Moses Craig Lime Kilns

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| name = Moses Craig Lime Kilns

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| image = Moses Craig Lime Kilns, Peapack-Gladstone, NJ.jpg

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| location= 122 Main Street, Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey

| coordinates = {{coord|40|42|44|N|74|39|27|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Moses Craig Limekilns|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA New Jersey Somerset County#New Jersey#USA

| built = {{circa|1860}}

| builder = Moses Craig

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| added = April 11, 2019

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| refnum = 100003610{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=100003610}}{{cite web |title=Weekly List 20190426 |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/weekly-list-20190426.htm |publisher=National Park Service |date=April 26, 2019}}

| 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 = October 29, 2018

| designated_other1_number = 5411{{cite web | title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County | url=http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/SOMERSET.pdf#page=13 | publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office | page=13 | date=September 11, 2023 }}

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The Moses Craig Lime Kilns, also known as the Peapack and Gladstone Lime Kilns, are located at 122 Main Street in the borough of Peapack-Gladstone in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Built {{circa|1860}}, the lime kilns, listed as the Moses Craig Limekilns, were added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 2019.{{cite web |title=Limestone Kilns |url=https://visitsomersetnj.org/fun-somerset-nj/limestone-kilns/ |publisher=Somerset County Tourism}} The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills acquired the site in 1998. The kilns were subsequently transferred to the borough in 2019.{{cite web |title=The Moses Craig Lime Kilns |url=https://somersethillshistoricalsociety.org/news_items/the-peapack-lime-kilns/ |publisher=The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills }}

History

Moses Craig (1797–1874), a wealthy farmer, owned the lime kilns, which were built about 1860, and a local limestone quarry. The limestone was burnt in the kilns and used in agriculture as a soil additive and used in construction to make mortar and whitewash. The operation remained in business until about 1934, as pulverized lime replaced burnt limestone for agriculture. The two stone kilns are {{convert|26|feet}} high. The site is now a small park with information signs about the lime kilns.{{cite web |title=Somerset Hills Landmarks: Moses Craig Lime Kilns |url=https://somersethillshistoricalsociety.org/local-history/somerset-hills-landmarks/ |publisher=The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills}}

File:Moses Craig Lime Kilns information sign, Peapack-Gladstone, NJ.jpg

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