❖ The Historic Preservation Office is committed to enhancing the quality of life for the residents of New Jersey through the preservation andappreciation of our collective past.
❖ Our mission is to assist the residents of New Jerseyin identifying, preserving, protecting and sustainingour historic and archaeological resources throughthe implementation of the state’s historicpreservation program.
❖ We provide assistance through our annualconference, consultation with staff professionals,training workshops, co-sponsorship of history andhistoric preservation-related activities, the HistoricPreservation Planning Bulletin and other freepublications.
Cover Photo: Old Queens, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, ca. 1948.
Other cover photos identified elswhere.
National Historic
Landmarks (NHL) arebuildings, sites, districts,structures, and objects thathave been determined by the Secretary of the Interiorto be nationally significant inAmerican history and culture.Many of the most renownedhistoric properties in thenation are Landmarks.
Mount Vernon, Pearl Harbor, the Apollo MissionControl Center, Alcatraz, andthe Martin Luther KingBirthplace in Atlanta, Georgiaare Landmarks that illustrateimportant contributions to the nation’s historicaldevelopment.
New Jersey has over 50NHL’s, including CraftsmanFarms, Monmouth Battle-field, Paulsdale, RingwoodManor, Sandy Hook Light-house, and the Walt WhitmanHouse.
Potential Landmarks areidentified primarily throughtheme studies undertaken bythe National Park Service(NPS); these studies providea comparative analysis ofproperties associated with aspecific area of American his-tory, such as Labor or
Women’s History. The historic importance of candi-dates for Landmark desig-nation is evaluated by theNational Park Service andthe National Park SystemAdvisory Board twice yearlyat meetings that are open tothe public. The AdvisoryBoard includes citizens whoare national and communityleaders in the conservation ofnatural, historic and culturalareas. Recommendations bythe Advisory Board are madeto the Secretary of the Inte-rior on potential NationalHistoric Landmarks. Final
National Historic
Landmarks
Sandy HookLighthouse,Monmouth
County,drawing ca.
1790.
decisions regarding NationalHistoric Landmark desig-nation are made by the Secretary of the Interior.
Nominations prepared by other Federal agencies,State Historic PreservationOfficers, and individuals arealso accepted for review and
represent an increasing num-ber of nominations reviewedeach year.
Landmarks that have beenrecognized by the Secretaryof the Interior possessnational significance andhave exceptional value inrepresenting or illustrating animportant theme in the his-tory of the nation. Propertieslisted in the National Regis-ter of Historic Places, need to
demonstrate only State orlocal significance. For exam-ple, many of New Jersey’slighthouses are listed in theNational Register because ofthe key roles they played inthe state’s history. SandyHook Light, however, isnationally significant as theoldest standing lighthouse inthe United States.
All National HistoricLandmarks are included inthe National Register whichis the official list of thenation’s historic propertiesworthy of preservation. Land-marks constitute some 2,100of almost 65,000 entries inthe National Register. Thecriteria, process and proce-dures for listing a property inthe National Register are dif -ferent from that for Land-marks designation.Nominations to the NationalRegister are submitted bythe state historic preservationoffices and include culturalresources of local, state andnational significance. Evalua-tion and final decision restwith the National RegisterOffice. Conversely, propertiesmust be of national signifi -cance to be designated asNational Historic Landmarks.Evaluation is conducted bythe National Park Service’sNational Historic LandmarksSurvey. Nominations are thenreviewed by the NationalPark System Advisory Boardwith designation made by theSecretary of the Interior.
Some properties alreadylisted in the National Regis -ter are subsequently identi-fied by the Survey as
OldQueens,Rutgers
University,Middlesex
County,drawing
1844.
WilliamLivingston
House (LibertyHall),Union
County,drawing,
1844.
nationally significant;others are identified forthe first time duringLandmark theme studiesor other special studies.Both the National His-toric Landmarks and theNational Register pro-grams are administeredby the National ParkService under the Secre-tary of the Interior.
Designation as a NationalHistoric Landmark or listingin the National and New Jer-sey Registers does not gener-ally place restrictions onprivate property owners.Whenever a project is pub -licly funded, however , thereis a measure of protectionafforded to NHL’s. TheNational Park Service mayrecommend to private ownersvarious preservation actions,but owners are not obligatedto carry out these recommen-dations. They are free tomake whatever changes theywish if public funding, licens -ing or permits are notinvolved.
Landmarks owners areprovided with a bronzeplaque to display at the prop-erty. These are available fromthe National Park Service atno cost to the owner.
The National Park Servicealso provides technicalpreservation advice to ownersof National Historic Land-marks. Questions regardingpreservation issues are rou-tinely answered by phone orletters, or during on-site visitsby NPS staff. The followingare other forms of assistancethe NPS provides to owners:
1. The National ParkService publishesand distributes infor-mation available toLandmark ownersand administratorson a variety ofpreservation sub-jects. For a catalog ofNPS publicationscontact the NHLprogram manager.
2. From time to time,the National ParkService contactsLandmark ownersabout the conditionof their propertiesand may ask forpermission to visit.The NPS is respon-sible by law formonitoring the con-dition of NationalHistoric Landmarksand to report toCongress those thatare seriously threat-ened or damaged.The annual reportidentifies the natureof the threat anddamage andincludes recom-mendations for pre-serving the endan–gered Landmark.Its purpose is toinform Congress
NassauHall,
College of NJ, nowPrinceton University,
Mercercounty,
drawing,1844.
and the preserva-tion community ofthe endangered sta-tus of these proper-ties and to stimulatepreservation action.A Landmark’sinclusion in thisreport requires nocompliance actionon the part of theowner or the partiescausing the threator damage. How-ever, if the qualitieswhich led to theproperty’s designa-tion have been lost,the Landmark des-ignation will beremoved.
3. Each year, as funding permits,a limited number ofLandmark buildingsmay be selected toreceive indepthproperty assess-ments funded andcoordinated by theNational Park Ser-vice. The purpose ofthese inspections isto analyze the spe-cific condition of theLandmark, identifyand prioritize recom-mended work treat-
ments, and estimatethe costs for carryingout this work. Iffunding permits,information derivedfrom the indepthinspection may becompiled in a build-ing condition assess-ment report whichmay be made avail-able to owners,preservation organi-zations, and inter-ested public andprivate groups. Also,as funding permits,executive sum-maries of conditionassessment reportstitled “Landmarksat Risk” may be pre-pared by theNational Park Ser-vice for selectedLandmarks. Copiesof these reports aremade available toproperty owners,local governments,community organi-zations and visitors.These publicationsare used to raiseawareness of theLandmark’s signifi-cance and preserva-tion needs.
CraftsmanFarms,MorrisCounty,photo1912.
LandmarkAssistance Initiative
The Preservation Initia-tives Branch of HeritagePreservation Service of theNational Park Service coordi-nates the National HistoricLandmark Assistance Initia-tive.
This initiative has threegoals:
1. To preserveNational HistoricLandmarks.
2. To improve serviceand technical assis-tance to the ownersof National Historic Landmarks.
3. To build a con-stituency for cul-tural resourcesthrough educationof the public aboutNational HistoricLandmarks.
As part of thisinitiative, theNational Park Ser-vice will attempt toprovide owners ofNHLs with basicinformation aboutthe program,including sourcesof technical andfinancial assistancefor preservationand to facilitatecommunicationamong owners,State Historic
Preservation Offices and theNational Park Service.
This article was developedfrom information provided bythe National Historic Land-marks Program. For furtherinformation and publicationson National Historic Land-marks please contact:
NHL Program
National Park ServiceNortheast Field Area, U.S. Custom House200 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 597-7946.
For specific information onNew Jersey’s National Historic Landmarks,
please contact:
Historic Preservation Office
P.O. Box 404Trenton, NJ 08625-0404
(609) 984-6018
ProspectHouse,MercerCounty,photo1989.
Abbott Farm Historic District
12/08/76TrentonMercer County
All Saints Memorial Church
12/23/87Navesink, Middletown Township Monmouth County
Atlantic CityConvention Hall
02/27/87Atlantic CityAtlantic County
Ballantine(John) House
02/04/85NewarkEssex County
Botto (Pietro &Maria) House
12/17/82Haledon Passaic County
Boxwood Hall11/28/72ElizabethUnion County
Burlington County Prison
06/24/86Mt. HollyBurlington County
Cape May Historic District
05/11/76Cape May County
Clark Thread Co.Historic District
06/02/78East Newark Hudson County
National Historic
Landmarks
Above: Botto(Pietro and Maria
House, PassaicCounty, photo,
1913.
Below: AtlanticCity ConventionHall, AtlanticCounty, photo,
1982.
Cleveland(Grover) Home
06/23/65PrincetonMercer County
Craftsman Farms12/14/90Parsippany-Troy HillsMorris County
Einstein (Albert)House
01/07/76Princeton Mercer County
Factory,Speedwell Village
05/30/74Morristown Morris County
Fort Hancock &Sandy Hook Proving GroundHistoric District
12/17/82Sandy Hook Monmouth County
Fortune (T. Thomas) House
12/08/76Red Bank Monmouth County
Georgian Court(George Jay GouldEstate)02/04/85LakewoodOcean County
Grace Church12/23/87NewarkEssex County
Great Atlantic & Pacific TeaCompany Warehouse
06/02/78Jersey CityHudson County
Great Falls of the PassaicSociety for Useful ManufacturesHistoric District
05/11/76PatersonPassaic County
Hanger #1,Lakehurst-Naval Air Station
05/23/68LakehurstOcean County
Above: BurlingtonCounty Prison,
BurlingtonCounty, drawing,
1844.
Below: Elias Boudinot, Boxwood Hall,Union County,
portrait byCharles WilsonPeale, ca. 1810
HadrosaurusFoulkii Leidy Site
10/12/94HaddonfieldCamden County
Henry (Joseph)House
01/12/65PrincetonMercer County
Hermitage08/29/70HohokusBergen County
Holland Tunnel11/04/93Jersey CityHudson County, NJ & Lower Manhattan, NY
Hopkinson (Francis) House
07/17/71BordentownBurlington County
Horn Antenna12/20/89HolmdelMonmouth County
LawrencevilleSchool
02/24/86Lawrenceville, Township of Lawrence, Mercer County
Livingston(William) House
11/28/72UnionUnion County
Lucy, the Margate Elephant
05/11/76Margate CityAtlantic County
Maybury Hill11/11/71PrincetonMercer County
Above: Factory,Speedwell
Village, MorrisCounty, photo,
1981.
Below: Georgian Court,Ocean County,
photo, 1978
Minisink ArchaeologicalSite
04/19/93
Delaware Water GapNational Recreation Area,Sussex County, NJ &Pike County, Pa.
Monmouth Battlefield
01/20/61ManalapanMonmouth County
Morven07/17/71PrincetonMercer County
Nassau Hall10/09/60PrincetonMercer County
Nast (Thomas)Home
01/29/64MorristownMorris County
New St. Mary’sEpiscopalChurch
06/24/86BurlingtonBurlington County
Old Barracks11/28/72TrentonMercer County
Old Queens, Rutgers University
05/11/76New BrunswickMiddlesexCounty
Above: Cape MayHistoric District
(ChalfonteHotel), Cape May
County, photo1977.
Left:Hadrousaurous
Foulkii Leidy Site,Camden County,
sketch, 1994.
Below: hermitage, BergenCounty, drawing,
1844.
Palisades Interstate Park
01/12/65AlpineBergen County,NJ and New York
Paulsdale12/04/91Mt. Laurel Township
Burlington County
Presidents House07/17/71PrincetonMercer County
Princeton Battlefield
01/20/61PrincetonMercer County
Prospect02/04/85PrincetonMercer County
Red Bank Battlefield
11/28/72National Park BoroughGloucester County
Ringwood Manor11/13/66Ringwood BoroughPassaic County
Sandy Hook Light01/29/64Sandy HookMonmouth County
Seabright LawnTennis & CricketClub
10/05/92RumsonMonmouth County
Shadow Lawn02/04/85West Long BranchMonmouth County
Above: Cape MayHistoric District
(ChalfonteHotel), Cape May
County, photo1977.
Below: Cartoon, 1871,Thomas Nast, morris County
Stanton (Elizabeth Cady)House
05/15/75TenaflyBergen County
Trent (William)House
04/15/70Trenton, Mercer County
Washington’sCrossing
01/20/61Hopewell Township,Mercer County,NJ & New Hope, Bucks County, Pa.
Whitman (Walt)House
12/29/62CamdenCamden County
Above: Lucy the Margate Elephant,Atlantic County,
patent, 1882
Left: Alice Paul of Paulsdale,
Burlington County,photo, ca. 1930.
Above: Old Barracks, Mercer
County
Right: Walt Whitman at
home, CamdenCounty, ca. 1887photo by Thomas
Eakins.
Below: Trent House in
foreground, Mercer County,
watercolor, 1798.
State of New JerseyNJ Department of Environmental Protection
Natural & Historic ResourcesHistoric Preservation officeP.O. Box 404, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0404
Tel: (609) 984-0176 Fax: (609) 984-0578
visit our Website at:www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo
This publication has been financed in part with federal funds from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, and administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Historic Preservation Office. The contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of the Interior. This program receives federal financial assistance for the identification and protection of historic properties. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or handicap in its federally assisted programs. If you believe that you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility as described above, or if you desire further information, please write to: Office of Equal Opportunity, National Park Service, 1849 C. Street NW (NC200), Washington, D.C. 20240
Rev. 12/08