Port Murray Historic District

Port Murray Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
McCrea Memorial Methodist Church on Main Street
Location	Roughly, Port Murray Road from Cherry Tree Bend Road to Hoffman Road Port Murray, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°47′31″N 74°54′51″W
Area	88 acres (36 ha)
Built	1828 (1828)
Architectural style	Italianate, Second Empire, Carpenter Gothic
NRHP reference No.	96000658
NJRHP No.	3499
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 7, 1996
Designated NJRHP	April 26, 1996

The Port Murray Historic District is a historic district in the Port Murray section of Mansfield Township, Warren County, New Jersey. It was an important transportation location, being on the Morris Canal and the Morris and Essex Railroad. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 7, 1996 for its significance in community development, architecture, and transportation from 1828 to 1915.

Gallery

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  Canal Store on the Morris Canal
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  Former train station on the Morris and Essex Railroad
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  Built by Samuel McCrea, used as Methodist Church Parsonage
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  Franco-Italianate Second Empire style house
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  Former Mansfield Baptist Church, currently the Abundant Life Community Church
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  Carpenter Gothic style house

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Warren County, New Jersey
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
• Port Colden Historic District

External links

• Media related to Port Murray Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
• "Morris Canal: Inclined Plane 5 West". The Historical Marker Database.
• "Main Street (CR629) over Washington Secondary DL&W RR" (PDF). New Jersey Historic Bridge Data: Warren County. New Jersey Department of Transportation: 158. Structure# 2154166
• "Port Murray (CR629) over Washington Sec (Conrail)". Bridge Reports – via National Bridge Inventory.