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Rocky Hill Historic District

Rocky Hill Historic District
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First Reformed Church, built 1856 in Carpenter Gothic style
Rocky Hill Historic District is located in Somerset County, New Jersey
Rocky Hill Historic District
Rocky Hill Historic District is located in New Jersey
Rocky Hill Historic District
Rocky Hill Historic District is located in the US
Rocky Hill Historic District
Location Washington St., Montgomery, Crescent, and Princeton Aves. in Rocky Hill, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°24′01.0″N 74°38′14.9″W / 40.400278°N 74.637472°W / 40.400278; -74.637472
Area 176 acres (71 ha)
Built 18th and 19th centuries
Architect Multiple
Architectural style Vernacular, Carpenter Gothic
NRHP reference # 82003304
NJRHP # 2580
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 8, 1982
Designated NJRHP January 14, 1982

The Rocky Hill Historic District encompasses the historic core of Rocky Hill, New Jersey along Washington St., Montgomery, Princeton, and Crescent Aves. The village is approximately one square mile and traces its beginnings to the 18th century, when George Washington stayed at Rockingham, and its major growth period to the second quarter of the 19th century. The district encompasses 145 buildings, only 12 of which are non-contributing, and has sustained its historic character without the intrusion of modern structures or parking lots. The most notable landmark in the village is First Reformed Church, built in 1856 in the Carpenter Gothic style.

The no longer extant Pennsylvania Railroad depot in Rocky Hill, with the Delaware and Raritan Canal and the smokestack of the Power Station in the background

Workmen at the Atlantic Terracotta works, a major producer of architectural terracotta until its demise in the 1930s



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