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

Union County New Jersey (Page 2) has 24 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance. Significant places include Seventeenth Century Clark House and Singer Factory District, Sayre Homestead, Scotch Plains School and Shady Rest Golf and Country Club.

The famous person Rev. Florence Spearing Randolph is associated with one of more of the Union County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Union County places including Alfred E. Norris, Andrew Hampton, C. Godfrey Poggi, John Goltra, John Townley, H.B. Tremaine, Charles H. Darsh, Isaac Sayre, C.M. Tremaine and Arthur B. Jennings. Prominent architectural styles found in Union Country are Colonial Revival, Italianate and Tudor Revival.

Sayre Homestead (added 1979 - - #79001529)

Also known as Old Sayre Homestead

Sayre Homestead Lane , Springfield

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sayre,Isaac

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Parsonage and Cemetery (added 2013 - - #13000386)

333-334 Park Ave., Scotch Plains

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Gothic, Georgian

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Religion, Architecture, Art

Period of Significance:

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

Scotch Plains School (added 1978 - - #78001802)

Also known as Public School No. 1

Park Ave. , Scotch Plains

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McKim,Mead, & White

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Seventeenth Century Clark House (added 1974 - - #74001193)

593 Madison Hill Rd. , Rahway

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1650-1699

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Shady Rest Golf and Country Club (added 2022 - - #100007869)

Also known as Ephraim Tucker Farmhouse, Westfield Country Club

820 Jerusalem Rd., Scotch Plains Township

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Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Ethnic Heritage-Black, Social History

Singer Factory District (added 1988 - - #88002065)

Also known as Singer Factory

Trumbull St. , Elizabeth

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Industry, Invention

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Smith, Nathaniel, House (added 1989 - - #89001584)

Also known as Best House

105 Springfield Ave. , Berkeley Heights

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

St. John's Parsonage (added 1982 - - #82003306)

Also known as Hampton House

633 Pearl St. , Elizabeth

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hampton,Andrew

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Stage House Inn (added 1982 - - #82003308)

Park Ave. and Front St. , Scotch Plains

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sutton,John

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel

Stoneleigh Park Historic District (added 1988 - - #88002020)

Roughly bounded by Westfield Ave., Shackamaxon Dr., Rahway and Dorian Rd. , Westfield

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Tremaine,C.M., Tremaine,H.B.

Architectural Style:

Other, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Strong, George A., House (added 2012 - - #12000570)

1030 Central Ave., Plainfield

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, International Style

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

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

Summit Downtown Historic District (added 2011 - - #10001116)

Roughly bounded by Springfield Ave, the Village Green, Summit Ave, and Waldron Ave, Summit City

Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Summit Playhouse (added 2009 - - #09001177)

Also known as Summit Library

10 New England Ave. , Summit

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Jennings, Arthur B.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Performing Arts

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Library, Theater

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Theater

The Clearing (added 1993 - - #93000233)

Also known as Reeves-Reed Arboretum;The Wisner House

165 Hobart Ave. , Summit

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Garden, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Garden, Multiple Dwelling, School

Townley, James, House (added 1979 - - #79001530)

Also known as Townley-Parcell House;Kean Farm House;Little White House

Morris Ave. and Green Lane , Union

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Townley,John

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Twin Maples (added 1997 - - #97000977)

Also known as The Fortnightly Club

8 Edgewood Rd. , Summit

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Norris, Alfred E.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse

Union County Park Commission Administration Buildings (added 1985 - - #85002976)

Also known as Acme Street Buildings

Acme and Canton Sts. , Elizabeth

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Poggi,C. Godfrey

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office

Van Wyck Brooks Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003337)

Also known as See Also:Waring,Orville Taylor,House

Roughly bounded by Plainfield Ave., W. Eighth St., Park Ave., W. Ninth St. and Madison Ave., and Randolph Rd. , Plainfield

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church (added 2007 - - #07000877)

138-142 Broad St. , Summit Town

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Randolph, Rev. Florence Spearing

Area of Significance:

Social History, Black, Religion, Other

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Religious Structure

Waring, Orville, T., House (added 1979 - - #79003252)

Also known as Runyon Funeral Home

900 Park Ave. , Plainfield

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Smith,Charles H.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

Westfield Fire Headquarters (added 1980 - - #80002524)

405 North Ave., W. , Westfield

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Darsh,Charles H., Goltra,John

Architectural Style:

Other, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Fire Station

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Fire Station

Whyman House (added 1986 - - #86000705)

Also known as Whyman Parish House

705 Newark Ave. , Elizabeth

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Church Related Residence

Woodruff House (added 1978 - - #78001800)

111--113 Conant St. , Hillside

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Young Women's Christian Association of Plainfield and North Plainfield (added 1998 - - #98000232)

Also known as YWCA pf Plainfield and North Plainfield

232 W. Front St. , Plainfield

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Walter Kidde & Co. Inc., ware, Arthur

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic, Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic