Oldwick Historic District
Historic buildings, the Charles E. Dickerson House and the Oldwick Methodist Church, along Main Street, 2016
Oldwick Historic District is located in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Oldwick Historic District
Oldwick Historic District
Oldwick Historic District is located in New Jersey
Oldwick Historic District
Oldwick Historic District
Oldwick Historic District is located in the United States
Oldwick Historic District
Oldwick Historic District
LocationRoughly along County Route 517 (Main Street), Church, King, James, Joliet and William Streets
Oldwick, New Jersey
Coordinates40°40′22″N 74°44′57″W / 40.67278°N 74.74917°W / 40.67278; -74.74917
Area170 acres (69 ha)
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival, Early Republic, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.88002153[1]
NJRHP No.1632[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 1988
Designated NJRHPJune 2, 1986

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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System – (#88002153)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  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. 1 2 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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