Editing Mount Holly, New Jersey (section)

==Points of interest==
[[Image:Thomas Shinn Home Mount Holly.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1| Thomas Shinn Home, built in 1712]]
[[File:2025-03-27 16 07 38 View north along a trail next to the altar on Mount Holly in Mount Holly Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|"The Mount", Mount Holly's namesake hill, with accompanying altar used by local churches]]
* The Mount Park, encompassing the town's namesake hill
* [[Burlington County Courthouse (New Jersey)|Burlington County Courthouse]], 1796
* [[Mount Holly Cemetery, Mount Holly, New Jersey|Mount Holly Cemetery]]
* [[Shinn Curtis Log House]], constructed out of hand-hewn logs, the house was built in 1712; the original log house was uncovered in 1967. A larger house that had been built around it was demolished, revealing the early house beneath, which has been restored.<ref>Darrow, Chuck. [https://www.proquest.com/docview/436891629 "From the river to the sea, Burlington County has wonders to see"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', May 12, 2000. Accessed November 27, 2013. "The town is another treasure trove of various pre-1900 architecture, beginning with the Shinn-Curtis Log House, erected in 1712."</ref>
* [[Burlington County Prison]], opened in 1819, it was the oldest continually operated prison in the country when it closed in 1965 after more than 150 years of service.<ref>[http://www.co.burlington.nj.us/upload/Parks/Images/Prison_Museum_Brochure.pdf Prison Museum Brochure] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208184934/http://www.co.burlington.nj.us/upload/Parks/Images/Prison_Museum_Brochure.pdf |date=2010-12-08 }}, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed November 27, 2013. "The Burlington County Prison Museum is a national historic landmark located in the heart of historic Mount Holly, New Jersey. Designed by Robert Mills, one of America's first native-born and trained architects, the Burlington County Prison was completed in 1811.... In fact, it was so well constructed that it remained in constant use until 1965."</ref>
*[[First Presbyterian Church (Mount Holly, New Jersey)|First Presbyterian Church]]
* St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
* Friends Meeting House
* [[Brainerd Schoolhouse]] is a one-room schoolhouse that was constructed in 1759 and operated as a school for nearly 100 years. In 1951, the school was transferred from the Female Benevolent Society, which had owned and operated the site for 136 years, to the [[National Society of the Colonial Dames of America]].<ref>[http://www.co.burlington.nj.us/pages/pages.aspx?cid=511 Mount Holly School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022114033/http://www.co.burlington.nj.us/pages/pages.aspx?cid=511 |date=2013-10-22 }}, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed October 19, 2013.</ref>
* Relief Fire Company No. 1, home of the oldest continuously operating volunteer fire company in the United States.<ref name=Relief>Winchester, James H. {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130131232938/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/201471512.html?dids=201471512:201471512&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Dec+29,+1961&author=By+James+H.+Winchester&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=America's+Oldest+Volunteer+Fire+Group&pqatl=google "America's Oldest Volunteer Fire Group"]}}, ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'', December 29, 1961. Accessed June 21, 2012. "Some 210 years ago—nearly a quarter of a century before the adoption of the Declaration of Independence – 13 men gathered in the Town Hall at Bridgetown, N.J., which is now Mount Holly, to draw up the by-laws and create the Relief Volunteer Fire Company, now the oldest in the United States."</ref>
* Thomas Budd House is the township's third-oldest house, dating to 1744.<ref>Capuzzo, Michael. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022201504/http://articles.philly.com/1987-12-27/food/26206494_1_john-nagy-washington-monument-heatless "Re-creating The Past In Mount Holly As A Child, Ed Longstreet Lived Near The Budd House Now He's Helping John Nagy Make It Into A Museum"]}}, ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', December 27, 1987. Accessed October 19, 2013.</ref>
* [[Stephen Girard]] House was the home of Girard, who moved to Mount Holly shortly after his marriage in 1777 and purchased the partially completed house, as recorded in 1779.<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/nj/nj0300/nj0356/data/nj0356data.pdf Stephen Girard House], [[Historic American Buildings Survey]]. Accessed October 19, 2013.</ref>
* [[John Woolman]] Memorial was constructed in the late 1700s on a portion of an orchard that had belonged to Woolman.<ref>[http://woolmancentral.com/ Jome page], Woolman Central. Accessed October 19, 2013. "Located at 99 Branch Street, Mount Holly, New Jersey, the Memorial house was built between 1771 and 1783 and is on the site of part of John Woolman's orchard."</ref>