James Townley House, Elizabeth

Name: James Townley House
Address: Elizabeth, United States

#13 among attractions in Elizabeth

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The James Townley House is a historic house on the campus of Kean University located at the intersection of Morris Avenue and Green Lane in Union Township, Union County, New Jersey. Built c. 1796, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1979, for its significance in architecture. ()

Coordinates: 40°40'54"N, 74°14'4"W

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WestminsterElizabeth United States

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James Townley House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Liberty Hall Museum, Ritz Theatre, St. John's Episcopal Church, Evergreen Cemetery.

0.5 miSE
Museum, History museum
Liberty Hall Museum, Elizabeth
14 min walk • The Liberty Hall Museum, located in Union, Union County, New Jersey, United States, is a historic home where many leading influential people lived. It is now a museum. Originally a fourteen-room Georgian-style house, it was built in 1772. Liberty Hall stands today as a fifty-room Victorian Italianate mansion.
1.6 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Ritz Theatre, Elizabeth
42 min walk • The Ritz Theatre in Elizabeth, New Jersey is a performing arts center. The Ritz was built on the site of the 1865 Drake Opera House/People's Theatre/Star Theatre/ Jacob's Theatre/Proctor's Theatre.
1.6 miSE
Church
St. John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth
41 min walk • St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 61 Broad Street in the historic heart of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Now part of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey headquartered in Trenton, it was founded in 1706 by missionaries of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, London, England.
1.4 miNE
Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery, Elizabeth
37 min walk • Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory is a cemetery and crematorium located at 1137 North Broad Street, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey. Parts of it are in Hillside, Elizabeth, and Newark.
~1230 ftS
Universities and schools
Kean University, Elizabeth
6 min walk • Kean University is a public university in Union and Hillside, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as the Newark Normal School.