Editing Cranbury, New Jersey (section)

== Historic district ==
{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Cranbury Historic District
  | nrhp_type = HD | nocat = yes
  | image = 26, 28 North Main Street, Cranbury, NJ.jpg
  | caption = Historic houses on North Main Street
  | location= Main and Prospect streets; Maplewood and Scott avenues; Bunker Hill Road; Symmes Court; Westminster, Park and Wesley places
  | locmapin = 
  | built = 
  | architecture = Bungalow/craftsman, Greek Revival, Vernacular Italianate
  | added = September 18, 1980
  | area = {{convert|175|acre}}
  | refnum = 80002502<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=80002502}}</ref>
  | designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
  | designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP
  | designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
  | designated_other1_date = August 9, 1979
  | designated_other1_number = 1830<ref name=NJRHP>{{cite web |title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Middlesex County |url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/MIDDLESEX.pdf#page=1 |publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] - Historic Preservation Office |page=1 |date=September 28, 2021 }}</ref>
  | designated_other1_num_position = bottom
  | designated_other1_color = #ffc94b
}}

The Cranbury Historic District is a {{convert|175|acre|adj=on}} [[historic district (United States)|historic district]] encompassing the village of Cranbury along Main and Prospect streets; Maplewood and Scott avenues; Bunker Hill Road; Symmes Court; Westminster, Park and Wesley places. It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on September 18, 1980, for its significance in architecture and commerce. The district includes 177 [[contributing buildings]], including the [[Old Cranbury School]], which was added individually to the NRHP in 1971.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=80002502}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cranbury Historic District |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|first1=Terry |last1=Karschner |first2=Ruth |last2=Walsh |date=January 1979 }} With {{NRHP url|id=80002502|photos=y|title=accompanying 77 photos}}</ref> Many buildings on Cranbury's Main Street and in the surrounding area date to the 18th or 19th century.

<gallery heights="150px" widths="225px" mode="nolines">
File:1 North Main Street, Cranbury, NJ.jpg|The John S. Silvers Mansion, built in 1886 
File:Cranbury, New Jersey 005.jpg|The Cranbury Inn
</gallery>

=== Cranberry Mills ===

The nomination form describes how "Cranbury is the best preserved 19th century village in Middlesex County" and states that "While there are many small mill towns in New Jersey, few are in such an undisturbed environment as that of Cranbury."<ref name=History/><ref name="nrhpdoc"/> The John S. Silvers Mansion, built 1886, features [[Queen Anne style architecture]].<ref name="nrhpdoc"/> The Elizabeth M. Wagner History Center of the Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society is located in a former gristmiller's house and has a display on Cranberry Mills.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth M. Wagner History Center |url=https://www.cranburyhistory.org/history-center-1 |publisher=Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society}}</ref> Cranberry Mills is an exemplary historic showcase of Cranbury's importance as a bustling [[mill town]] during the 18th/19th centuries. It was located along [[Cranbury Brook]], a tributary of the [[Millstone River]] (which in turn is a major tributary of the [[Raritan River]]).

<gallery heights="150px" widths="225px" mode="nolines">
File:6 South Main Street, Cranbury, NJ.jpg|Elizabeth M. Wagner History Center 
File:Cranberry Mills, Cranbury, NJ - information sign.jpg|Information on Cranberry Mills
</gallery>

=== Places of worship ===
The First Presbyterian Church was founded {{circa|1740}} and the current church was built in 1839. The United Methodist Church was built in 1848. Both are contributing properties of the historic district.<ref name="nrhpdoc"/>

<gallery heights="170px" widths="170px" mode="nolines">
File:1stPresbyterianCranbury.jpg|First Presbyterian Church
File:United Methodist Church, Cranbury, NJ.jpg|United Methodist Church
</gallery>