Patterned brickwork is the delineation of designs – geometric, dates, and initials – by a mason using darkened “vitrified” bricks against a background of ordinary red brick. New Jersey (and especially South Jersey), which hosts approximately 95% of the examples, is the principal ... » Learn More about Patterned Brickwork Houses
Salem County
First National Bank of Woodstown
The First National Bank of Woodstown, the third edifice of this institution chartered in 1864, was completed in 1892 and is a testament to the growing influence of banking in the US economy in the late-nineteenth century. The Romanesque Revival building, detailed with Perth ... » Learn More about First National Bank of Woodstown
Mad Horse Creek Cabins
Eight small cabins, accessible only by boat, are scattered over the thousands of acres of the state-owned Mad Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area and adjacent private land. There is no record of the origins of the first cabins; but undoubtedly, they dated back to the nineteenth ... » Learn More about Mad Horse Creek Cabins
East Broadway Historic District
DESCRIPTION: Salem, one of the earliest English settlements in the State of New Jersey, was founded in 1675 by Quaker John Fenwick. Agricultural, mercantile, and industrial enterprises fueled its development throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and into the first half of the ... » Learn More about East Broadway Historic District
Salem County Insane Asylum
DESCRIPTION: Constructed in 1870, the Salem County Insane Asylum is the only known surviving example of a first-generation county insane asylum in New Jersey. County asylums were constructed in response to the lack of state action to address overcrowding in state-run facilities in the ... » Learn More about Salem County Insane Asylum
Penns Grove High School
UPDATES: 1/2012: The Penns Grove-Carney's Point Regional School District has announced a decision to repair historic Penns Grove High School instead of replacing it. The board's decision cites a number of factors, including local advocates who voiced opposition to the school's demolition. PNJ ... » Learn More about Penns Grove High School
Marshalltown
UPDATES: 10/2011: Historic resources consultant Janet Sheridan has earned a Commendation from the NJ Legislature for her work to document Marshalltown. Janet is working on a National Register nomination for Marshalltown as a historic district. DESCRIPTION: Marshalltown is a 19th-century ... » Learn More about Marshalltown
Finlaw Building
UPDATES: 07/2010 Update: In 2009, a major restoration and rehabilitation was completed and the building was dedicated and reopened. The 1891 facade was restored and some new infill construction was added. The building and new parking garage are owned by Stand Up For Salem, Inc., and is the new home ... » Learn More about Finlaw Building
Hackett-Strang House
DESCRIPTION: This three-story brick house was built in 1864 for the Joseph R. Hackett family, owners of a large farm. It is an important local example of the home of a mid nineteenth-century prosperous farmer. It stands in an agricultural area of more than 2000 acres that the Salem County ... » Learn More about Hackett-Strang House
John Mason House
UPDATE: 07/2010: The state sold the house to a private owner around 2000 with an agreement that the new owner must rehabilitate and live in the house. The new owner did this and still lives in the house. DESCRIPTION: For many years, historians both amateur and professional have speculated about ... » Learn More about John Mason House