Glen Ridge Historic District

The Glen Ridge Historic District is a historic district in Glen Ridge in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, originally listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places (NJRHP) in 1980 and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982 and later expanded in two boundary increases.^[4] It includes the Glen Ridge and the Benson Street train stations.^[5]

Glen Ridge Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Glen Ridge Station
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Coordinates	40°47′52″N 74°12′19″W
NRHP reference No.	82004784[1] (original) 88002155[1] (increase 1) 13000480[2] (increase 2)
NJRHP No.	1087[3] (original) 1088[4] (increase 1) 5259[4] (increase 2)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 9, 1982
Boundary increases	November 14, 1988 July 9, 2013
Designated NJRHP	October 3, 1980 (original) February 8, 1988 (increase 1) March 20, 2013 (increase 2)

Listings

Benson Street Station

Original

The first listing in the NJRHP on October 3, 1980 (#1087) and in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on August 9, 1982 (#82004784) included parts Ridgewood, Bloomfield, Midland, Maolis, Linden, Hawthorne, Hillside, Park, Essex, Bay, Woodland, Glen Ridge, Highland, Belleville, Sherman and Forest Avenues; Baldwin, Bay, Argyle, Herman, Washington, Lincoln, Summit, Clark, High, Thomas, Benson, & Osborne Streets; Clinton, Edgewood, Appleton, Douglas, Hamilton, Hillcrest, & Old Oak Roads; Astor, Chestnut Hill, Windsor, Appleton, Snowden, Darwin, Hathaway, Laurel, Marston, Outlook, & Washington Place; Mead and Wildwood Terraces; Wells, Rudd.^[4][5]

Boundary increase

The first boundary increase was added to the NJRHP (#1088) on February 8, 1988, and to the NRHP (#88002155) on November 11, 1988, and includes parts of Bay, Columbus, Forest, Hawthorne, Linden, Midland, Ridgewood & Sherman Avenues Glen Ridge Parkway; Adams, Avon, Chapman, Inness, Mitchell, & Stanford Places; Ardsley, Cambridge, Spencer, & Tuxedo roads; Carteret, Dodd, Lorraine, Madison, Oxford, Steeple, and Washington Streets; Ferncliff and Roswell Terraces.^[4]

Boundary increase #2

The second boundary increase, added to the NJRHP (#5259) on March 20, 2013 and to the NRHP (#13000480), radiates to the north and south of Ridgewood Avenue.^[4]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey
• Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)