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Van Wyck Brooks Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Second Empire House at 935 Central Avenue
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Location	Roughly bounded by Plainfield Ave., W. Eighth St., Park Ave., W. Ninth St. and Madison Ave., and Randolph Rd. Plainfield, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°36′35″N 74°25′6″W / 40.60972°N 74.41833°W / 40.60972; -74.41833 (Van Wyck Brooks Historic District)
Area	99 acres (40 ha)
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Second Empire, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	85003337
NJRHP No.	2708
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1985
Designated NJRHP	October 7, 1985

The Van Wyck Brooks Historic District is a 99-acre (40 ha) historic district located in the city of Plainfield in Union County, New Jersey. Named after the author and literary critic Van Wyck Brooks, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1985, for its significance in architecture. The district includes 109 contributing buildings. The Orville T. Waring House was added individually to the NRHP in 1979 and contributes to the district.

History and description

The district is in a residential area of Plainfield. Most of the houses date from 1875 to 1925 and display various architectural styles. The house at 935 Central Avenue was built c. 1870 and features Second Empire architecture with a mansard roof. The house at 901 Madison Avenue was built c. 1875 with Victorian architecture. The Waring House, another Victorian, was built in 1881 for oil industry pioneer Orville Taylor Waring. The house at 305 Stelle Avenue was built in 1909 with Tudor Revival architecture and features a half-timbered look.

• Historic district sign
• Victorian house at 901 Madison Avenue
• Tudor Revival house at 305 Stelle Avenue

See also

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

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#85003337)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Union County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 29, 2022. p. 10.
3. ^ Grady, John (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Van Wyck Brooks Historic District". National Park Service. With accompanying 95 photos

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Van Wyck Brooks Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
• "Van Wyck Brooks Historic District". Friends of the Van Wyck Brooks Historic District.

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Landmarks	Baltusrol Golf Club Boxwood Hall William Livingston House
Districts	Belcher–Ogden Mansion; Benjamin Price House; and Price–Brittan House Historic District Cedar Brook Park Crescent Area Historic District Fanwood Park Historic District Feltville Historic District Green Brook Park Hillside Avenue Historic District Mid-Town Historic District North Avenue Commercial District Plainfield Civic District Stoneleigh Park Historic District Summit Downtown Historic District Van Wyck Brooks Historic District
Places of worship	All Souls Church First Congregation of the Presbyterian Church at Springfield First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth First Presbyterian Congregation of Connecticut Farms Grace Episcopal Church Saint Mary's Catholic Church Complex Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Cemetery Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church
Houses	Badgley House and Site Belcher–Ogden House Caldwell Parsonage Crane-Phillips House John De Camp House Nathaniel Drake House Charles N. Fowler House Elizabeth and Gershom Frazee House Deacon Andrew Hetfield House Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge Hutchings Homestead Littel–Lord Farmstead Miller-Cory House Oswald J. Nitschke House Old Baptist Parsonage William Edgar Reeve House Sayre Homestead Seventeenth Century Clark House Nathaniel Smith House St. John's Parsonage George A. Strong House James Townley House Twin Maples Orville T. Waring House Whyman House Woodruff House
Buildings	Droescher's Mill Elizabeth Station Fanwood Station Firehouse No. 4 Merchants and Drovers Tavern Murray Hill Station Netherwood Station Plainfield Central Fire Headquarters Plainfield Masonic Temple Plainfield Station Rahway Theatre Scotch Plains School Shady Rest Golf and Country Club Stage House Inn Summit Playhouse Union County Park Commission Administration Buildings Westfield Fire Headquarters Young Women's Christian Association of Plainfield and North Plainfield
Sites	Burial Ground of the Presbyterian Church in the West Fields of Elizabethtown Evergreen Cemetery Reeves-Reed Arboretum
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

• Plainfield, New Jersey
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• Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
• Historic districts in Union County, New Jersey
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