National Historic Landmark - Grace Church

National Historic Landmark - Grace Church

Consecrated October 5, 1848, Grace Church was commissioned by Bishop George Washington Doane of New Jersey, one of Richard Upjohn's most important patrons.

It is based on A.C. Pugins's GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, which became the major reference ...

National Historic Landmark- Georgian Court

National Historic Landmark - Georgian Court

Completed in 1898, this palatial --Georgian Revival-- estate was designed for George Jay Gould (1864-1923), the wealthy eldest son of Jay Gould, by Bruce Price (1845-1903), who was among the most able and well-known architects ...

National Historic Landmark - T. Thomas Fortune House

National Historic Landmark - T. Thomas Fortune House

From 1901 to 1915, this was the home of T. Thomas Fortune, the crusading Black journalist, who articulated the cause of Black rights in his newspapers at the turn of the 20th century.

National Historic Landmark- Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook

National Historic Landmark - Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District

Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District reflects the history of a vital defense installation guarding New York City and its harbor from 1895 to ...

National Historic Landmark - The Speedwell Village Factory

National Historic Landmark - The Speedwell Village Factory

Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872) developed and successfully demonstrated the telegraph in the Vail Factory in 1838.

The Village is the site of a 19th century ironworks complex, including the Vail Homestead, Factory, and ...

National Historic Landmark - Craftsman Farms

National Historic Landmark - Craftsman Farms

Craftsman Farms is the former home and school of Gustav Stickley, one of the leaders of the Arts and Crafts movement in America.

Established in 1908, the farm-school was in operation until 1915.

Stickley produced a new ...

National Historic Landmark - Grover Cleveland Home

National Historic Landmark - Grover Cleveland Home

From 1897 until his death, Westland was the residence of Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), President of the United States (1885-89; 1893-97).

Cleveland, known for his earnestness and incorruptibility, retired to this stucco-covered stone house at the ...

National Historic Landmark- Clark Thread Co Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Clark Thread Company Historic District

With over 35 buildings on approximately 13 acres of land, this district incorporates most of the extant factory buildings of the Clark Thread Company, the world's foremost maker of cotton thread in ...

National Historic Landmark - Cape May Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Cape May Historic District

With over 600 summer homes, hotels and commercial structures, this venerable seashore resort has one of the largest collections of 19th century frame buildings remaining in the United States.

National Historic Landmark - Burlington County Prison

National Historic Landmark - Burlington County Prison

This modest county prison was designed and constructed (1811) after plans embodying the most modern correctional methods prevalent in the early years of the 19th century.

Its heavy stone walls were also an early attempt ...