Greenwich Historic District
{{short description|Historic district in New Jersey, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Greenwich Historic District
| nrhp_type = hd
| image = Teaburners Monument.JPG
| caption = Greenwich Tea Burning Monument
| location = Main Street from Cohansey River north to Othello, Greenwich Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey
| coordinates = {{coord|39|23|51|N|75|20|25|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = USA New Jersey Cumberland County#New Jersey#USA
| nocat = yes
| built =
| architecture = Colonial, Federal, Dutch Colonial
| added = January 20, 1972
| area = {{convert|350|acre}}
| refnum = 72000772{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=72000772}}
| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP
| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_date = November 30, 1971
| designated_other1_number = 1044{{cite web |title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Cumberland County |url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/CUMBERLAND.pdf#page=3 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office |page=3 |date=June 22, 2023 }}
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| designated_other1_color = #ffc94b
| increase = August 12, 2024
| increase_refnum = 100007645
}}
The Greenwich Historic District is a historic district located in the Greenwich section of Greenwich Township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. When originally listed, it extended from the Cohansey River north toward the neighboring settlement of Othello. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 1972, for its significance in agriculture, architecture, commerce, and politics. It included 19 contributing buildings, many documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS).{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=72000772}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Greenwich Historic District |publisher=National Park Service|first1=Newlin B. |last1=Watson |date=November 1970 }} With {{NRHP url|id=72000772|photos=y|title=accompanying 11 photos}} A boundary revision was approved on August 12, 2024.
History and description
The Greenwich Tea Party of December 22, 1774 is commemorated with the Greenwich Tea Burning Monument erected in 1908. The Old Friends Meeting House is a two-story brick building that was built in 1779 by the Quakers. The Richard Wood House is a two-story brick building constructed in 1795 by the merchant Richard Wood 3rd.
File:Historic American Buildings Survey Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer April 17, 1936 EXTERIOR - WEST ELEVATION - Old Friends Meetinghouse, Main Street, Greenwich, Cumberland County, HABS NJ,6-GREWI,2-1.tif|Old Friends Meeting House, HABS photo from 1936
File:Wood House.jpg|Richard Wood House
See also
References
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External links
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- {{HABS |survey=NJ-105 |id=nj0441 |title=Old Friends Meetinghouse, Main Street, Greenwich, Cumberland County, NJ |photos=1 |dwgs=7 |data=4}}
- {{HABS |survey=NJ-269 |id=nj0445 |title=Richard Wood House, Main Street & Bacon's Neck Road, Greenwich, Cumberland County, NJ |photos=4 |dwgs=12 |data=4 |link=no}}
- {{cite web|title=Wood House |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=92312 |publisher=The Historical Marker Database}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey}}
{{NRHP in Cumberland County, New Jersey}}
Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Category:Federal architecture in New Jersey
Category:Geography of Cumberland County, New Jersey
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, New Jersey
Category:Houses in Cumberland County, New Jersey