National Register of Historic Places - New Jersey (NJ), Monmouth County

Monmouth County New Jersey (Historic Districts) has 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Camp Evans Historic District, Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District, Jersey Homesteads Historic District, Monmouth Battlefield and Navesink Light Station.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Matapeas, Tawapung and Seapeckne dating back to 1600.

Several famous people are associated with these Monmouth County historic places including Ben Shahn, Guglielmo Marconi, J.P. Allaire and Lewis Morris.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Monmouth County places including White, JG, Engineering Corporation, Alfred Kastner, Joseph Lederle, US Dept. of Interior, US Lighthouse Board, US Army, John T. & et al. Rowland, John Bower and Ernest A. Arend. Prominent architectural styles found in Monmouth Country are Late Victorian, Federal and Georgian.

Allaire Village (added 1974 - - #74001174)

Also known as Howell Works;Monmouth Furnace

3 mi. SE of Farmingdale on NJ 524 , Farmingdale

Antiquaria, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Allaire,J.P.

Significant Year:

1831, 1750

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1750-1799

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

Allenhurst Residential Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000353)

Roughly bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Main St, Cedar Ave, Hume St, and Elberon Ave , Allenhurst

Apc106, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Arend, Ernest A.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Allentown Historic District (added 1982 - - #82003284)

Also known as Allens Town;Borough of Allentown;See Also:Cafferty Grist Mil

N. and S. Main Sts. , Allentown

Apc106, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al, Bower,John

Architectural Style:

Georgian, Late Victorian, Federal

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Transportation, Education, Invention, Architecture, Military, Industry, Commerce, Religion

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Camp Evans Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000274)

Also known as Camp Evams Signal Laboratory, Marconi Belmar Station;Signal Corps Radar Laboratory

2201 Marconi Rd. (Wall Township) , New Bedford

Apc106, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

White, JG, Engineering Corporation, Rowland,John T. & et al.

Historic Person:

Marconi, Guglielmo

Significant Year:

1946, 1914

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture, Communications, Engineering, Invention, Military

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Social

Historic Sub-function:

College, Communications Facility, Meeting Hall, Military Facility, Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District (added 1980 - - #80002505)

Also known as Fort Hancock

NJ 36 , Fort Hancock and vicinity

BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Military, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State, Federal

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification, Military Facility

Current Function:

Defense, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Coast Guard Facility, Military Facility, Park

Imlaystown Historic District (added 1985 - - #85000032)

Also known as See also:Salter's Mill

Roughly Imlaystown-Davis Station Rd., and Imlaystown-Red Valley Rd. , Upper Freehold Township

Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Industry, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Federal, Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Jersey Homesteads Historic District (added 1983 - - #83004053)

Also known as Roosevelt Borough

All that area within the corporate boundaries of the Borough of Roosevelt , Roosevelt

Apc106, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

US Dept. of Interior, Kastner,Alfred

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement

Historic Person:

Shahn,Ben

Significant Year:

1938, 1933

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Art, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Middletown Village Historic District (added 1974 - - #74001177)

Also known as Kings Highway Historic District

Irregular pattern---both sides of Kings Highway, S and W of NJ 35 , Middletown

Shleybe216, 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:

Politics/Government, Military, Exploration/Settlement, Religion

Period of Significance:

1650-1699

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Monmouth Battlefield (added 1966 - - #66000467)

Also known as Monmouth Battlefield State Park

NW of Freehold on NJ 522, W of Rte. 9 , Freehold

Deadstar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Navesink Historic District (added 1975 - - #75001148)

Also known as See Also: Navesink Light Station NHL

Roughly triangular area including both sides of Monmouth Ave. and Locust Ave. to junction with Hillside and Grand Aves. , Navesink

Mr. Matt\u00e9, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Navesink Light Station (added 2006 - - #06000237)

Also known as Twin Lights Historic Site, See also: Navesink Historic District

100 Government-Lighthouse Rd. , Highlands

BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

US Lighthouse Board, Lederle, Joseph

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Navesink Military Reservation (added 2015 - - #15000011)

Middletown Township, Middletown Township

Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Military, Engineering, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949 AD

Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association District (added 1976 - - #76001170)

Bounded by Fletcher Lake, NJ 71, Lake Wesley, and the Ocean , Ocean Grove

Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Religion

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

Parker Homestead (added 2011 - - #11000966)

235 Rumson Rd., Little Silver

Apc106, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architectural Style:

Federal, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Shrewsbury Historic District (added 1978 - - #78001779)

Also known as See Also:Allen House

Broad and Sycamore Sts. , Shrewsbury

Shleybe216, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History, Religion

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Tinton Falls Historic District (added 1977 - - #77000888)

Also known as See Also:Old Mill at Tinton Falls

Irregular pattern along Tinton and Sycamore Aves. , Tinton Falls

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Morris,Lewis

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Industry, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Matapeas, Tawapung, Seapeckne

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Walnford (added 1976 - - #76001167)

Also known as Walnford Historic District;Waln's Mill

S of Allentown off CR 539 , Allentown

Blakefoto, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Water Witch Club Historic District (added 2004 - - #04000147)

Also known as Monmouth Hills

Roughly bounded by NJ 36, Water Wich Dr., Sea View Terrace, Park Way, Windlass Path and Serpentine Dr. , Middletown Township

Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival, Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Auditorium, Civic, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Auditorium, Civic, Single Dwelling