The Riegel Ridge Community Center is a historic building located on
County Route 519 in the
Riegel Ridge section of
Holland Township near
Milford Milford may refer to:
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in
Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. At the 2020 census, the county was the state's 4th-least populous county,[National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...]
on June 7, 1996, for its significance in architecture, entertainment and social history.
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History and description
The property includes a two-story
Colonial Revival
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...
community house, baseball field with grandstand, and pool house. The community house was designed by architect
James Gamble Rogers
James Gamble Rogers (March 3, 1867 – October 1, 1947) was an American architect. A proponent of what came to be known as Collegiate Gothic architecture, he is best known for his academic commissions at Yale University, Columbia Univer ...
. It was built from 1937 to 1938 by the Riegel Paper Corporation, led by its chairman Benjamin D. Riegel, for the benefit of its employees and their families.
Since 1996, the property has been owned and operated by the township.
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References
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{{NRHP in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Holland Township, New Jersey
Buildings and structures in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Colonial Revival architecture in New Jersey
Buildings and structures completed in 1938
1938 establishments in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places