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===Historic district=== The New Jersey State Review Board for Historic Sites recommended the creation of the Olcott Avenue historic district on February 10, 2009. While the Olcott Avenue School is but one historic structure within Bernardsville's first historic district area, the area's appeal and historic significance is part of the story of the rise of the middle class in Bernardsville and how this particular location impacted the entire region, from the downtown, Little Italy, and the Mountain Colony areas.<ref>Zavalick, Charles; and Baratta, Amy. [http://newjerseyhills.com/bernardsville_news/news/monsignor-john-torney-dies-at-services-thursday-and-friday/article_f3b075bc-bc97-11e2-84cc-0019bb2963f4.html "Monsignor John Torney dies at 102; services Thursday and Friday"], ''The Bernardsville News'', May 14, 2013. Accessed August 26, 2013. "'It was a very unusual parish, with Little Italy on one side and on the other side the Mountain colony,' Msgr. Torney said in a 2012 interview with this newspaper."</ref> {{Infobox NRHP | name = Olcott Avenue Historic District | nrhp_type = hd | image = 18 Olcott Avenue, Bernardsville, NJ.jpg | caption = Colonial Revival style house on Olcott Avenue | location = Portions of Olcott, Childsworth, and Highview Avenues, and Church Street | coordinates = {{coord|40|43|18|N|74|34|3|W|display=inline}} | locmapin = | nocat = yes | area = {{convert|28|acre|ha}} | built = | architect = [[Henry Janeway Hardenbergh]] | architecture = [[Tudor Revival]], [[Colonial Revival]], Craftsman | added = November 20, 2009 | refnum = 09000940<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=09000940}}</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 = May 20, 2009 | designated_other1_number = 4896<ref name=NJRHP>{{cite web |title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places β Somerset County |url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/SOMERSET.pdf#page=2 |publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] β Historic Preservation Office |page=2 |date=September 28, 2021 }}</ref> | designated_other1_num_position = bottom | designated_other1_color = #ffc94b }} The '''Olcott Avenue Historic District''' is a {{convert|28|acre|adj=on}} [[historic district (United States)|historic district]] located along portions of Olcott, Childsworth, and Highview Avenues, and Church Street that recognizes a neighborhood developed in the early 20th century. It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on November 20, 2009, for its significance in architecture, community planning and development, and education.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=09000940}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Olcott Avenue Historic District |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|first1=Ann |last1=Parsekian |first2=Janice |last2=Armstrong |first3=Dennis |last3=Bertland |date=December 2008 }} With accompanying 12 photos.</ref> According to the National Park Service: <blockquote> The Olcott Avenue neighborhood in the borough of Bernardsville, located in northeast Somerset County, was developed at the turn of the 20th century as a carefully laid out middle class residential neighborhood. The streets in the district are characterized by lots of moderate size with regular setbacks with moderate to substantial dwellings constructed in a variety of late 19th and early 20th century architectural styles, several of which are particularly noteworthy examples. The original dwellings constructed during the first three decades or so of the 20th century all still stand and the streetscape has changed relatively little since curbs and sidewalks were added and the road was paved around 1916. Residents of the district have continued the long tradition of participation in civic activities.<ref name=highlight>{{cite web|title=Weekly Highlight 12/04/2009 Olcott Avenue Historic District, Somerset County, New Jersey |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/weekly_features/09_12_04_olcott_avenue_hd.htm}}</ref> </blockquote> Olcott Avenue is named after [[Frederic P. Olcott]], a [[New York (state)|New York]] banker, politician, and philanthropist, who lived here. The street was originally named after Stewart Wolfe. In 1905, Olcott financed the construction of a high school, the first in the township, and donated it to the Bernards Township Board of Education. The stone building features [[Tudor Revival style]] and was designed by architect [[Henry Janeway Hardenbergh]], who also lived here. Hardenbergh also designed the Bernardsville United Methodist Church and the parish house at [[St. Bernard's Church and Parish House|St. Bernard's Church]]. The district includes several houses designed with [[Colonial Revival style]].<ref name="nrhpdoc"/> <gallery heights="150px" widths="250px" mode="nolines"> File:Bernardsville United Methodist Church, NJ.jpg|Bernardsville United Methodist Church File:28 Olcott Avenue, Bernardsville, NJ.jpg|Colonial Revival style house </gallery>
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