Mount Pleasant, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Alexandria First Presbyterian Church
Alexandria First Presbyterian Church
Mount Pleasant is located in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is located in New Jersey
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is located in the United States
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant
Coordinates: 40°34′48″N 75°3′0″W / 40.58000°N 75.05000°W / 40.58000; -75.05000
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyHunterdon
TownshipAlexandria
Elevation
[1]
89 m (292 ft)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID878576[1]

Mount Pleasant is an unincorporated community located along County Route 519 on the border of Alexandria Township and Holland Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.[1][2][3] The Mount Pleasant Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

History

The Presbyterian church was organized c. 1752 and worshipped in a log meeting house. The Mount Pleasant school was started before 1790. By the 1880s, the community had a post office, two stores, a mill, a blacksmith and a tavern.[4]

Historic district

Mount Pleasant Historic District
Mount Pleasant General Store
LocationCounty Route 519 and Rick Road
Area59 acres (24 ha)
Built1800 (1800)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal
NRHP reference No.87002012[5]
NJRHP No.1561[6]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 16, 1987
Designated NJRHPOctober 5, 1987

The Mount Pleasant Historic District is a 59-acre (24 ha) historic district encompassing the community along County Route 519 (Little York–Mount Pleasant Road) and Rick Road. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1987 for its significance in agriculture, architecture, commerce, settlement, and industry. It includes 34 contributing buildings.[3]

The Presbyterian Church, built in 1843, and the general store, built in the 1860s, feature vernacular Greek Revival style.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Pleasant". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Bertland, Dennis N. (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Pleasant Historic District". National Park Service. With accompanying 20 photos
  4. ^ Snell, James P. (1881). "Mount Pleasant". History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. pp. 423–427.
  5. ^ "National Register Information System – (#87002012)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  6. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Hunterdon County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 30, 2020. p. 1.

External links

Municipalities and communities of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States
National Register of Historic Places in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
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