Moses Craig Lime Kilns

Moses Craig Lime Kilns
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	122 Main Street, Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°42′44″N 74°39′27″W
Built	c. 1860
Built by	Moses Craig
NRHP reference No.	100003610[1][2]
NJRHP No.	5411[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 11, 2019
Designated NJRHP	October 29, 2018

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 c. 1860, the lime kilns, listed as the Moses Craig Limekilns, were added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 2019.^[2][4] The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills acquired the site in 1998. The kilns were subsequently transferred to the borough in 2019.^[5]

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 26 feet (7.9 m) high. The site is now a small park with information signs about the lime kilns.^[5][6]

Information sign

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey
• List of lime kilns in the United States

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#100003610)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "Weekly List 20190426". National Park Service. April 26, 2019.
3. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 11, 2023. p. 13.
4. "Limestone Kilns". Somerset County Tourism.
5. "The Moses Craig Lime Kilns". The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills.
6. "Somerset Hills Landmarks: Moses Craig Lime Kilns". The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills.

External links

• Media related to Moses Craig Limekilns at Wikimedia Commons
• "Moses Craig Lime Kilns". Historical Marker Database.