italianate, Colonial Revival and Gothic Revival.

Perth Amboy City Hall and Surveyor General's Office (added 1981 - - #81000394)
260 High St. , Perth Amboy
Rafaelgarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mercer,George W.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Italianate, Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Government Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Government Office
Perth Amboy Ferry Slip (added 1978 - - #78001773)
Also known as Ferry to Staten Island
Smith St. , Perth Amboy
BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Perth Amboy Station (added 1984 - - #84002735)
Between Smith and Market Sts. , Perth Amboy
Flickr upload bot, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Owen,A.E.
Architectural Style:
Other, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Poile Zedek Synagogue (added 1995 - - #95001189)
145 Neilson St. , New Brunswick
BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Frieman, Morris, Bach, Harry
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Princeton Nurseries Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000899)
Also known as Princeton Nurseries Kingston Site
Generally along Mapleton Rd. and Ridge Rd. , Plainsboro and South Brunswick
Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bauhan, Rolf W., Flemer, William Jr.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
William Flemer Jr., William Flemer III
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private, Local, State
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Horticulture Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Government, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area, Government Office, Single Dwelling
Proprietary House (added 1971 - - #71000509)
Also known as The Westminster;The Brighton;William Franklin House
139--151 Kearny Ave. , Perth Amboy
Rafaelgarcia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial
Historic Person:
Franklin,William
Significant Year:
1776, 1809, 1764
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Queen's Campus, Rutgers University (added 1973 - - #73001113)
Bounded by College Ave. and George, Hamilton, and Somerset Sts. , New Brunswick
Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hardenbergh,Henry J., McComb,John
Architectural Style:
Federal, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Military, Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Randolphville Bridge (added 1999 - - #99001169)
Also known as Structure No. 122B129, South Randolphville Road Bridge over Ambrose Brook
Near 618 S. Randolphville Rd. , Piscataway
Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Merrill, George R., ARMCO
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Raritan Landing Archeological District (added 1979 - - #79001506)
Also known as Landing Lane Archeological District
Address Restricted , Highland Park
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Commerce, Economics
Cultural Affiliation:
American
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site, Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Raritan Landing Archeological District (Boundary Increase) (added 1984 - - #84002738)
Also known as See Also:Raritan Landing Archaeological District
Address Restricted , Highland Park
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Economics, Exploration/Settlement
Cultural Affiliation:
American Coastal
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Local, State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Road Up Raritan Historic District (added 1997 - - #97001146)
Also known as River Road
Along River Rd., from Ellis Pkwy to 899 River Rd. , Piscataway Township
Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling
Roosevelt Hospital (added 2002 - - #02000109)
Also known as Roosevelt Care Center
1 Roosevelt Dr. , Edison
Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Health Care
Current Sub-function:
Hospital
Rutgers Preparatory School (added 1975 - - #75001145)
Also known as Alexander Johnston Hall
101 Somerset St. , New Brunswick
Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hardenbergh,Henry J., Wyckoff,Nicholas
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Saint Mary of Mount Virgin Roman Catholic Church (added 2010 - - #10000877)
190 Sandford St, New Brunswick
Ben McLaughlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Art
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Saint Peter the Apostle Church (added 2005 - - #05001332)
Also known as Sts. Peter and Paul Church
94 Somerset St. , New Brunswick
Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Keely, Patrick Charles, O'Rourke, Jeremiah, et al.
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Sayre and Fisher Reading Room (added 1979 - - #79001511)
Also known as Sayreville Hall
Main St. and River Rd. , Sayreville
Rcbutcher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, Clubhouse
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Short Hills Battlefield Historic District (added 2014 - - #14000203)
Address Restricted, Edison Township
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shotwell, Benjamin, House (added 1987 - - #87000875)
Also known as Shotwell--Runyon House
26 Runyon's Ln. , Edison
Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Simpson United Methodist Church (added 1979 - - #79001510)
High and Jefferson Sts. , Perth Amboy
PeterMac13, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Graham,C.
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Six Mile Run Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001191)
Also known as See Also:Delaware and Raritan Canal and bridgetender's house
Roughly bounded by Grouse Rd., Amwell Rd., Bennetts Ln., NJ 27, Bunker Hill Rd. and the Millstone R. , Franklin Park
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Early Republic, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage
Smock, Matthias, House (added 1973 - - #73001117)
Off River Rd. (NJ 18) , Piscataway
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smock,Matthias
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
St. Mary's Church (added 2003 - - #03001276)
Also known as St. Mary of Ostrabrama
Jct. of Jackson St. and Whitehead Ave. , South River Borough
Ben McLaughlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dagit, Henry Dandurand
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
St. Peter's Episcopal Church (added 1977 - - #77000885)
Rector and Gordon Sts. , Perth Amboy
Rcbutcher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Religion
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
St. Peters Church and Buildings (added 1979 - - #79003251)
Main St. and DeVoe Ave. , Spotswood
Ben McLaughlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Pursell,C.K., Wills,Frank
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Trinity Episcopal Church (added 2004 - - #04000431)
Also known as Middlesex County Historic Sites Survey No. 24-68, 69
650 Rahway Ave. , Woodbridge Township
Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Condit, C. Harrison, et al., Upjohn, Richard
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Church Related Residence, Processing, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Church Related Residence, Monument/Marker, Religious Structure
United States Post Office (added 2008 - - #08000270)
360 Main St. , Metuchen Borough
Rcbutcher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Simon, Louis Aldolphe, Melick, Neal A.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Communications, Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Post Office
White, Joseph and Minnie, House (added 1988 - - #87001763)
Also known as Margaret Bourke-White Childhood Home
243 Hazelwood Ave. , Middlesex
Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Historic Person:
Bourke-White,Margaret
Significant Year:
1905
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Wicoff, John Van Buren, House (added 1998 - - #98000236)
641 Plainsboro Rd. , Plainsboro
Blakefoto, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Wicoff, John Van Buren
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Withington Estate (added 1984 - - #84002740)
Also known as Heathcote Farm
Spruce Lane , Kingstown
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kellum,John, King,Gamliel
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Agriculture, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
American,Rural
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Fishing Facility Or Site, Forest, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Fishing Facility Or Site, Single Dwelling
Wood Lawn (added 1978 - - #78001772)
Clifton Ave. and George St. , New Brunswick
Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McKim,Mead & White
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Neilson,James
Significant Year:
1850, 1905, 1830
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College

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