Washington Park Historic District (North Plainfield, New Jersey)

Coordinates: 40°37′4″N 74°26′7″W / 40.61778°N 74.43528°W

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Washington Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New Jersey Register of Historic Places

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Location	Roughly bounded by Green Brook Rd., Grove Ave., E. Front St., and Geraud Ave. North Plainfield, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°37′4″N 74°26′7″W / 40.61778°N 74.43528°W / 40.61778; -74.43528 (Washington Park Historic District)
Area	100 acres (40 ha)
Built	1868 (1868)
Architect	Charles H. Smith
Architectural style	Second Empire, Queen Anne, Shingle Style
NRHP reference No.	87000603^[1]
NJRHP No.	2574^[2]
Added to NRHP	April 9, 1987
Designated NJRHP	March 4, 1987

The Washington Park Historic District is a 100-acre (40 ha) historic district located in the borough of North Plainfield in Somerset County, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 1987, for its significance in architecture, landscape architecture, and community planning. Featuring houses built from 1868 to 1917, the district includes 145 contributing buildings.^[3]

History and description

The district is in a residential area of North Plainfield, bordered by the Stony Brook, the Green Brook, and Grove Avenue. The houses display a variety of Late Victorian styles. The house at 11 Rockview Avenue was built in the 1860s as a Downingesque "Swiss" cottage. The houses at 12 and 16 Rockview Avenue were built 1882–1894 and feature Late Victorian Eclectic style. The house at 32 Rockview Avenue was built 1882–1894 with Second Empire style and features a mansard roof. The Church of the Holy Cross, an Episcopal Church, was built 1868–1869 with Carpenter Gothic style.^[3]

11 Rockview Avenue
12 Rockview Avenue
16 Rockview Avenue
32 Rockview Avenue
Church of the Holy Cross

References

^ "National Register Information System – (#87000603)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 29, 2022. p. 13.
^ ^a ^b Guter, Robert; Foster, Janet (September 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Washington Park Historic District". National Park Service. With accompanying 67 photos

External links

Media related to Washington Park Historic District (North Plainfield, New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons
"Washington Park Historic District: Historic Architectural Design Guidelines" (PDF). North Plainfield Historic Preservation Committee. April 2021.
"Washington Park Historic Association".

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Places of worship	Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge Reformed Dutch Church of Blawenburg Six Mile Run Reformed Church St. Bernard's Church and Parish House St. John's Church Complex
Houses	Alward Farmhouse Baker–Duderstadt Farm Boudinot–Southard Farmstead Coffee House Elmendorf House General John Frelinghuysen House Dirck Gulick House Huff House and Farmstead Kennedy–Martin–Stelle Farmstead Kirch–Ford House Alexander and James Linn Homestead Maplewood The Meadows Old Dutch Parsonage Reynolds–Scherman House Daniel Robert House Rockingham Smalley–Wormser House J. Harper Smith Mansion Staats House Andrew Ten Eyck House Tulipwood Vail–Trust House Van Der Veer–Harris House Van Horne House Van Veghten House Jacobus Vanderveer House Van Derventer–Brunson House Dr. John Vermeule House Vosseller's–Castner's–Allen's Tavern Wallace House
Buildings	Basking Ridge Classical School Bernardsville Station Bound Brook Station Brook Theater Far Hills Station Gladstone Station Lyons Station McDonald's–Kline's Mill John Parker Tavern Raritan Station Relief Hose Company No. 2 Engine House Somerset Courthouse Green South Branch Schoolhouse West End Hose Company Number 3
Sites	Middlebrook Encampment Site Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment Site Lord Stirling Manor Site
Structures	Bedens Brook Bridge Bedens Brook Road Bridge Cat Tail Brook Bridge Moses Craig Limekilns Higginsville Road Bridges Old Stone Arch Bridge Raritan Bridge Rock Brook Bridge
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

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