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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1L_mt-pisgah-african-methodist-episcopal-church_Salem-NJ.html
Mt. Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church. Salem, New Jersey. has been designated a National Historic Landmark. This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. Reuben Cuff founded this ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NX9_first-presbyterian-church-of-salem_Salem-NJ.html
Top panelNew Jersey Register of Historic Places 1974; National Register of Historic Places 1975; Significant for its Romanesque and Gothic ecclesiastical architecture, its steeple structural design and for being a work of architect John McArthur, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NX8_underground-railroad-station_Salem-NJ.html
From 1836 through the Civil War, this house was a beacon to enslaved African Americans escaping north. Here abolitionists Abigail and Elizabeth Good provided funds and supplies to the runaways for their journey to Freedom.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NX6_salem-county-historical-society-museum-and-library_Salem-NJ.html
The handsome pattern brickwork of this house is typical of the 18th century Salem County architecture. In addition to serving as a residence, these buildings once housed a temperance hotel and medical offices. John S. Rock, the first African-Ameri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NX5_fenwick-building_Salem-NJ.html
1891 Built as Ford's Hotel. 1919 Converted to Salem County Memorial Hospital in memoriam to WWI soldiers and sailors. Opened with 30 beds, 12 physicians and surgeons. First year 1093 patients treated. 1951 Hospital vacated building relocating to M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NX4_salem-county-office-building_Salem-NJ.html
1798 Small brick building for County Clerk. 1804 Surrogate's addition built on northeast side. 1850 Design for new building by Philadelphia architect Gordon Parker Cummings. 1853 County Clerk & Surrogate building completion 36 x 48 Evidence of two…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NX3_old-courthouse_Salem-NJ.html
1692 First Courthouse probably of logs. 1706 Earliest Court minutes known. 1735 Second Courthouse built facing Market Street. 1817 Courthouse expanded for $772,582. 1819 Election defeated moving County seat. 1908 Main entrance added facing Broadway
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NVI_new-johnson-hall_Salem-NJ.html
Built in 1806, was the residence of Col. Robert Gibbon Johnson, historian, agriculturist and champion of "New Jersey tomatoes."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTK6_the-alloway-creek-watershed_Salem-NJ.html
The Alloway Creek WatershedWetland Restoration SiteThe Alloway Creek Watershed Site encompasses approximately 3,096 acres of wetland and upland edge in Elsinboro and Lower Alloway Creek Township, Salem County. This site follows the north side of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTK4_waving-acres-of-grass_Salem-NJ.html
Salt marshes are one of the most productive habitats in the world and possess many surprising qualities and benefits - protecting the mainland from flooding and the effects of erosion, filtering sediments and some pollutants from the water, and pr…