Salisbury Farm (Bridgeport, New Jersey) Explained

Salisbury Farm
Nearest City:Bridgeport, New Jersey
Added:March 7, 1979
Refnum:79001489
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:April 12, 1976
Designated Other1 Number:1397[1]
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Color:
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Salisbury Farm, also known as the Salisbury Site, is a 5acres prehistoric and historic archaeological site located in the Bridgeport section of Logan Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. Located in the vicinity of Raccoon Creek and the Delaware River, it was the site of both Native American habitation and of early colonial settlement in the mid-17th century. The site, first investigated under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration in 1937, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1979.[1] [2] In 1939, the State Archaeologist Dorothy Cross may have found two possible earthfast buildings from the 1670s to 1680s occupation of the Salisbury site.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Gloucester County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office . 6 . December 20, 2022 .
  2. Book: Sansevere . Keri . The Most Ancient Village in Our Country: Interpreting Forgotten Colonial Material at the Salisbury Site . 2008 . Department of History and Anthropology, Monmouth University.
  3. Gall . Michael J. . Richard F. . Veit . Robert W. . Craig . Rich Man, Poor Man, Pioneer, Thief: Rethinking Earthfast Architecture in New Jersey . Historical Archaeology . 2011 . 39–61 . 45. 4.