Oldwick_Historic_District

Oldwick Historic District

Oldwick Historic District

Historic district in New Jersey, United States

The Oldwick Historic District is a 170-acre (69 ha) national historic district located along County Route 517 (Main Street), Church, King, James, Joliet and William streets in the Oldwick section of Tewksbury Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 1988, for its significance in architecture, commerce, and industry. It includes 127 contributing buildings, 12 contributing structures, and one contributing site. The Kline Farmhouse, listed individually in 1984, also contributes to the district. Many of the buildings were documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey.[3]

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History

In the 1740s, Ralph Smith bought land in the northern part of Oldwick. The Zion Lutheran Church was built in 1749 and remodeled in 1831 using vernacular Gothic/Greek Revival style. The Tewksbury Inn was built in 1800 with Colonial Revival embellishment. The Oldwick Methodist Church was built in 1865 with Romanesque Revival style.[3]

Selected properties that are pivotal, that is, the most important to the district in terms of architecture or history, as described by the nomination form.[3]

  • General Store
  • Tewksbury Inn
  • Van Doren House
  • Zion Lutheran Church
  • Queen Anne style house
  • Victorian style house

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System – (#88002153)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. [2]
    "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hunterdon County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. August 17, 2017. p. 14.
  3. [3]
    Bertland, Dennis (November 14, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oldwick Historic District". National Park Service. With accompanying 24 photos, from 1983
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