Historic

Historic is a New Jersey historical marker in Burlington County.

This Burlington County Jail was designed, 1808, by Robert Mills, Marker is at the intersection of High Street and Grant Street, on noted Federal architect. His plan still influences penal building.

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Prison

TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1689 · A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into countyes, townships… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1807 · Armees Americaine et Britannique en 1776 et 1777 dans le Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1880 · The state of New Jersey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1888 · Mount Holly, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties, 1872, covering the location of Historic, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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Historicunder 1 mi
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On the National Register nearby

Burlington County Prison90 ft

Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.