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== Points of interest == The [[South Branch Schoolhouse]], located on South Branch Road, is a one-room schoolhouse built in 1873, the last one-room school house in use in the county.<ref>[http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/kids/historypages/sbslilred.htm South Branch School (Little Red School House)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405231229/http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/kids/historypages/sbslilred.htm |date=April 5, 2012 }}, Somerset County Kids' Clubhouse. Accessed August 4, 2014.</ref><ref name=Obst/> Its purpose was to educate children in grades 1–8 from Branchburg and Hillsborough townships. It was closed in 1965. In 2007 the schoolhouse was renovated to add the bell tower back onto the top of the building. Also known as the Little Red Schoolhouse, it is now owned by the township of Branchburg. Notable students at the Little Red Schoolhouse include opera star and Edison protégé [[Anna Case]] and Marion Van Fleet, the mother of actor Lee Van Cleef.<ref name=Obst>Obst, Greg. [http://www.greggobst.com/2011/01/04/south-branch-schoolhouse-somerset-county-nj/ South Branch Schoolhouse (Somerset County, NJ) Personal Photography page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425091529/http://www.greggobst.com/2011/01/04/south-branch-schoolhouse-somerset-county-nj/ |date=April 25, 2012 }}, NetRivet. Inc. Accessed October 25, 2011.</ref> It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2005 for its significance in architecture and education.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=05000221}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: South Branch Schoolhouse |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|first1=Dennis |last1=Bertland |first2=Janice |last2=Armstrong |date=April 2003 }} With {{NRHP url|id=05000221|photos=y|title=accompanying 18 photos}}</ref> The [[Neshanic Station Historic District]] was added to the NRHP in 2016 for its significance in community development. It includes the [[Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge]] crossing the [[South Branch Raritan River]].<ref name="nrhpdoc2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/15001051.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Neshanic Station Historic District |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|first1=Ann |last1=Parsekian |first2=Janice |last2=Armstrong |first3=Dennis |last3=Bertland |date=February 2015 }} With accompanying 37 photos</ref> <gallery heights="180px" widths="240px" mode="nolines"> File:South Branch Schoolhouse, Branchburg, NJ.jpg|[[South Branch Schoolhouse]] File:305 Maple Avenue, Neshanic Station, NJ.jpg|Colonial Revival style house in Neshanic Station File:Lenticular Truss Bridge, Neshanic Station , NJ - area view.jpg|[[Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge]] </gallery>
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