New Jersey Hall

New Jersey Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	73 Hamilton Street New Brunswick, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°29′58″N 74°26′51″W / 40.49944°N 74.44750°WCoordinates: 40°29′58″N 74°26′51″W / 40.49944°N 74.44750°W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1889
Architect	George K. Parsell
Architectural style	Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	75001144[1]
NJRHP #	1876[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 24, 1975
Designated NJRHP	June 5, 1974

New Jersey Hall is a historic education building located on the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.^[3] Built in 1889 under the leadership of President Merrill Edward Gates, it housed the Agricultural Experiment Station.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1975.

History

New Jersey Hall was built from funds authorized by the New Jersey state legislature to construct an "Agricultural Hall" to house the State Experiment Station (now part of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, formerly Cook College). It initially housed the college's departments of Chemistry and Biology. Today, New Jersey Hall houses the university's Department of Economics and the New Jersey Bureau of Economic Research.^[4] It is primarily an office building.

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. May 28, 2014. p. 6.
3. Barr, Michael C. (February 24, 1975). "NRHP Nomination: New Jersey Hall" (PDF). National Park Service. "Accompanying 2 photos, from before 1974." (PDF).
4. "Paths to Historic Rutgers: A Self-Guided Tour". Rutgers University. Retrieved 2006-09-10.

External links

• Media related to New Jersey Hall at Wikimedia Commons