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Short Hills Park Historic District
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Stores opposite train station in downtown Short Hills, 2007
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| Location: | Millburn, NJ |
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| Nearest city: | Summit |
| Area: | 1,000 acres (4 km²) |
| Built: | 1877-early 20th centuries |
| Architect: | M.H. Baillie Scott, Albro & Lindeberg, others |
| Architectural style: | Queen Anne, Shingle, various contemporary revival styles. |
| Governing body: | Private residences, businesses, Township of Millburn |
| NRHP Reference#: | 80002482 |
| Added to NRHP: | 1980 |
The Short Hills Park Historic District is the oldest area of that unincorporated community in Millburn, New Jersey, United States. It consists of roughly a thousand acres (4 km²) with 125 buildings, mostly homes, in the area developed earliest by Stewart Hartshorn, whose goal was to create an "ideal town" for living close to nature and the countryside on the 1,550 acres (6.3 km2) he bought in the area in 1877. Many of the streets follow natural contours, and Hartshorn routed them to leave as many trees standing as possible.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Millburn regulates development and redevelopment within it through a special section of its zoning.
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