Olcott Avenue Historic District

Olcott Avenue Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Portions of Olcott, Childsworth, and Highview Avenues, and Church Street, Bernardsville Borough, New Jersey
Area:	28 acres (11 ha)[2]
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	09000940[1]
Added to NRHP:	November 20, 2009[1]

The Olcott Avenue Historic District, in the Somerset County, New Jersey borough of Bernardsville, recognizes a neighborhood that was developed in the early 20th century.^[2]

According to the National Park Service:

The Olcott Avenue neighborhood in the borough of Bernardsville, located in northeast Somerset County, was developed at the turn of the 20th century as a carefully laid out middle class residential neighborhood. The streets in the district are characterized by lots of moderate size with regular setbacks with moderate to substantial dwellings constructed in a variety of late 19th and early 20th century architectural styles, several of which are particularly noteworthy examples. The original dwellings constructed during the first three decades or so of the 20th century all still stand and the streetscape has changed relatively little since curbs and sidewalks were added and the road was paved around 1916. Residents of the district have continued the long tradition of participation in civic activities.^[3]

The district was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 2009.^[1] The listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of December 4, 2009.^[4]:#

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerset County, New Jersey

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places". Weekly Listings. National Park Service. December 4, 2009. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20091204.htm. Retrieved January 1, 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Ann Parsekian, Janice Armstrong, and Dennis Bertland (December, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Olcott Avenue Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/weekly_features/OlcottAveHD.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-04.  (108 pages, with maps, historic photos, 36 recent color photos)
3. ^ "Weekly Highlight 12/04/2009 Olcott Avenue Historic District, Somerset County, New Jersey". http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/weekly_features/09_12_04_olcott_avenue_hd.htm. 
4. ^ "Weekly List Actions". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/nrlist.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-04.