Pluckemin Village Historic District

Pluckemin Village Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Pluckemin Presbyterian Church
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Location	U.S. Route 206 and Burnt Mills Road Bedminster, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°38′48″N 74°38′24″W
Area	43.5 acres (17.6 ha)
Built	1751 (1751)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate, Georgian
NRHP reference No.	82003303[1]
NJRHP No.	2465[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 26, 1982
Designated NJRHP	February 22, 1982

The Pluckemin Village Historic District is a 43.5-acre (17.6 ha) historic district located along U.S. Route 206 and Burnt Mills Road in the Pluckemin section of Bedminster Township in Somerset County, New Jersey. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 26, 1982, for its significance in architecture, commerce, education, and religion. It includes 33 contributing buildings.^[3]

Selected contributing properties

1757 Cornerstone of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, by entrance to Pluckemin Presbyterian Church The Pluckemin Presbyterian Church complex is central to the district, rated pivotal. The church was built in 1851. It is located on the site of the former St. Paul's Lutheran Church built in 1757. British Captain William Leslie, who died during the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777, is buried in the graveyard of the former church.[3]

Three historic houses The Daughaday House, Strupp House, and McKiernan House are pivotal contributions to the district.[3]

Center for Contemporary Art The Center for Contemporary Art was once a former township building and school. The two-story four-room Pluckemin School House was built in 1912 and is rated a pivotal building in the district.[3][4]

Pluckemin Inn The Pluckemin Inn, a restaurant and wine cellar - opened in 2005 and was built on the site of the revolutionary-war era tavern also called the Pluckemin Inn.[5] The tavern was a popular resting spot and refreshment choice for General Washington's continental army during the revolutionary war.[6] The building was built in 2005 and modeled after a revolutionary-war era farm house and is often quoted as the restaurant is situated within a "revolutionary war farm house." It is a contributing building due to the site it's on rather than the building iteself.[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#82003303)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 23, 2022. p. 1.
3. Ashton, Charles H. (July 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pluckemin Village Historic District". National Park Service. With accompanying 39 photos, from 1981
4. "History". The Center for Contemporary Art.
5. "How two N.J. establishments assembled a wine selection unlike any other - Jersey's Best". May 17, 2021. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
6. NJ.com, Craig Turpin | NJ Advance Media for (May 5, 2017). "More than Trump National: 11 things to know about Bedminster". nj. Retrieved March 1, 2022.

External links

• Media related to Pluckemin Village Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
• "Pluckemin School House, 1912". The Historical Marker Database.