• A waterfall in the park

    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 »

Properties on the National Register

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES: Pennsylvania

Pike County PA

Callahan House Milford PA: July 23, 1979
Metz Ice Plant Milford PA: November 19, 2007
Minisink Archeological Site from Milford PA south:
     (Also in Sussex County NJ) April 19, 1993 current archeology
Marie Zimmermann Farm Milford PA: November 1, 1979
Dingmans Ferry Dutch Reformed Church (Phoenix Antiques) Dingmans Ferry PA: 
     July 23, 1979
Brodhead Farm Bushkill PA: July 23, 1979
Nyce Farm Bushkill PA: July 23, 1979
Peters House Bushkill PA: August 24, 1979
Turn Store and Tinsmith's Shop Bushkill PA: September 18, 1978

Monroe County PA

Schoonover Mountain House Bushkill PA: August 21, 1979
Captain Jacob Shoemaker House Bushkill PA: July 17, 1979
Cold Spring Farm Springhouse Bushkill PA on McDade Trail:  August 24, 1979
John Turn Farm Bushkill PA on McDade Trail: July 23, 1979
Zion Lutheran Church (Zion Church Road, near McDade Trail): November 9, 1972

Northampton County PA

None

 

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES: New Jersey

Sussex County NJ

Foster Armstrong House Montague NJ: July 23, 1979
Millville Historic and Archeological District (north of Montague NJ): January 30, 1984
Minisink Archeological Site from Montague NJ south:
     (Also in Pike County PA) April 19, 1993 current archeology
Peters Valley Historic District Peters Valley NJ: February 29, 1980 Greek Revival
Andrew Snable House Walpack Center NJ: July 23, 1979
Walpack (Wallpack) Center Historic District Walpack Center NJ: July 17, 1980
Richard Layton House Walpack Center NJ: July 23, 1979
Shoemaker-Houck Farm Walpack Center NJ: July 23, 1979
Village of Walpack Center | Walpack Church | Walpack Parsonage
Old Mine Road Historic District NJ Route 206 south to Coppermine Inn NJ:
     (Also in Warren County NJ) December 3, 1980

Warren County NJ

 Old Mine Road Historic District NJ Route 206 south to Copper Mine Access NJ:
     (Also in Sussex County NJ) December 3, 1980

 

What makes a structure "historic"? (pdf file - 2 pages)

 

National Register of Historic Places
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New Jersey Historic Preservation Office
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

National Designations of the park (under Management)

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...