Historic Cold Spring Village
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Cold Spring, New Jersey
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Historic Cold Spring Village is a non-profit living history museum in the Cold Spring section of Lower Township in Cape May County, New Jersey.{{Cite web|date=2016-08-11|title=Our Story|url=https://hcsv.org/our-story/|access-date=2021-03-11|website=Historic Cold Spring Village|language=en-US}} The village was listed as the Historic Cold Spring Village Historic District on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places on September 27, 2016.{{cite web | title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Cape May County | url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Cape%20May.pdf | publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office | page=5 | date=March 27, 2019 | accessdate= | df= |quote=ID#5479}}{{Cite web |title=Historic Cold Spring Village {{!}} Experience Hands On History |url=https://hcsv.org/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=hcsv.org}}
The Village consists of 27 historic buildings relocated from around Cape May County, several of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are two entrances, one at 735 Seashore Road and the other at 720 US Route 9. The Cold Spring Grange Hall, listed in 1998, located at the Seashore Road entrance, serves as the Cold Spring Grange Restaurant.{{cite web|last1=Zerbe|first1=Nancy L.|date=|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cold Spring Grange Hall|url={{NRHP url|id=98000234}}|accessdate=|publisher=National Park Service}} With {{NRHP url|id=98000234|photos=y|title=accompanying 7 pictures}} Cold Spring Village is home to Cold Spring Brewery, the only non-profit craft brewery in New Jersey.{{Cite web|title=Cold Spring Brewery|url=https://www.coldspringbrewery.org/|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.coldspringbrewery.org|language=en}}
In 1983 the one-room former Cape May Point jail was moved to the village.Jordan, ISBN 0-7643-1830-6, p. 80.
Gallery
File:Old Grange Cold Spring.JPG|Cold Spring Grange Hall
File:Octagonal Chicken Coop.JPG|Octagonal Poultry House
Dennisville Inn, Historic Cold Spring Village, Lower Township, 2007.jpg|Dennisville Inn
Re-enactor with old tools, Historic Cold Spring Village, Lower Township, 2007.jpg|Re-enactment
References
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External links
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{{Lower Township, New Jersey}}
Category:Museums in Cape May County, New Jersey
Category:Open-air museums in New Jersey
Category:Buildings and structures in Cape May County, New Jersey
Category:Lower Township, New Jersey
Category:New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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