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For other places with similar names, see Mount Pleasant, New Jersey.

Mount Pleasant is an unincorporated community located along County Route 519 on the border of Alexandria Township and Holland Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.[1][2][3] The Mount Pleasant Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

History

The Presbyterian church was organized c. 1752 and worshipped in a log meeting house. The Mount Pleasant school was started before 1790. By the 1880s, the community had a post office, two stores, a mill, a blacksmith and a tavern.[4]

Historic district

The Mount Pleasant Historic District is a 59-acre (24 ha) historic district encompassing the community along County Route 519 (Little York–Mount Pleasant Road) and Rick Road. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1987 for its significance in agriculture, architecture, commerce, settlement, and industry. It includes 34 contributing buildings.[3]

The Presbyterian Church, built in 1843, and the general store, built in the 1860s, feature vernacular Greek Revival style.[3]

  • Vernacular Greek Revival house
    Vernacular Greek Revival house

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Pleasant". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 1, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Bertland, Dennis N. (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Pleasant Historic District". National Park Service. With accompanying 20 photos
  4. ^ Snell, James P. (1881). "Mount Pleasant". History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. pp. 423–427.
  5. ^ "National Register Information System – (#87002012)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  6. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Hunterdon County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 30, 2020. p. 1.

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey