Oldwick Historic District

Oldwick Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Historic buildings, the Charles E. Dickerson House and the Oldwick Methodist Church, along Main Street, 2016
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Location	Roughly along County Route 517 (Main Street), Church, King, James, Joliet and William Streets Oldwick, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°40′22″N 74°44′57″W
Area	170 acres (69 ha)
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Early Republic, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	88002153
NJRHP No.	1632
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 14, 1988
Designated NJRHP	June 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.

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.

Gallery of contributing properties

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.

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

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-775, "Barnett Hall Academy, High Street, Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ", 2 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. NJ-776, "Beavers House, Main Street (County Route 517), Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. NJ-777, "Charles E. Dickerson House, Main Street, Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. NJ-779, "Jacob R. Fisher House, High Street, Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ", 6 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. NJ-781, "Robert M. Honeyman House, Joliet Street, Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ", 5 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. NJ-782, "Henry Miller House, Main Street, Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ", 27 photos, 2 photo caption pages
• HABS No. NJ-783, "Oldwick Methodist Church, Main Street, Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ", 7 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. NJ-784, "Crater-Slack House, High Street, Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ", 4 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. NJ-785, "Van Doren House, Main Street, Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. NJ-786, "Zion Lutheran Church, Main & Church Streets, Oldwick, Hunterdon County, NJ", 6 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page