Road Up Raritan Historic District

Road Up Raritan Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location:	River Road Piscataway Township, New Jersey
Area:	1.2 mile linear
Governing body:	Local/private
NRHP Reference#:	97001146 [1]
NJRHP #:	3320 [2]
Added to NRHP:	1977

Isaac Onderdonk House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location:	685 River Road Piscataway Township, New Jersey
Built:	1750
Governing body:	local
NRHP Reference#:	73000116
NJRHP #:	1917
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	1973 [1]
Designated NJRHP:	1972[2]

Matthias Smock House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location:	851 River Road Piscataway Township, New Jersey
Built:	1720
Governing body:	local
NRHP Reference#:	73001117
NJRHP #:	1920
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	1973 [1]
Designated NJRHP:	1973[2]

Ephraim Fitz-Randolph House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location:	1050 River Road Piscataway Township, New Jersey
Governing body:	local
NRHP Reference#:	73001114
NJRHP #:	1910
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	1973 [1]
Designated NJRHP:	1972[2]

The Road Up Raritan Historic District is located in Piscataway, New Jersey,^[2][1] nearby the site of Raritan Landing, a important inland port on the Raritan River during the 18th and 19th centuries. The name is taken from an earlier colonial era name for what was once a Lenape path, Assunpink Trail that became a main road parallel to the river.^[3][4] Piscataway Township itself was formed on December 18, 1666^[5] as one of the first seven townships in East Jersey, and is one of oldest municipalities in the state.^[6] The district includes nine of fourteen historic homes along an approximately l.2 miles stretch of River Road.^[7] The Metlar-Bodine House^[8] and the Cornelius Low House are also in the immediate vicinity.

The buildings are:

• John Field House, 625 River Road - circa 1743
• W. Dunham House, (Originally Field House) 649 River Road - circa 1760
• Isaac Onderdonk House, 685 River Road - circa 1750
• Lewis Onderdonk House, 701 River Road - circa 1841
• John Onderdonk House, 730 River Road, first recorded deed, 1854
• Richard Field, Jr. House, 771 River Road - circa 1832
• Matthias Hendricke Smock House, 851 River Road - circa 1720
• Jonathan Smock House, 871 River Road - circa 1850
• Hendrick Smock House, 899 River Road - circa 1865

East Jersey Olde Towne Village is located at 1050 River Road 12-acre exhibition Johnson Park. The collection includes original, reconstructed, and replicated 18th and 19th century of vernacular architecture typical of farm and merchant communities of central New Jersey^[9], and include:

• Church of the Three Mile Run^[10][11][12]
• Jeremiah Dunn House ^[13]
• Fitzrandolph House ^[14][15]
• Indian Queen Tavern^[16][17]
• New Brunswick Barracks^[18]
• D. Runyon House, circa 1780 ^[19][20]
• Six Mile Run House^[21]
• Smalleytown Schoolhouse
• Vanderveer House, ca 1745^[22]

See also

• List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey
• Kings Highway
• Monmouth County Historical Association
• Meadows Foundation
• New Bridge Landing
• Six Mile Run

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "New Jersey - Middlesex County". National Register of Historic Places. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/nj/Middlesex/state2.html. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County". NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. June 2, 2011. p. 11. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/middlesex.pdf. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
3. ^ Gabrielen, Randall (2001), Piscataway Township, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 9780738504391, http://books.google.nl/books?id=Sx24XbQ4N40C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Piscataway+Township+Randall+Gabrielan&hl=nl&ei=GFYTTofeAYOeOqGZ1KUL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false 
4. ^ Dalley map 1762 From Perth Amboy to Trenton
5. ^ "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 172.
6. ^ Welcome to Piscataway, NJ, accessed February 8, 2007.
7. ^ "Piscatawy Historic Sites". Piscataway NJ.org. http://www.piscatawaynj.org/historic-sites. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
8. ^ "Metlar-Bodine House". NJ Proghouse. http://www.njproghouse.com/venue/metlarbodine.html. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
9. ^ "East Jersey Olde Towne Village". Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission. http://www.co.middlesex.nj.us/culturalheritage/village2.asp. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
10. ^ "Church of the Three Mile Run". http://www.lincolnbittner.com/church_of_the_three_mile_run.html. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
11. ^ "First Reformed Church of New Brunswick". First Reformed Church of New Brunswick. http://firstreformedchurch.net/history-of-frc/. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
12. ^ "First Reformed Church". New Jersey Churchscape. http://www.njchurchscape.com/NewBrunswick-FirstReformed.html. Retrieved 2011-05-20. 
13. ^ "Jeremiah Dunn House". http://www.lincolnbittner.com/dunn_house.html. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
14. ^ "Fitzrandolph House". http://www.lincolnbittner.com/fitzrandolph_house.html. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
15. ^ Dudley, William L. (March 29, 1929�). "Friendly Families: The Fitz-Randolphs". The Story of the Friends in Plainfield Including A History of Early Quaker Families. http://www.plainfieldquakers.org/history/dudley.asp. Retrieved 2011-07-17. "Nathaniel Fitz Randolph was the oldest son of the largest and most influential family in this part of the colony before the Revolution. The founder of these distinguished people in America was Edward Fitz Randolph, of England, who came to America in 1630. Nathaniel, eldest of ten children, was born at Barnstable, Mass., in 1642. He and his immediate descendants were the only members of this prominent family belonging to the Friends. It is thought Nathaniel joined the Society at his marriage in 1662. After removal to the neighborhood of Woodbridge, N.J., Nathaniel filled all the local and county offices. In 1704 his house was opened for weekly meetings of the Friends. He died in 1713." 
16. ^ "Indian Queen Tavern". http://www.lincolnbittner.com/indian_queen_tavern.html. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
17. ^ http://www.raritanmillstone.org/the_link/TheLink_vol7_issue3.pdf
18. ^ "New Brunswick Barracks". http://www.lincolnbittner.com/new_brunswick_barracks.html. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
19. ^ "Runyon House". http://www.lincolnbittner.com/runyon_house.html. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
20. ^ "Runyon House". https://sites.google.com/site/therunyontree/the-runyon-house. Retrieved 2011-07-07. 
21. ^ "Six Mile Run House". http://www.lincolnbittner.com/six_mile_run_house.html. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
22. ^ "Vanderveer House". Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission. http://www.jvanderveerhouse.com/_documents/JVH_Piscataway_Brochure.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 

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