The Oswald Nitschke House is located in Kenilworth, Union County, New Jersey, United States. The clapboard wood frame farmhouse was built c. 1880 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 17, 2008.
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| Location | 49 South 21st Street, Kenilworth, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°40′27″N 74°17′29″W / 40.67424°N 74.29138°W |
| Built | c. 1880 |
| NRHP reference No. | 07001406[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 4296[2] |
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| Added to NRHP | January 17, 2008 |
| Designated NJRHP | September 20, 2007 |
It is named for Oswald J. Nitschke, a mayor of Kenilworth who served three terms and supported Kenilworth's 1907 incorporation.[3]
In 2003, commercial development threatened to demolish the house, but the Kenilworth Historical Society moved the building 1500 feet to save it.[3]
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edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Union County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. June 4, 2012. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ a b "Oswald J. Nitschke House". State of New Jersey: NJ Historic Trust. Retrieved September 9, 2012.