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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture, Other

Period of Significance:

1825-1974 AD