National Register Listing
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
Mendham Historic District (Boundary Increase)
E. & W. Main Sts., Peacock Ln., Hampton St., Hilltop & Talmage Rds., Mendham Borough, NJ Local significance of the district: Architecture; Community Planning And Development
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
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.
The first recorded boardwalk in the world was built in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1870. The boardwalk was originally constructed as a way to keep sand out of the city's hotels and railway cars.