Middlesex Avenue–Woodwild Park Historic District
344 Middlesex Avenue, the Applegate House
Middlesex Avenue–Woodwild Park Historic District is located in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Middlesex Avenue–Woodwild Park Historic District
Middlesex Avenue–Woodwild Park Historic District is located in New Jersey
Middlesex Avenue–Woodwild Park Historic District
Middlesex Avenue–Woodwild Park Historic District is located in the United States
Middlesex Avenue–Woodwild Park Historic District
LocationMiddlesex Avenue and surrounding streets
Metuchen, New Jersey
Coordinates40°32′47″N 74°21′32″W / 40.54639°N 74.35889°W / 40.54639; -74.35889
Area89 acres (36 ha)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission, Bungalow/Craftsman, Gothic, Queen Anne, Italianate, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.100001396[1]
NJRHP No.5349[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 31, 2017
Designated NJRHPJune 5, 2017

The Middlesex Avenue–Woodwild Park Historic District is a 89-acre (36 ha) historic district located in the borough of Metuchen in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 2017, for its significance in architecture, social history, community planning and development.[1] It includes 201 contributing buildings, five contributing objects, and one contributing site.[3] The Borough Improvement League House, also known as the Old Franklin Schoolhouse, was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1936,[4] and St. Luke's Episcopal Church in 1960.[5]

Selected properties that are key, that is, the most important to the district in terms of architecture or history, as described by the nomination form. The Corbin House was built around 1910 with Colonial Revival architecture. The Metuchen Public Library, built 1937, is another Colonial Revival building. The Old Franklin Schoolhouse was built around 1807 with Greek Revival architecture. St. Luke's Episcopal Church was completed in 1869 with Carpenter Gothic architecture.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System – (#100001396)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Middlesex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 11, 2023. p. 4.
  3. 1 2 Zerbe, Nancy; Reuter, Tyreen; Newman, Margaret (April 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Middlesex Avenue–Woodwild Park Historic District". National Park Service. With accompanying 40 photos.
  4. ↑ "Borough Improvement League House". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1936.
  5. ↑ "St. Luke's Episcopal Church". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1960.
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