Six Mile Run, New Jersey
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| Six Mile Run Historic District | |
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| (U.S. National Register of Historic Places) | |
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| Location: | Franklin Township, New Jersey  United States |
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| Area: | 64,450 acres |
| Added to NRHP: | October 25, 1995 |
| Reference #: | 95001191 |
Six Mile Run is a section of Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, named for a tributary that runs six-miles until it reaches the Raritan River. The area contains a National Registry of Historic Places Historic District.
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[edit] National Registry of Historic Places
The National Registry of Historic Places defines the Six Mile Run Historic District as roughly bounded by Grouse Rd., Amwell Rd., Bennetts Ln., NJ 27, Bunker Hill Rd. and the Millstone R., Franklin Park, and it contains the Delaware and Raritan Canal and the Blackwells Mills Canal House. It also states that it contains 149 buildings and 44 structures.
[edit] Six Mile Run Reformed Church
The Reformed congregation at Six Mile Run was organized in 1710 by a mission sent out from the Three Mile Run church. The original building lasted until 1817, then a wood frame building was put up, but it burned in 1879 and the present building was erected.
[edit] Six Mile Run Reservoir
The Six Mile Run Reservoir Site is adjacent to the Delaware and Raritan Canal. In 1970, the land for the reservoir was acquired by New Jersey through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Resources as a future reservoir and recreation area. The reservoir was never built, and in 1993 the area was transferred to the Division of Parks and Forestry.
[edit] Historic houses
- Van Liew-Suydam House, 280 South Middlebush Road. It was built in the 1700s by Peter Van Liew. Joseph Suydam later built the part of the house that is visible today. The newest and largest portion of the house was built in 1875. Although the most recent long term owner of the house was named French, the house has been named after its two initial owners.
- Hageman Farm, 209 South Middlebush Road
- Wyckoff-Garretson House, 215 South Middlebush Road
[edit] Notable residents
Notable current and former residents include:
[edit] External links
- Six Mile Run
- NJ Churchscape: Six Mile Run Reformed Church
- Somerset County listings at the National Register of Historic Places
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- Street map from MapQuest or Google Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image from TerraServer-USA
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(County seat: Somerville) |
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| Boroughs | Bernardsville | Bound Brook | Far Hills | Manville | Millstone | North Plainfield | Peapack-Gladstone | Raritan | Rocky Hill | Somerville | South Bound Brook | Watchung |  |
| Townships | Bedminster | Bernards | Branchburg | Bridgewater | Franklin | Green Brook | Hillsborough | Montgomery | Warren | |
| Communities | Basking Ridge | Belle Mead | Blackwells Mills | Blawenburg | East Millstone | Flagtown | Griggstown | Harlingen | Lamington | Martinsville | Middlebush | Neshanic | North Branch | Pleasant Plains | Six Mile Run | Somerset | South Branch | Zarephath | |
| Historic houses | Meadows Foundation | Old Dutch Parsonage | Wallace House | |
