River Road Historic Rural District

	River Road Historic Rural District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	New Jersey Register of Historic Places
	Laurence Van Derveer House
	River Road Historic Rural District River Road Historic Rural District River Road Historic Rural District
Location	River Road / County Route 533 along the Millstone River from Hillsborough Road to Van Horne Road / U.S. Route 206, Hillsborough and Montgomery Townships
Coordinates	40°26′16″N 74°37′9″W / 40.43778°N 74.61917°W
Area	590 acres (240 ha)
Built	1777
Architectural style	Colonial, Late Victorian, Federal
NRHP reference No.	91000256
NJRHP No.	2558
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 21, 1991
Designated NJRHP	January 29, 1991

The River Road Historic Rural District is a

historic district located on the western side of the Millstone River along a six-mile segment of River Road / County Route 533 in Hillsborough and Montgomery Townships, Somerset County, New Jersey. It is bounded on the north by Hillsborough Road and on the south by Van Horne Road / U.S. Route 206. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1991.^[2]

Contributing properties

The Laurence Van Derveer House was built in 1866 in an Italianate style.^[2]

The VanDerveer - Campbell House was built 1860–62 in the style of an Anglo-Norman Villa. Many of the farm buildings are also contributing.^[2]

The Garret Wyckoff House was built c. 1803 in a Federal style with some Italianate elements.^[2]

The Rynear A. Staats House was built in the 1840s with Greek Revival elements.^[2]

Gallery

VanDerveer - Campbell House
VanDerveer - Campbell farm buildings
Garret Wyckoff House
Rynear A. Staats House

References

^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 25, 2016. p. 8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Brecknell, Ursula C. (March 21, 1991). "NRHP Nomination: River Road Historic Rural District". National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) "Accompanying 56 photos, from 1988–89". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

Media related to River Road Historic Rural District at Wikimedia Commons

[NJRHP-1] "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 25, 2016. p. 8.

[nrhpnom-2] Brecknell, Ursula C. (March 21, 1991). "NRHP Nomination: River Road Historic Rural District". National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) "Accompanying 56 photos, from 1988–89". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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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

Contributing properties

Gallery

See also

References

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