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

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