Beattystown Historic District | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Nocat: | yes |
Coordinates: | 40.8136°N -74.8428°W |
Map Label: | Beattystown Historic District |
Architecture: | Greek Revival, Stick/eastlake |
Added: | September 28, 1990 |
Refnum: | 90001449 |
Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
Designated Other1 Date: | August 10, 1990 |
Designated Other1 Number: | 2770[1] |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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The Beattystown Historic District is a 35acres historic district in the village of Beattystown in Mansfield Township of Warren County, New Jersey, United States. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 28, 1990 for its significance in architecture, commerce, industry, and settlement pattern from 1762 to 1929. It includes 32 contributing buildings.[2]
Beattystown was founded around 1762 with the establishment of the George Beatty Mill along the Musconetcong River. The former Presbyterian Church, now Skylands Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, was built around 1882 and features Eastern Stick style. The Iron Ore Scale House was built in the 1880s for the Shield Iron Ore mines. The brick Johnson General Store was built around 1830. The four-story stone S.B. Fisher Grist Mill, also known as the Beattystown Mill, was built around 1800–1810.[2]