Dennisville Historic District

Dennisville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Methodist Church, built 1870
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Location	Petersburg Road, Main Street, Church Road, Hall Avenue, Fidler and Academy Roads, and NJ 47, Dennisville, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°11′34″N 74°49′16″W / 39.19278°N 74.82111°W / 39.19278; -74.82111Coordinates: 39°11′34″N 74°49′16″W / 39.19278°N 74.82111°W / 39.19278; -74.82111
Area	60 acres (24 ha)
Architect	Wentzell, Frank; Et al.
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP Reference #	87000848[1]
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1987

Dennisville Historic District is a historic district in the unincorporated community of Dennisville in Dennis Township, Cape May County, New Jersey. The district is bounded by Petersburg Road, Main Street, Church Road, Hall Avenue, Fidler and Academy Roads, and Route 47 It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Dennisville, originally named Dennis Creek, was founded in 1726. The buildings in the district are classified into three periods: 1750-1810, accounting for about 12% of the extent buildings; 1811-1870, accounting for the majority of buildings; and 1871-1899, accounting for about 25% of the buildings.^[2]

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  Johnson House, c. 1740
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  Crawford House, c. 1810
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  Schoolhouse, 1874
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  Chester House, 1898

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National Register of Historic Places in Cape May County, New Jersey
Historic districts	Cape May Historic District Dennisville Historic District Marshallville Historic District Ocean City Residential Historic District South Tuckahoe Historic District
Other properties	Avalon Life Saving Station J. Thompson Baker House Battery 223 Thomas Beesley Jr. House Thomas Beesley Sr. House Brandywine Shoal Light Calvary Baptist Church Cape May Light Caribbean Motel Chateau Bleu Motel Owen Coachman House Cold Spring Grange Hall Cold Spring Presbyterian Church Joseph Falkinburg House Fire Control Tower No. 23 Fishing Creek Schoolhouse The Flanders Hotel John Wesley Gandy House Hangar No. 1-United States Naval Air Station Wildwood Hereford Inlet Light George Hildreth House John Holmes House Thomas Leaming House Henry Ludlam House Thomas Ludlam Jr. House Marine National Bank New Asbury Methodist Episcopal Meetinghouse Ocean City 34th Street Station Ocean City City Hall Ocean City Tenth Street Station Octagonal Poultry House Old Cape May County Courthouse Building Jonathan Pyne House Reeves-Iszard-Godfey House Rio Grande Station Saint Peter's-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church TBM-3E "Avenger" Torpedo Bomber Warplane William S. Townsend House Tuckahoe Station U.S. Life-Saving Station No. 35 Whilldin-Miller House Woodbine Brotherhood Synagogue
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape May County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey