Bishop, James, House

College Ave. near Bishop St., New Brunswick, New Jersey. County/parish: Middlesex.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 12, 1976. NRIS 76001162.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Bishop House (New Brunswick, New Jersey)

The James Bishop House, known as the Bishop House, is a historic building on the College Avenue campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Bishop House was erected in 1852 for James Bishop, a prominent businessman and politician from New Brunswick in the latter half of 19th century. Located off of and facing College Avenue, the Bishop House is an example of an Italianate, or "Italian Villa" style mansion, popular from the 1850s to late 1870s in New Brunswick. Due to the building's significant associations with architecture, education, industry, politics and religion, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1976.

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