The –OgdenMansionBenjaminPriceHouseandPrice–Belcher–Ogden Mansion; Benjamin Price House; and Price–Brittan House Historic District is a historic district located on East Jersey Street in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1986, for its significance in architecture and exploration/settlement. It is located near Boxwood Hall and is in the heart of colonial Elizabethtown, the first English-speaking settlement in what became the Province of New Jersey.
Belcher–Ogden House
The Belcher–Ogden House, also known as the Governor Jonathan Belcher Mansion, at 1046 East Jersey Street was built in 1742 and documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1936. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 2, 1978, for its significance in architecture and politics/government.
Nathaniel Bonnell House
The Nathaniel Bonnell House, at 1045 East Jersey Street, is the oldest house in Elizabeth. Nathaniel Bonnell, a native of New Haven, Connecticut, and a member of Elizabeth's incorporating organization, the Elizabeth Associates, built the house himself sometime before 1682—some think as early as 1670 with the birth of his first child. Bonnell served as a member of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey in 1692 and the last official reference to him is as a signer of the 1696 petition for relief against the oppression of the Lords Proprietor.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey
First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth
Jonathan Belcher
Jonathan Belcher (jurist) Aaron Ogden List of museums in New Jersey List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey