Editing Tewksbury Township, New Jersey (section)

==Historic district==
The [[Oldwick Historic District]] is a {{convert|170|acre|adj=on}} national [[historic district (United States)|historic district]] located along [[County Route 517 (New Jersey)|County Route 517]] (Main Street), Church, King, James, Joliet and William streets in the historic [[Oldwick, New Jersey|Oldwick]] neighborhood of Tewksbury Township.

The community has been settled since the 1740s, when Ralph Smith bought land in the northern part of Oldwick. The construction of the Zion Lutheran Church in 1749 (remodeled in 1831) is a fixture of the community, as it utilizes the architectural style of vernacular Gothic/[[Greek Revival style|Greek revival]]. Other notable properties include the Tewksbury Inn (built in 1800 in the [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]] architectural style) and the Oldwick Methodist Church (built in 1865 in the [[Romanesque Revival style|Romanesque]] architectural style).<ref name="nrhpdoc"/>

The district was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on November 14, 1988, for its significance in architecture, commerce, and industry, and has a total of 127 [[contributing buildings]], 12 contributing structures, and one contributing site. Many of the buildings were documented by the [[Historic American Buildings Survey]].<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=88002153}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Oldwick Historic District |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|last1=Bertland|first1=Dennis |date=November 14, 1988 }} With {{NRHP url|id=88002153|photos=y|title=accompanying 24 photos, from 1983}}</ref>

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File:Zion Lutheran Church, Oldwick, NJ - south view.jpg|Zion Lutheran Church
File:55 Main Street, Oldwick, NJ - Tewksbury Inn.jpg|Tewksbury Inn
File:Church in Oldwick New Jersey.JPG|Oldwick Methodist Church
File:Main Street, Oldwick, NJ - contributing property ID-3.jpg|Van Doren House
File:House with trees and shrubberies in Oldwick New Jersey.JPG|Victorian style house
File:57 Main Street, Oldwick, NJ - General Store.jpg|Oldwick General Store
File:Green house with tree and driveway in Oldwick New Jersey.JPG|Queen Anne style house
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