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See also: Oldest buildings in America

This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of New Jersey in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in New Jersey and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier.

Building Image Location First Built Use Notes
C. A. Nothnagle Log House Gibbstown ca. 1638-43 Residence Purportedly the oldest surviving log house in the U.S. and the oldest house in New Jersey
Seventeenth Century Clark House Rahway ca. 1650 Residence Possibly oldest house in state
Sip Manor[1][2] Jersey City
Westfield 		1666 Residence Relocated in 1926[3]
Revell House Burlington 1685 Residence
Ladd's Castle West Deptford ca. 1688-90 Residence Home to the surveyor who assisted William Penn in planning Philadelphia
Newkirk House[4] Jersey City ca.1690 Commericial Originally built as farmhouse
Caesar Hoskins Log Cabin Mauricetown 1690 Residence
Jonathan Pyne House Cape May 1694 Residence
Steuben House New Bridge Landing 1695 Residence
St. John's Parsonage Elizabeth 1696 Parsonage
Schorn Log Cabin Swedesboro ca.1700 Granary One of the oldest Swedish-Finnish log buildings in America, adjacent to Trinity Church Cemetery, Swedesboro
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, New Jersey Burlington 1703 Religious Oldest church in New Jersey
Seaville Friends Meeting House[5] Seaville 1717 Religous Oldest Friends meeting house
William Trent House Trenton 1719 Residence
Daniel Demarest House Dumont 1724 Residence
Buccleuch Mansion New Brunswick 1739 Residence
Van Vorst Farmhouse[6] Jersey City ca. 1740 Residence
Van Wagenen House Jersey City ca 1740s Unoccupied Undergoing restoration per 2009
Cornelius Low House File:Low 100 0915.jpg Piscataway 1741 Residence
Nassau Hall Princeton 1754 Academic Housed the entire United States government in 1783
Old Barracks Trenton 1758 Military Last of its type, now National Historic Landmark & museum
Proprietary House Perth Amboy 1762 Government Oldest remaining colonial proprietary governor's residence in the original Thirteen States
Sandy Hook Light File:SH Light.jpg Sandy Hook 1764 Light house Oldest surviving lighthouse in the United States.
Ford Mansion Morristown 1772 Residence The headquarters of George Washington and the Continental Army during the "Hard Winter" from December 1779 until May 1780.
New Jersey State House Trenton 1792 Government Second oldest state house in continuous use in the U.S.[7]
Old Queens New Brunswick 1809 Academic Oldest building at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Spermacetti Cove Life-saving Station Sandy Hook
Highlands 		1849 Martime Last surviving of first federally built United States Life-Saving Service stations
Relocated from Fort Hancock to Navesink Twin Lights in 1954[8][9]
Ramsey Station Ramsey 1868 Railroad Station Oldest passenger station in service in New Jersey
Chalfonte Hotel[10] Cape May 1876 Hotel oldest continously operated hotel on the East Coast of the USA
Congregation Adas Emuno (New Jersey) Leonia 1883 Synagogue Oldest surviving synagogue in New Jersey
Weehawken Water Tower Weehawken 1883 Water tower Possibly oldest water tower
East Jersey State Prison East Jersey State Prison 1901 Prison
Better known by its original name, Rahway State Prison
26 Journal Square Jersey City 1926 Commercial Possibly oldest skyscraper, originally the Labor Bank Building
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Forked River 1969 Nuclear power station Oldest operating nuclear power station in the United States


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References

  1. ^ Sip Manor
  2. ^ Sip Manor
  3. ^ Shalhoub, Patrick B (Oct. 1, 1995). Images of America: Jersey City. Arcadia Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 0-7524-0255-2. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Newkirk House
  5. ^ http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5X3Z_OLDEST_Quaker_Meeting_House_in_New_Jersey_Seaville_NJ
  6. ^ Van Vorst Farmhouse
  7. ^ NJ State House Official Website
  8. ^ Twin Lights Historic Society
  9. ^ [ttp://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/lssacces.html National Park Service: Life-saving Stations]
  10. ^ Chalfonte Hotel
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