Explore Revolutionary-era taverns, preserved farmsteads, historic churches, railroad landmarks, industrial buildings, and civic sites across Camden County.
Camden County
South Jersey history, Delaware River heritage, Revolutionary War sites, and preserved local landmarks.
Camden County’s historic places reflect colonial settlement, Revolutionary War activity, early transportation, civic growth, farm life, church history, cemetery landscapes, and Camden’s industrial and waterfront development.
The original NJTGO historic directory includes the Camden County Historical Society, Long-A-Coming Depot in Berlin, Pomona Hall and the Victor Building in Camden, Barclay Farmstead and Colestown Cemetery in Cherry Hill, Indian King Tavern in Haddonfield, and other landmarks across the county.
Use these themes as a quick way to understand the types of historic places found across Camden County.
Indian King Tavern, Guard House, Pomona Hall, and Gabriel Daveis Tavern connect Camden County to Revolutionary-era government, military movement, and local wartime activity.
Long-A-Coming Depot, First Camden National Bank & Trust, and the Victor Building show the county’s development through transportation, banking, manufacturing, and recorded-sound history.
Solomon Wesley United Methodist Church, St. John’s Episcopal Church, and Glendale Methodist Episcopal Church represent long-running religious and community landmarks.
Barclay Farmstead, Colestown Cemetery, and other preserved sites help tell the story of early settlement, farming, civic life, and local families in Camden County.
Historic homes, taverns, churches, civic buildings, cemeteries, and landmarks from the original Camden County page have been reorganized into visitor-friendly cards.
Washington and East Taunton Avenues
Berlin, NJ 08009
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Built in 1856, the Long-A-Coming Depot is noted as the oldest existing railroad station in New Jersey. It reflects Camden County’s rail-era growth and Berlin’s historic identity as Long-A-Coming.
291-B Davistown Road / Asyla Road
Blackwood, NJ 08012
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Built in 1850, this historic church is one of the Blackwood-area religious landmarks included in the original Camden County historic directory.
Broadway and Cooper Street
Camden, NJ 08103
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Built in 1928 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1990, this former bank building reflects Camden’s commercial history. The institution later became South Jersey National Bank, Heritage Bank, and then part of Midlantic National Bank before ultimately connecting to PNC Bank.
1900 Park Boulevard
Camden, NJ 08103
856-964-3333
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Built in 1726 with a 1788 addition, Pomona Hall was used by defeated Hessian troops as a regrouping point after the Battle of Red Bank. The Georgian brick house is operated as a museum by the Camden County Historical Society.
1 Market Street
Camden, NJ 08103
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Completed in 1916 as RCA Victor Building #17, the landmark “Nipper Building” became associated with major developments in phonograph, radio, and television history. In 2003 it was converted to residential use and renamed The Victor.
Near junction of I-295 and NJ 70
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
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Built in the early 19th century by Joseph Thorne, a Quaker, Barclay Farmstead preserves Cherry Hill’s agricultural and settlement history.
Kings Highway and Church Street
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
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Built in 1858, the gatehouse includes a residence area, chapel space for funeral services, and a winter vault beneath the building for times when the ground was frozen.
500 Third Avenue
Gloucester Township, NJ 08029
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Built in 1756 near Big Timber Creek, this tavern served boatmen shipping goods to Philadelphia and was designated a hospital by George Washington during the Revolutionary War.
233 Kings Highway
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
856-429-6792
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A tavern-house operated from 1750 to 1790. In 1777, the Council of Safety for New Jersey was organized here, and the New Jersey Legislature met in this building during the Revolutionary era.
260 Kings Highway
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
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Built in colonial times, this house was used during the Revolutionary War as a guard house for people suspected of aiding the British cause before trial by the Council of Safety at the nearby Indian King Tavern.
232 Kings Highway
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
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The east half of this house was built by the Alexanders in 1813 on the site of an earlier frame house. The west half was added in 1835, and the house later became known through the Grover family connection.
Chews Landing Road and Old Black Horse Pike
Runnemede, NJ 08078
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The congregation was founded in 1789. The current church was designed by George Watson Hewitt and consecrated on November 9, 1881.
615 Haddonfield-Berlin Road
Voorhees Township, NJ 08043
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Founded in 1855 by Quaker Alexander Cooper, Glendale Methodist Episcopal Church served as a church, school, and community center.
Historic houses, museums, churches, and cemetery sites may have limited hours, seasonal access, volunteer staffing, or exterior-only viewing. Always confirm hours and rules before making a special trip.
Some historic landmarks are active churches, cemeteries, public buildings, or privately maintained sites. Stay on public paths, follow posted rules, and avoid disturbing structures, markers, landscaping, or memorial areas.
Camden, Haddonfield, Cherry Hill, Berlin, Gloucester Township, Runnemede, and Voorhees each offer local context that can make a historic-place visit more useful.
Continue exploring nearby NJTGO town pages connected to Camden County historic places.