New Jersey - Morris County - Vacant / Not In Use
Morris County New Jersey (Vacant / Not In Use) has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Decker--Kincaid Homestead, Morris Canal and Split Rock Furnace, Baker Building and Bower, David S., House.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Morris County places including Ephraim Morris, Ephraim Beach, Samuel Sloan, William Farmer, Harvey Lum and Woodruff & Hopkins. Prominent architectural styles found in Morris Country are Federal, Gothic and Greek Revival.

Baker Building (added 1981 - - #81000396)
Also known as White Building;Baker Opera House;See Also:Blackwell Street H
16 W. Blackwell St. S4703 , Dover
Lalmeister, 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, Commerce, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Theater
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Bower, David S., House (added 1982 - - #82001045)
Also known as Duchamp-Highy House;Harvey M. Lum House
427 Main St. , Chatham
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lum,Harvey
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Bowlsby-Degelleke House (added 1978 - - #78001784)
NW of Parsippany at 320 Baldwin Rd. , Parsippany
KLOTZ, 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:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Decker--Kincaid Homestead (added 2005 - - #05000126)
Also known as Valley Farm
591 Powerville Rd. , Boonton
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Art, Commerce, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Flocktown Schoolhouse (added 1982 - - #82001046)
Flocktown and Naughright Rds. , Long Valley
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Illumination Gas Plant of the New Jersey State Asylum for the Insane at Morris Plains (added 2000 - - #00000653)
Also known as Greystone Park State Psychiatric Hospital Gas Works
Old Dover Rd. , Parsippany
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
King Store and Homestead (added 1994 - - #94000393)
211 Main St., Roxbury Township , Ledgewood
Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Morris Canal (added 1974 - - #74002228)
Irregular line beginning at Phillipsburg and ending at Jersey City , Not Applicable
Dschwen, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Morris,Ephraim, Beach,Ephraim
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Slater's Mill (added 1975 - - #75001154)
Also known as Joseph Slater's Felt Mill
96 Paterson-Hamburg Tpke. , Riverdale
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Split Rock Furnace (added 1974 - - #74001182)
NW of Boonton , Boonton
Jimscarver, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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