Blackwell Street Historic District

The Blackwell Street Historic District is a 25 acre historic district along Blackwell, Dickerson, Sussex, Bergen, Essex, Morris, Warren, Prospect and Dewey streets in the town of Dover in Morris County, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 21, 1982, for its significance in architecture, commerce, education, performing arts, religion, and transportation.

The district has 52 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures. Contributing buildings include the Baker Building and the Dover station, which were previously listed individually on the NRHP.

History and description
In 1817, New York City iron merchants, Joseph Blackwell and Henry McFarlan, received about 450 acres in the area to settle accounts after the depression following the War of 1812. In 1825, after the announcement of the Morris Canal, they laid out a plan for the community and started its development. The town of Dover was incorporated in 1869 and George Richards was elected its first mayor. That same year, he built a large commercial building on Blackwell Street. It was a J. J. Newberry store in the 1940s. The red brick Dover station was built in 1901 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The three-story Harris Building at 19 East Blackwell Street was built with red brick in 1913.