National Register Listing

Westervelt, John, House

a.k.a. The Nutshell

29 The Parkway, Harrington Park, NJ
Local significance of the building:
Exploration/settlement; Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
About National Register Listings

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.

New Jersey was the site of the first organized baseball game, played in Hoboken on June 19, 1846. The New York Nine defeated the Knickerbockers 23-1 in a game that lasted four innings.