New Jersey - Union County
Union County New Jersey (Page 2) has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance. Significant places include Seventeenth Century Clark House and Singer Factory District, Scotch Plains School, Smith, Nathaniel, House and St. John's Parsonage.

The famous person Rev. Florence Spearing Randolph is associated with one of more of the Union County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Union County places including Alfred E. Norris, McKim,Mead, & White, C. Godfrey Poggi, John Goltra, John Townley, H.B. Tremaine, Andrew Hampton, C.M. Tremaine, Arthur B. Jennings and Walter Kidde & Co. Inc.. Prominent architectural styles found in Union Country are Colonial Revival, Italianate and Tudor Revival.

Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Parsonage and Cemetery (added 2013 - - #13000386)
333-334 Park Ave., Scotch Plains
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Gothic, Georgian
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Religion, Architecture, Art
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Scotch Plains School (added 1978 - - #78001802)
Also known as Public School No. 1
Park Ave. , Scotch Plains
Magicpiano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McKim,Mead, & White
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Seventeenth Century Clark House (added 1974 - - #74001193)
593 Madison Hill Rd. , Rahway
BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1650-1699
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Singer Factory District (added 1988 - - #88002065)
Also known as Singer Factory
Trumbull St. , Elizabeth
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry, Invention
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Smith, Nathaniel, House (added 1989 - - #89001584)
Also known as Best House
105 Springfield Ave. , Berkeley Heights
Josconklin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
St. John's Parsonage (added 1982 - - #82003306)
Also known as Hampton House
633 Pearl St. , Elizabeth
Rcbutcher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hampton,Andrew
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Stage House Inn (added 1982 - - #82003308)
Park Ave. and Front St. , Scotch Plains
Josconklin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sutton,John
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
Stoneleigh Park Historic District (added 1988 - - #88002020)
Roughly bounded by Westfield Ave., Shackamaxon Dr., Rahway and Dorian Rd. , Westfield
Plopfz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Tremaine,C.M., Tremaine,H.B.
Architectural Style:
Other, Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Strong, George A., House (added 2012 - - #12000570)
1030 Central Ave., Plainfield
Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, International Style
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Summit Downtown Historic District (added 2011 - - #10001116)
Roughly bounded by Springfield Ave, the Village Green, Summit Ave, and Waldron Ave, Summit City
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Summit Playhouse (added 2009 - - #09001177)
Also known as Summit Library
10 New England Ave. , Summit
Jim.henderson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jennings, Arthur B.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Library, Theater
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Theater
The Clearing (added 1993 - - #93000233)
Also known as Reeves-Reed Arboretum;The Wisner House
165 Hobart Ave. , Summit
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Garden, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Garden, Multiple Dwelling, School
Townley, James, House (added 1979 - - #79001530)
Also known as Townley-Parcell House;Kean Farm House;Little White House
Morris Ave. and Green Lane , Union
Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Townley,John
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Twin Maples (added 1997 - - #97000977)
Also known as The Fortnightly Club
8 Edgewood Rd. , Summit
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Norris, Alfred E.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse
Union County Park Commission Administration Buildings (added 1985 - - #85002976)
Also known as Acme Street Buildings
Acme and Canton Sts. , Elizabeth
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Poggi,C. Godfrey
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Government Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Government Office
Van Wyck Brooks Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003337)
Also known as See Also:Waring,Orville Taylor,House
Roughly bounded by Plainfield Ave., W. Eighth St., Park Ave., W. Ninth St. and Madison Ave., and Randolph Rd. , Plainfield
Dreamyunicorn123, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church (added 2007 - - #07000877)
138-142 Broad St. , Summit Town
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Randolph, Rev. Florence Spearing
Area of Significance:
Social History, Black, Religion, Other
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Waring, Orville, T., House (added 1979 - - #79003252)
Also known as Runyon Funeral Home
900 Park Ave. , Plainfield
Dreamyunicorn123, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smith,Charles H.
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
Westfield Fire Headquarters (added 1980 - - #80002524)
405 North Ave., W. , Westfield
Rcbutcher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Darsh,Charles H., Goltra,John
Architectural Style:
Other, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Fire Station
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Fire Station
Whyman House (added 1986 - - #86000705)
Also known as Whyman Parish House
705 Newark Ave. , Elizabeth
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence
Woodruff House (added 1978 - - #78001800)
111--113 Conant St. , Hillside
Skarwowski, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Young Women's Christian Association of Plainfield and North Plainfield (added 1998 - - #98000232)
Also known as YWCA pf Plainfield and North Plainfield
232 W. Front St. , Plainfield
Dreamyunicorn123, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Walter Kidde & Co. Inc., ware, Arthur
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic

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