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| Six Mile Run Historic District | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Franklin Township, New Jersey  United States |
| Area: | 64,450 acres |
| Added to NRHP: | October 25, 1995 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 95001191 |
Six Mile Run has been used to name several different but related features in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
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Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places defines the Six Mile Run Historic District as roughly bounded by Grouser Road, Amwell Road, Bennetts Lane, New Jersey Route 27, a diagonal line from the bridge at Six Mile Run to South Middlebush Road at Clairmont, Butler Road and the Millstone River. It includes a portion of the Delaware and Raritan Canal and the Blackwells Mills Canal House that are separately listed on the National Register. It contains 149 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites and 44 contributing structures.
Examples of Six Mile Run Historic District contributing buildings are the three Meadows Foundation maintained properties listed here:
- Van Liew-Suydam House, 280 South Middlebush Road. It was built in the 1700s by Peter Van Liew. Joseph Suydam later built the part of the house that is visible today. The newest and largest portion of the house was built in 1875. Although the most recent long term owner of the house was named French, the house has been named after its two initial owners.
- Hageman Farm, 209 South Middlebush Road
- Wyckoff-Garretson House, 215 South Middlebush Road
Historic Village Name
Six Mile Run is the historic name for an unincorporated area within portions of North Brunswick Township and South Brunswick Township in Middlesex County and Franklin Township in Somerset County, in New Jersey, United States. Route 27 (historically known as Old Road/King's Highway and once part of the Lincoln Highway system) bisects the village and serves as the dividing line between the two counties.1. The village name was formally changed from Six Mile Run to Franklin Park on June 25, 1872.2
Six Mile Run Reformed Church
In 1710, a congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church (now the Reformed Church in America) was formed at Six Mile Run. The first building was replaced by a new building in 1766 and was later replaced in 1817 by a third structure on the same site. The current building replaced the 1817 church that was destroyed by fire in 1879. The Frelinghuysen Memorial Chapel was added in 1907 and the Fellowship Hall was dedicated in 1958.3
Six Mile Run Reservoir
The proposed Six Mile Run Reservoir Site is adjacent to the Delaware and Raritan Canal and included a large portion of the Six Mile Run Watershed in central Franklin Township. In 1970, the land for the reservoir was acquired by the State through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Resources as a future reservoir and recreation area and included many of the properties later listed as contributing to the Six Mile National Register Historic District. The reservoir was never built, and in 1993 the area was transferred to the Division of Parks and Forestry. (see http://www.dandrcanal.com/pdf/6MileRun_HuntingMap.pdf for map showing boundary of reservoir site)
Six Mile Run Reservoir section of the Delaware and Raritan State Park
Today the Six Mile Run Reservoir site is maintained as a State Park and includes several trails that are used primarily by mountain bikers, hikers, and horseback riders. It has 7-8 miles of twisting single track maintained by Jorba. Access to the park can be found at the large parking lot on Canal Road near Blackwells Mills Road, from the parking lot of the private soccer club on Route 27, and from several smaller packing areas on roads that traverse the park. (see http://www.dandrcanal.com/interest.html#sixmile for more information and trail maps, see http://www.dandrcanal.com/pdf/6MileRun_HuntingMap.pdf for parking areas)
Stream and Watershed
Six Mile Run is a tributary of the Millstone River that, with its tributaries, drains a large area in central Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey and as well western portions of North Brunswick and South Brunswick Townships in Middlesex County, New Jersey. (see http://www.thewatershed.org/wm_category1_lvl2.php?id=C0_163_135)
See also
References
- ^ William B. Brahms, Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ: A History, FTPL; ISBN 0-9668586-0-3 page 412
- ^ William B. Brahms, Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ: A History, FTPL; ISBN 0-9668586-0-3 page 414
- ^ William B. Brahms, Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ: A History, FTPL; ISBN 0-9668586-0-3 page 543
External links
- Six Mile Run, New Jersey is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Six Mile Run Reformed Church
- NJ Churchscape: Six Mile Run Reformed Church
- Somerset County listings at the National Register of Historic Places
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