If a relaxing day in the country and a glimpse into the homes of an earlier era are what you are looking for, Colonial, Federal, and Victorian architecture abounds in Salem County. See a variety of historic buildings and private residences listed on the National Register of Historic Places which date to the early 1700s and are unique to Salem County.
1722 Abel & Mary Nicholson House
127 Ft. Elfsborg Road
Elsinboro, Twp., NJ 08079
Fort Mott State Park
454 Fort Mott Rd
Pennsville, NJ 08070
(856) 935-3218
Alliance Heritage Center
973 Gershal Ave.
Alliance, NJ 08318
(856) 696-4445
Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse
Buttonwood St.
Hancock’s Bridge, NJ 08038
(856) 935-4373
Alloway History Museum
Alloway Municipal Building
49 South Greenwich St.
Alloway, NJ 08001
856-935-4080
Finns Point National Cemetery
Ft. Mott Rd
Pennsville, NJ 08070
(609) 877-5460 or 880-0827
Finns Point Rear Range Lighthouse
Fort Mott Rd. and Lighthouse Rd.
Pennsville, NJ 08070
(609) 463-0994
Greater Elmer Area Historical Society
117 Broad St. Elmer, NJ 08318
856-358-6171
Hancock House State Historic Site
3 Front Street
Hancock’s Bridge, NJ 08038
(856) 935-4373
Historical Society of Penns Grove, Carneys Point, and Oldmans
48 W. Main St.
Penns Grove, NJ 08069
(856) 299-1556
Johan Printz Park Log Cabin
Market Street, Salem, NJ 08079
(856) 678-5511
Lower Alloways Creek Historic Log Cabin Museum
736 Smick Rd.
Canton, NJ 08001
(856) 935-1549
New Sweden Heritage Monument
Riverview Beach Park
90 N. Broadway
Pennsville, NJ 08070
Old Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church and Pittsgrove Log College
Daretown Rd.
Daretown, NJ 08318
(856) 358-1104
Pennsville Township Historical Society, Church Landing Farm
86 Church Landing Rd.
Pennsville, NJ 08070
(856) 678-4453
Pilesgrove-Woodstown Historical Society
42 N. Main St.
Woodstown, NJ 08098
856-769-4588
PSEG Energy & Environmental Resource Center
244 Chestnut St.
Salem, NJ 08079
(856) 339-3372
Salem City Fire Museum
166 East Broadway
Salem, NJ 08079
(856) 362-1550
Salem County Historical Society Museum
79-83 Market St.
Salem, NJ 08079
(856) 935-5004
Smith Burial Ground
Jericho Rd.
Quinton, NJ 08072
(856) 935-7510 x 8532