List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey

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| Gibbstown

| {{circa|1638–43|sortable=yes}}

| Residence

| Purportedly the oldest surviving log house in the U.S., once part of New Sweden, and the oldest house in NJ, and hence Gloucester County{{cite news |last=Ronance |first=Kelly |title=Take a look at 10 of the oldest homes in N.J. |work=The Star-Ledger |date=16 December 2016 |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/12/if_walls_could_talk_check_out_10_of_south_jerseys.html#incart_m-rpt-2 |access-date=19 December 2016}}{{Cite web | url=https://philly.curbed.com/2017/7/28/16051154/oldest-log-cabin-for-sale-nothnagle |title = New Jersey log cabin, believed to be oldest in U.S., is for sale|date = 2017-07-28}}

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|Hopewell

Greenwich

|1650/1780s

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|Relocated. Once part of New Sweden, purportedly the oldest surviving building of its type in the US and likely oldest structure in Cumberland County Dendrochronology study from 2018 states a date in the 1780s.http://hvva.net/AWC-Granary%20project%20end%20report.pdf Swedish Granay/Atlantic White Cedar Project, Cumberland County Historical Society Dendrochronology Report Dr. Edward R. Cook William J. Callahan, Jr. 2017

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|Jersey City
Westfield

|1666

|Residence

|Originally part of Bergen, New Netherland, relocated in 1926 from Hudson County{{cite book |last=Shalhoub |first=Patrick B |title=Images of America: Jersey City |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |date=Oct 1, 1995 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GUWQLmEIGUwC |isbn=0-7524-0255-2}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/07/revolutionary_war_sites_in_hud_3.html |title=Revolutionary War Sites in Hudson: Sip Manor formerly of Jersey City, now of Westfield |publisher=NJ.com |date=2011-07-02 |access-date=2014-02-06}} and now oldest building in Union County{{Citation |last=Salomon |first=Jane |title=Westfield |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5TYjVb7Epy0C&q=Images+of+America+Westfield+Jayne+Book+Salomon&pg=PA130 |isbn=978-0-7385-7368-7}}{{cite news |last=Zimmer |first=David M. |date=August 13, 2024 |url=https://eu.northjersey.com/story/money/real-estate/2024/08/13/nj-real-estate-oldest-home-sold/74725900007/ |title=This may be New Jersey's oldest home, and it recently sold for $262,000. See inside |website=NorthJersey.com |access-date=August 14, 2024}}

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|Little Silver

|1667

|Residence

|One of the oldest homes in Monmouth County{{cite web |url=http://www.redbankgreen.com/2008/07/parker-homestea.html |title=Parker Homestead Plan Advances |publisher=Red Bank Green |date=2008-07-21 |access-date=2014-02-06 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222025018/http://www.redbankgreen.com/2008/07/parker-homestea.html |url-status=dead }}

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| Tinton Falls

| {{circa|1674|sortable=yes}}

| Mill

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|South Orange

|pre-1680

|Residence

|Oldest house in Essex County. Original stone walls are visible within enveloping Queen Anne Victorian added in two stages in 1876 and prior to 1896.

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|Elizabeth

|1682 (1670)

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|Oldest house in Elizabethtown, original capital of Province of New Jersey and oldest original building in Union County

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| Burlington

| 1682

| Residence

| Oldest brewhouse in state

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|Woodbridge

|1685{{cite web |url=http://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=C67Nqk7aGE4%3D&tab |title=Historic Walking Tour of Woodbridge |publisher=Twp.woodbridge.nj.us |access-date=2014-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814045806/http://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=C67Nqk7aGE4%3D&tab |archive-date=2014-08-14 }}

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|Possibly the oldest house in Woodbridge and Middlesex County.

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|Jamesburg

|{{circa|1685|sortable=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jamesburghistory.com/ |title=The Jamesburg Historical Association |publisher=Jamesburghistory.com |date=2009-10-07 |access-date=2014-02-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jamesburghistory.com/historicmarker.html |title=Buckelew Park Historic Marker |publisher=Jamesburghistory.com |access-date=2014-02-06}}

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| One room in the house dates to {{circa|1685|sortable=yes}}, possibly oldest in Middlesex County. House was expanded, most recently in the 19th century, and is also known as Lakeview

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| Gloucester Township

| 1688

| Residence

| Oldest house in Camden County

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| West Deptford Township

| {{circa|1688–90|sortable=yes}}

| Residence

| Home to the surveyor John Ladd who assisted William Penn in planning Philadelphia. Oldest brick house in Gloucester County

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| Franklin

| 1688

| Residence

| Oldest structure in Somerset County
substantially renovated in early 20th century, now owned by Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA

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| Jersey City

| {{circa|1690|sortable=yes}}

| Commercial

| Oldest building in Hudson County, originally built as homestead

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| Mauricetown

| 1690

| Residence

| Oldest house in Cumberland County

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| Clark

| {{circa|1690|sortable=yes}}

| Residence

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|Pennsauken Township

|1693

|Residence

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| Wayne

| 1695

| Residence

| Oldest buildings in Passaic County

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| Elsinboro

| 1695

| Residence

| Oldest part has patterned brick, date stone marked 1695{{cite web |title=John Mason House |url=https://www.preservationnj.org/listings/john-mason-house/ |publisher=Preservation New Jersey |access-date=2022-11-17 |archive-date=2022-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117124818/https://www.preservationnj.org/listings/john-mason-house/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.oldhousedreams.com/2019/01/11/salem-nj/|title= John Mason House Salem, NJ|date=January 11, 2019|website=www.oldhousedreams.com}}

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| Elizabeth

| 1696

| Parsonage

| Oldest religious building in Elizabeth

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| Greenwich Township

| 1698

| Residence

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| Tuckerton Seaport

| 1699

| Unused

| Likely the oldest house in Ocean County

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| Swedesboro

| {{circa|1700|sortable=yes}}

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| One of the oldest Swedish-Finnish log buildings in America, adjacent to Trinity Church Cemetery

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|Sandyston Township

| {{circa|1701|sortable=yes}}

|Residence

|Oldest house in Sussex County

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| Burlington

| 1703

| Religious

| Oldest church in New Jersey{{cite web|url=http://www.njchurchscape.com/Burlington%20Saint%20Mary's%20(old).html |title=Burlington Saint Mary's (old) |publisher=Njchurchscape.com |access-date=2014-02-06}}

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| Mullica Hill

| 1704

| Residence

| Built by Swedish settler (with Finnish ancestry) Eric Mullica. Log house, which has survived more than 300 years and also Hurricane Sandy, which destroyed many other buildings.

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| Wayne

| 1706

| Museum

| Second oldest surviving Dutch stone house in Passaic County{{cite web |title=Table 1: Surviving Dutch Stone Houses in Passaic County |url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/SRB/2022-10-24/NJ_Passaic_Garritse_Doremus_Westervelt_House.pdf#page=17 |publisher=National Park Service |page=17}}

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|Hamilton

| 1708

| Museum

|Oldest building in Mercer County, restored in 1964 as headquarters of the NJ Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

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|Woodbridge Township

| 1709

| Residence

|Built by Jonathan Singletary Dunham, who built the first gristmill in New Jersey and was a member of the New Jersey Assembly{{cite book |author=Charles Henry Pope|title= The Pioneers of Massachusetts|url=https://archive.org/details/pioneersofmassac00pop|year=1900 |page=416|publisher= Boston, C.H. Pope}} Date of 1709 ascertained through tree-ring dating.

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| Rocky Hill
Kingston

| {{circa|1710|sortable=yes}}

| Museum

| John Berrien's house served as the headquarters for George Washington and the Continental Army from August 23, 1783 to November 10, 1783.
The house has been relocated three times: 1897, 1956, and 2001.{{cite web|first=Margaret |last=Newman |url={{NRHP url|id=70000394}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rockingham |publisher=National Park Service |date=December 1, 2008 }}

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|Newark

|1710

|Rectory

|Located near I-280 the house is threatened by pollution and vibration, and considered one of the 10 most threatened historical sites in the state{{cite web |title=Plume House |work=10 Most Endangered Landmarks |publisher=Preservationnj.org |url=http://www.preservationnj.org/site/ExpEng/index.php?/ten_most/index_detail/The_Plume_House |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609070422/http://www.preservationnj.org/site/ExpEng/index.php?%2Ften_most%2Findex_detail%2FThe_Plume_House |archive-date=2011-06-09 |url-status=dead }}

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| Pennsauken Township

| 1710

| Residence

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|Newark

|1711

|Residence

|Oldest private home in Newark

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| Delaware Township

| 1711

| Museum

| Part of Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum. Oldest house in Hunterdon County{{cite web |last=Kiriluk-Hill |first=Renée |title=Hunterdon County's oldest house, in Delaware Twp., is open as part of a tour |publisher=nj.com |date=October 13, 2010 |url=http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2010/10/hunterdon_countys_oldest_house.html}}{{cite web |title=The John Holcombe House |publisher=Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead Museum |url=http://www.holcombe-jimison.org/house.html}}{{cite web |title=Holcombe-Jimison House and Farmstead |publisher=Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission |url=http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/depts/c&h/huntmuseums.htm#holcombe}}

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|Mount Holly

|1712

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| Perth Amboy

| 1714–1717

| City hall

| Oldest city hall in US

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|Woodbury

|1715

|Religious

|Oldest Friends meeting house

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|Seaville

|1717

|Religious

| Friends meeting house

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| Ewing Township, New Jersey

| 1717-1830

| Residence (abandoned)

| On grounds of The College of New Jersey

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| Trenton

| 1719

| Residence

| Oldest house in Trenton, the state capitol, and served unofficially as governor's residence

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|Pequannock Township

| 1720

| Residence

| Former residence of Samuel Berry, Berry's were first family to settle Pompton Plains

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| Piscataway

| 1720

| Residence

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| Middletown

| 1720

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| Family tradition states that the house was built in 1663 by Thomas Whitlock, who came to the colony in 1648.

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| Franklin Township

| 1722

| House

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| Dumont

| 1724

| Residence

| Oldest building in Bergen County

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| Westampton Township

| 1725

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| Somers Point

| 1725

| Residence

| Oldest intact house in Atlantic County{{cite web|url=http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=767|title=Somers Mansion, Somers Point|publisher=Stockton University|year=2009|access-date=2010-06-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906054012/http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=767|archive-date=2012-09-06|url-status=dead}}

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| Finderne

| {{Circa|1725|sortable=yes}}

| Museum

| Headquarters of Quartermaster General Nathanael Greene during the second (winter of 1778–79) Middlebrook encampment in the American Revolutionary War{{cite web|title=Van Veghten House, Finderne, Somerset County, NJ|url=https://loc.gov/pictures/item/nj0800/|publisher=Library of Congress}}

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| High Bridge

| {{Circa|1725|sortable=yes}}

| Unused

| Home of Robert Taylor, superintendent of the Union Iron Works, founded 1742. Temporary prison for John Penn and Benjamin Chew during the American Revolutionary War.{{cite book|last1=Snell |first1=James P. |title=History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey |publisher=Everts & Peck |date=1881 |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924104752518 |chapter=High Bridge |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/historyofhunterd00snel/page/525 |page=526}}

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| Montville

| {{circa|1730|sortable=yes}}

| Residence

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| Princeton

| 1730

| Residence

| Served as the state's first Governor's mansion from 1945–1981.

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| Hancock's Bridge

| {{circa|1730|sortable=yes}}

| Residence

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| Lambertville

| {{circa|1733|sortable=yes}}

| Residence

| Served as the headquarters of George Washington and the Continental Army, July 1777 and June 1778.{{cite sign|title=Holcombe House Information Sign|publisher=Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission}}

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| Lower Alloways Creek Township

| 1734

| Residence

| Major John Graves Simcoe led approximately 300 British soldiers and Queen's Rangers through a marsh and across Alloway Creek to surround Hancock House. They surprised 20 to 30 members of the local militia stationed there, along with Judge Hancock, killing most of them.

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| Salem

| 1735

| Courthouse

| Oldest active courthouse in New Jersey and second oldest courthouse in continuous use in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.salemcitynj.com/trails.html |access-date=June 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807161358/http://www.salemcitynj.com/trails.html |archive-date=August 7, 2008 |title=Welcome to Salem, New Jersey }} Enlarged in 1817 and 1908, served as the courthouse for Salem County until 1969 and today for Salem City Municipal Court.{{cite web|url=http://www.town-court.com/getTownCourt.php?courtID=1194 |title=Salem City Municipal Court NJ |publisher=Town-court.com |access-date=2014-02-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/directory/munctadr.htm |access-date=June 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619032012/http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/directory/munctadr.htm |archive-date=June 19, 2010|title=Municipal Court Addresses }}

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| Park Ridge

| 1735

| Barn

| One of oldest New World Dutch barns

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| Hillside

| 1735

| Residence/Hillside Historical Society

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| Cranford

| 1737

| Commercial

| Oldest continuously operated commercial building in New Jersey

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| Upper Freehold Township

| 1737

| Church

| Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House, oldest Baptist Meetinghouse{{cite web |title=Historical Information |url=https://sites.google.com/view/old-yellow-meeting-house/historical-information |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126185852/https://sites.google.com/view/old-yellow-meeting-house/historical-information |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |publisher=Old Yellow Meeting House }}

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| New Brunswick

| 1739

| Residence

| Visited by several prominent men, such as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, General Kosciusko, General Gates, and John Hancock.

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| Upper Saddle River

| 1739

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| Clark

| {{circa|1720–1740|sortable=yes}}

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|Barnegat

|c. 1740

|Unoccupied

|Believed to contain oldest intact bar in the U.S. Site of the last skirmish of the American Revolutionary War.

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|Ringwood

|c. 1740

|Unoccupied

|Oldest structure in Ringwood, NJ, located on the grounds of Ringwood State Park.{{Cite web|url=http://www.highlands.state.nj.us/njhighlands/passaic_county/ringwood/1611_SM02_091208.pdf|title=Ringwood Eco-Tourism Report}}

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| Wayne

| 1740

| Residence

| Served as the headquarters of George Washington and the Continental Army from October to November 1780.

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| South Bound Brook

| {{circa|1740|sortable=yes}}

| Residence

| Served as the headquarters of Baron William Frederick Von Steuben in the spring of 1779.

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| Jersey City

| {{circa|1740|sortable=yes}}

| Residence

| Oldest private home in Jersey City

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| Jersey City

| ca 1740s

| Museum

| Undergoing restoration per 2009

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| Metuchen, New Jersey

| ca 1740

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| Oxford

| 1741

| Furnace

| First hot blast furnace in United States

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| Piscataway

| 1741

| Residence

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| Springfield

| 1741

| Residence

| Colloquially known as the "Cannon Ball House", it served as a British field hospital during the Battle of Springfield (1780)

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| Cranbury

| 1741

| Barn

| One of oldest barns in state

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| Newark

| 1742

| Church

| Oldest church in Newark

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| Woodstown

| 1742

| Residence

| Also known as the Old Red House

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| Delaware Township

| 1744

| Unused

| Expanded in 1811.{{cite web |last=Epstein |first=Rick |title=State to auction historic Holcombe house |publisher=nj.com |date=April 28, 2015 |url=http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2015/04/state_to_auction_historic_holcombe_house.html}}

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| Plainfield

| 1746

| Museum

| George Washington briefly stayed at the house during the Battle of Short Hills. Currently operated as the Drake House Museum and home of the Historical Society of Plainfield.

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| Westville

| 1746

| Residence

| {{cite web |url=http://www.westville-nj.com/early-history |title=Early History |publisher=Westville-nj.com |access-date=2014-02-06 |archive-date=2014-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223090235/http://www.westville-nj.com/early-history |url-status=dead }}

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| Oldwick

| 1749

| Church

| Oldest Lutheran church in New Jersey

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| Elizabeth

| {{circa|1750|sortable=yes}}

| Residence

| Home of Elias Boudinot, signer of the Treaty of Paris (1783) and the 10th President of the Continental Congress 1782–1783.

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| Haddonfield

| 1750

| Tavern

| Served as the meeting place for the New Jersey General Assembly to ratify the Declaration of Independence and adopt the Great Seal of the State of New Jersey in 1777.

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| Piscataway

| 1750

| Residence

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| Montville

| {{circa|1750|sortable=yes}}

| Residence

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| Somerville

| 1751

| Parsonage

| Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh lived here and helped establish Queen's College, now known as Rutgers University. The original site was on the north side of the street, just east of the Wallace House, but the house was moved west when the railroad went through its original location.

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| Manalapan

| 1751

| Church

| Used as a field hospital during the Battle of Monmouth {{cite web |title=Old Tennent Presbyterian Church |date=31 October 2022 |url=https://www.oldtennent.org/our-story.html |publisher=Old Tennent Presbyterian Church}}

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| Nutley

| {{circa|1751|sortable=yes}}

| Museum

| Operated by the Nutley Historical Society.{{cite web |title=Nutley's Vreeland Homestead: A Brief History, updated |url=https://www.nutleyhistoricalsociety.org/VreelandHomestead_Nutley.html |first1=John |last1=Simko |date=2013 |publisher=Nutley Historical Society}}

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| Mount Holly

| 1752

| Firehouse

| Oldest firehouse in the US, established by what is now the oldest continuously operating volunteer fire department in the US{{cite web |url=http://www.mounthollyfd.com/history.htm |title= Mount Holly Fire Department|website=www.mounthollyfd.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324085647/http://www.mounthollyfd.com/history.htm |archive-date=March 24, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://firehistory.org/oldest-fd/oldest-paid/ |title= |website=firehistory.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722231032/http://firehistory.org/oldest-fd/oldest-paid/ |archive-date=July 22, 2011}}

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| New Bridge Landing

| 1752

| Museum

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| Hillsborough Township

| 1752

| Church

| Oldest church in New Jersey that is continuously used for its original purpose.{{cite web |title=Church History |url=https://www.neshanicreformedchurch.org/about-us/church-history.cfm |publisher=Neshanic Reformed Church}}

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| Montgomery Township

| 1752

| Museum

| Operated by the Van Harlingen Historical Society

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| Freehold, New Jersey

| 1752-53

| Museum

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| Vincentown

| 1753

| House

| Headquarters and Visitors Center for the Pinelands Preservation Alliance{{cite web |title=PPA Headquarters and Visitors Center |date=27 March 2018 |url=https://pinelandsalliance.org/our-work/ppa-headquarters/ |publisher=Pinelands Preservation Alliance}}

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| Princeton

| 1754

| Academic

| Housed the entire United States government in 1783

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| Holmdel

| 1754{{cite web |title=Historic Houses |publisher=Monmouth County Historical Society |year=2011 |url=http://www.monmouthhistory.org/Sections-read-2.html |access-date=2011-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727092555/http://www.monmouthhistory.org/Sections-read-2.html |archive-date=2011-07-27 |url-status=dead }}

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| Alloway Township, New Jersey

| 1754

| Residence

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| Montville

| 1755

| Residence

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| Oxford

| 1755

| Residence

| Possibly oldest house in Warren County

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| Millstone

| {{circa|1755|sortable=yes}}

| Residence

| Served as the headquarters for George Washington, the night of January 3–4, 1777 after the Battle of Princeton.

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| Glendora

| 1756

| Tavern

| also known as the Hillman Hospital House, this tavern was built in 1756 near the Big Timber Creek and housed boatmen who used the creek to ship goods to Philadelphia. It was designated a hospital by George Washington during the Revolutionary War.

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| Flemington

| 1756

| House

| also known as Flemington Castle, is an historic home located in Flemington, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The building is now operated as a museum. It is the oldest surviving house in the borough. It is part of the Flemington Historic District.

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| Hancock's Bridge

| 1756

| Residence

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| Roseland

| 1757

| Residence

| Built approx 1720–1730. First recorded in 1757. Post-and-Beam construction. Oldest house in Roseland.{{cite web|url=http://www.thebondforcelegacy.com/news/pdf/The%20Progress%2010-23-2004.pdf |title=Six historical houses become honored Roseland landmarks |publisher=Thebondforcelegacy.com |access-date=2014-02-06}} Served as first school to area.

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| Trenton

| 1758

| Military

| Last of its type, now National Historic Landmark & museum

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| Mount Holly

| 1759

| School

| Oldest one room school, now a museum

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| East Amwell

| 1760

| Residence

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| Raritan Township

| 1760

| Residence

| Home of John Reading, former governor of New Jersey, 1757–1758.

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| Fieldsboro

| 1760

| unused

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/nr_nomntns_10_02_2020/SRB%2520DRAFT_White%2520Hill%2520Mansion%2520-REDACTED%2520-Web%2520versn.pdf|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form}}{{Cite web|url=https://visitnj.org/nj-historic-sites-memorials/white-hill-mansion|title=White Hill Mansion|date=July 3, 2019|website=visitnj.org}}https://www.thehistorygirl.com/2015/05/white-hill-mansion-fieldsboro-nj.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120140940/https://www.thehistorygirl.com/2015/05/white-hill-mansion-fieldsboro-nj.html |date=2021-01-20 }}\{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitehillmansion.org/|title=Historic Revolutionary War Home {{pipe}} Fieldsboro, NJ {{pipe}} Friends of White Hill Mansion|website=White Hill}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newjerseyhauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/white-hill-mansion.html|title = White Hill Mansion}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2017/01/31/white-hill-mansion-haunted-paranormal-ghosts-south-jersey/97093906/|title=SJ haunted: Mansion featured on TLC show|first=Carol|last=Comegno|website=Courier-Post}}{{Cite journal|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41636-020-00238-4|doi=10.1007/s41636-020-00238-4|title=Status Creation and Maintenance among the Delaware Valley Elite: The Rise and Fall of the Field Family|year=2020|last1=Lembo|first1=Lauren|last2=Gall|first2=Michael J.|last3=Veit|first3=Richard F.|journal=Historical Archaeology|volume=54|issue=2|pages=375–403|s2cid=219742024}}

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| Warren Township

| 1761

| Museum

| In Somerset County

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| Chesterfield Township

| {{circa|1761|sortable=yes}}

| Inn

| At Fernbrook Farms in Burlington County

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| Perth Amboy

| 1762

| Government

| Oldest remaining colonial proprietary governor's residence in the original Thirteen States

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| Pilesgrove Township

| 1762

| Tavern

| In Salem County

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| Van Syckel

| 1763

| Tavern

| In Hunterdon County.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79001495}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Van Syckel Corner District |publisher=National Park Service|first1=Terry |last1=Karschner |date=March 1979 }}

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| Teaneck

| 1763

| Residence

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| Sandy Hook

| 1764

| Lighthouse

| Oldest surviving lighthouse in the United States.

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| Woodbury

| data-sort-value="1765"|pre-1765

| Residence

| Built before 1765 and originally a log cabin, the oldest surviving house in Woodbury was bought by a Joseph Franklin in 1823, and remained in his family until 1911. The exterior logs are intact but now have weatherboard cladding. Its front door, exposed beams, and one fireplace made from square handmade bricks are original.{{cite web|url=http://www.co.gloucester.nj.us/cogloucesternjus/franklinhouse.cfm |access-date=August 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927152658/http://www.co.gloucester.nj.us/cogloucesternjus/franklinhouse.cfm |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |title=GCOL: The Franklin House }}http://www.nj.searchroots.com/Gloucesterco/images/Woodbury-historic.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8fo2GBxixkUC&pg=PA94 | title=Woodbury| isbn=9780738546452| last1=Robert w. Sands| first1=Jr| last2=Turner| first2=Barbara L.| year=2006| publisher=Arcadia}}

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| Kingwood Township

| 1765

| Residence

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| Washington Township

| {{circa|1765|sortable=yes}}

| Museum

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| Nutley

| 1768

| Residence

| Built as a farmhouse in 1768 and expanded between 1790 and 1796 by Joseph Kingsland.

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| Franklin Corners

| {{circa|1770|sortable=yes}}

| Residence

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| Union

| 1772

| Residence

| The home of William Livingston the first governor of New Jersey.

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| Rancocas

| 1772

| Religious

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| Crosswicks

| 1773

| Religious

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| New Brunswick

| 1773 (tower)

| Church

| Episcopal Church, founded in 1742.

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| River Edge

| 1774

| Museum

| Part of Historic New Bridge Landing

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| Morristown

| 1774

| Museum

| The headquarters of George Washington and the Continental Army during the "Hard Winter" from December 1779 until May 1780.

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| Bernards Township

| data-sort-value=1776 | pre-1776

| Residence

| Elias Boudinot moved here in November 1776.

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| Somerville

| 1776

| Residence

| Served as headquarters of General George Washington during the second Middlebrook encampment (1778–79)

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| Hackensack

| 1781

| Religious

| Oldest Dutch Reformed Church

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| Plainfield

| 1788

| Religious

| First house of worship in Plainfield

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| Trenton

| 1792

| Government

| Second oldest statehouse in continuous use in the U.S.{{cite web |url=http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/statehousehistory.asp |title=NJ Legislature State House History |publisher=Njleg.state.nj.us |access-date=2014-02-06 |archive-date=2002-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020917221232/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/statehousehistory.asp |url-status=dead }}

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| New Brunswick

| 1809

| Academic

| Oldest building at Rutgers University.

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|Mount Holly

|1811

|Prison

|Possibly oldest prison building, which operated from 1811 to 1965

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|Pompton Lakes

|1814

|Religious

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|Jersey City

|{{circa|1835|sortable=yes}}

|Private home

|Adapted as community center beginning in 1890s

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|Stratford

|{{circa|1840|sortable=yes}}

|General Store

|Foundation from 1740s, rebuilt circa 1840

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| Cape May

| 1844

| Residence

| In Cape May County. 2006 Dendrochronological survey provided date of 1844.

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|Trenton

|1846

|Church

|Oldest Roman Catholic church. Catholics became entitled to own property only with the passage of the state's revised constitution in 1840.{{cite web | title = St. Francis Roman Catholic Church | work = New Jersey Churchscape | publisher = www.njchurchscape.com | url = http://www.njchurchscape.com/Trenton-StFrancisRC.html | access-date = 2011-05-15 | quote = Although Catholics had regularly held mass in Trenton for years, they became entitled to own property only with the passage of the state's revised constitution in 1840.}}

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|Sandy Hook
Highlands

|1849

|Maritime

|Last surviving of first federally built by United States Life-Saving Service
Relocated from Fort Hancock to Navesink Twin Lights in 1954{{cite web|url=http://www.highlandsnj.com/history/twinlights.html |access-date=June 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121144215/http://www.highlandsnj.com/history/twinlights.html |archive-date=November 21, 2008 |title=Twin Lights Historical Society }}{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/lssacces.html |title=Life-Saving Stations to Visit |publisher=Nps.gov |date=2001-12-05 |access-date=2014-02-06}}

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|Berlin

|1856

|Rail station

|Oldest railroad station

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| Ramsey

| 1868

| Railroad Station

| Oldest passenger station in service

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| Morristown

| 1870

| Firehouse

| Oldest firehouse in Morris County

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| Salem

| 1871

| Church

| Oldest African Methodist Episcopal Church

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|Cape May

|1876

|Hotel

|Oldest continuously operated hotel on the East Coast of the US and contributing property to the Cape May Historic District.

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| Hoboken

| 1883

| Synagogue

| Oldest surviving synagogue building in New Jersey{{cite web|url=http://www.njchurchscape.com/Hoboken-AdasEmuno.html |title=Hoboken-AdasEmuno |publisher=Njchurchscape.com |access-date=2014-02-06}}

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| Weehawken

| 1883

| Water tower

| Possibly oldest water tower

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| Avenel

|1901

|Prison

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|Newark

|1910

|Skyscraper

|The 220 foot (67m) 19 story building is the oldest existing skyscraper is located in the Four Corners Historic District{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=firemensinsurancebuilding-newark-nj-usa |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730131625/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=firemensinsurancebuilding-newark-nj-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |title=Firemen's Insurance Building {{pipe}} Buildings |location=Newark / |publisher=Emporis |access-date=2014-02-06}}{{cite news| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/02/06/102035516.pdf | work=The New York Times | title=TALLEST BUILDING IN NEW JERSEY; Firemen's Insurance Co.'s New Home in Newark Will Be 205 Feet High | date=1910-02-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oldnewark.com/busind/office/index.htm |title=Office Buildings |publisher=Oldnewark.com |access-date=2014-02-06}}

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| Harrison

| 1927

| Restaurant

| Oldest diner{{cite web| title =Diners – Various, 1920s & 1930s| work =Art and Archtitecture of New Jersey| publisher =Stockton University| url =http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?id=1300| access-date =2011-05-24| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110929205930/http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?id=1300| archive-date =2011-09-29}}{{cite web | last = Patrick Kevin | title = Endangered New Jersey Diners | date = July 21, 2010 | url = http://kjpatrick.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/endangered-new-jersey-diners/ | access-date = 2011-05-23 }}

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|Newark

|1935

|Aviation

|First airport terminal in the United States{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/05/16/archives/newark-dedicates-new-flying-centre-500000-building-at-airport.html?sq=newark%2520airport%2520adminstration%2520building&scp=3&st=Search | work=The New York Times | title=NEWARK DEDICATES NEW FLYING CENTRE; $500,000 Building at Airport Hailed as Reply to New York's Bid for Mail Terminal | date=1935-05-16}}

relocated in 2002{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/27/nyregion/slow-return-hub-for-aviation-after-67-years-newark-s-first-terminal-has-new-life.html?ref=newark_liberty_international_airport_nj | work=The New York Times | title=Slow Return as Hub for Aviation; After 67 Years, Newark's First Terminal Has New Life | first=Glenn | last=Collins | date=2002-04-27}}{{cite web|title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Essex County |url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/essex.pdf |publisher=NJ DEP – Historic Preservation Office |page=3 |date=January 10, 2010 |access-date=July 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327025729/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/essex.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/2protection/section106.htm |title=SECTION106 |publisher=State.nj.us |access-date=2014-02-06}}

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|Forked River

|1969

|Nuclear power station

|Oldest operating nuclear power station in the United States

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| Atlantic City

| 1979

| Gambling Casino

| Oldest legal purpose-built gambling casino. (While Resorts Casino Hotel is a year older, it used an existing building for its business, Haddon Hall. Caesar's expanded a pre-existing building for its casino.)

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| Atlantic City

| 2005

| Wind farm

| The first coastal wind farm in the United States and New Jersey's first wind farm, consisting of five towers