National Register of Historic Places
Sand Brook Historic District
Sand Brook, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
The record
- Listed
- July 17, 2013
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- Cty. Rd. 523, Sand Brook-Headquarters & Britton Rds., Sand Brook
- County
- Hunterdon
- State
- New Jersey
- Contributing resources
- 16 buildings, 6 structures, 2 sites
- Coordinates
- 40.47014, -74.91652
- Reference number
- 13000497
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The story
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The Sand Brook Historic District covers 27 acres along County Road 523 and the Sand Brook-Headquarters and Britton roads in Sand Brook, Hunterdon County, and was listed in the National Register in 2013. Its buildings show Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with local significance in community planning and development and architecture. Its significance runs from about 1770 to 1902, reflecting the road laid out in 1770 along the present Sand Brook-Headquarters Road.
Physical character
The district has stone foundations and walls of stone, wood and stucco, including stucco-clad rubble stone and stucco scored to resemble ashlar stone. Other features are paired entries with two-vertical-panel doors, 2/2 and 6/6 sash windows, and stone retaining walls.
Historical context
Samuel Kitchen owned a mill property at Sand Brook by 1770, and Elizabeth Rea bought a farm and grist mill at auction in 1838. A splinter German Baptist congregation was organized in 1849 under John P. Moore, and the Sand Brook Historical Association used the church as a community center in the 1960s. Charles W. Moore opened a store in 1868 that burned in 1900, and a replacement store and residence was built about 1902. By 1873 the hamlet had reached its zenith, with wheelwright and blacksmith shops, and its post office moved to Stockton in 1959.