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    Delaware Water Gap

    National Recreation Area NJ,PA

  • Closures

    A section of US Rt. 209 and several other areas remain closed until repairs are complete. More »

Features: Architectural & Building Styles

Most of these features were first published in the park's newsletter, Spanning the Gap (STG) or in the Cultural Resource Management magazine, CRM. STG and CRM features are pdf files.

For related pages in this website, and for links to other websites for each feature,
look up the feature under:

• NEWS: Park Newspaper-Features from Back Issues, by year (STG features) or under:
• NEWS: Park Newspaper-CRM Magazine, by topic (CRM features) 

Railroads (under Stories) | Roads, Bridges and Ferries (under Stories)

Millbrook Village NJ

 

ARCHITECTURAL STYLES

Barns: Survival of the Fittest (STG: Spring 1991 Vol. 13, No. 1) Style and structure of barns found in the recreation area, and what barns are being used for today; gallery of barns in the park. Additional sections on barns relocated to Millbrook Village NJ, and on gambrel roofs.

Designed with Nature, the Zimmermann Estate (STG: Summer 1991 Vol. 13, No. 2) The Zimmermann estate and Marie Zimmermann House in Milford PA.

Greece on the Delaware, the "Greek Revival" Style in the Park (STG: Fall & Winter 1991 Vol. 13, No. 3) Greek Revival style and its effects on architecture in the recreation area.

Designated Historic (STG: Fall/Winter 1993/1994 Vol. 15, No. 3) How a structure earns listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

Designing with Nature (STG: Summer 1994 Vol. 16, No. 2) Architectural design at Raymondskill Falls.

Separation of the church from the state of decay (Phoenix Antiques/Dutch Reformed Church) (under Places: Preservation & Re-use)

Upper Delaware Valley Cottages: A Simple Regional Dwelling Form CRM (Cultural Resource Management) Magazine: Saved from the Dam  Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Issue (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By historic preservation specialist Kenneth Sandri.

Mistress of Stylistic Blends: An Architectural Pictorial of the Minisink CRM (Cultural Resource Management) Magazine: Saved from the Dam  Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Issue (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By architect Thomas Solon.

Sympathy, Harmony, and New Architecture CRM (Cultural Resource Management) Magazine: Saved from the Dam  Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Issue (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By Barbara Campagna, architect and historic preservation partner.

 

More architecture is described under
Places: Individual Structures and Places: Preservation & Re-use

Photo Galleries on all subjects

Did You Know?

A young man in colonial uniform, with a musket

... that in the 1750s, the northwest border of New Jersey (now Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area) was a frontier of the English colonies. In the French & Indian (Seven Years) War, a string of forts protected these settlements. The sites of seven of these outposts are in the park. More...