Historic Areas in The United States National Park System
National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are often not also named NHLs per se. There are four of these in New Jersey. The National Park Service lists these three together with the NHLs in the state, These are:
| Landmark name |
Image | Date established | Location | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paterson Great Falls | 02011-11-07November 7, 2011 | Paterson | Passaic | A National Natural Landmark and site of mills and mill races originally developed by the Society of Useful Manufacture in late 1700s that are a Civil Engineering Landmark | ||
| Ellis Island (part of Statue of Liberty National Monument) | 01965-05-11May 11, 1965 | Jersey City | Hudson | Immigration processing depot from 1892-1954. A portion of Ellis Island is in New York. | ||
| Edison National Historic Site | 01962-09-05September 5, 1962 | West Orange | Essex | Inventor Thomas Alva Edison's laboratory and residence, Glenmont | ||
| Morristown National Historical Park | 01933-03-02March 2, 1933 | Morristown | Morris | American Revolutionary War sites: Jockey Hollow, Fort Nonsense, and Ford Mansion |
Read more about this topic: List Of National Historic Landmarks In New Jersey
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