Abandoned Residences in New Jersey

In the Garden State’s diverse landscape, from the Pine Barrens to the industrial north, abandoned houses stand as relics of New Jersey’s rich and varied past.

Lehigh & New England Railroad

The Lehigh & New England Railroad (L&NE) was a defunct railroad that operated in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. It was the second notable railroad in the United States to be completely abandoned.

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Lackawanna Cut-Off

The Lackawanna Cut-Off was a 28.45-mile rail line built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) between Port Morris, New Jersey, and Slateford, Pennsylvania. It was part of the 396-mile mainline connecting Hoboken, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York.

Boonton Ironworks

The Boonton Iron Works is an abandoned pig iron furnace complex that contained rolling and slitting mills for producing nail rods and bar iron along the Rockaway River in Boonton, New Jersey.

Split Rock Iron Furnace

The Split Rock Iron Furnace is an abandoned pig iron furnace located in Morris County, New Jersey.

Willard Dry Fork Bridge

The Willard Dry Fork Bridge is an abandoned pony truss bridge over Dry Fork in Willard, Kentucky.

Sulphur Springs United Baptist Church

The Sulphur Springs United Baptist Church is an abandoned church in Kentucky.

River Road Bridge

The River Road Bridge is a steel pin-connected Parker through truss that carried River Road over the Schuylkill River near Auburn in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Branch

The Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Branch was a former rail line that extended from Philadelphia to the anthracite coal regions of central Pennsylvania.

Campbell Tunnel

The Campbell Tunnel is an abandoned railroad tunnel in southeast Ohio that was part of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad’s Hocking Valley Division.

Eagle Tunnel

The Eagle Tunnel is an abandoned railroad tunnel in southeast Ohio that was part of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad’s Hocking Valley Division.

Kingsville Tunnel No. 1

The Kingsville Tunnel No. 5 is an abandoned railroad tunnel along the Coal & Coke Railway (C&C), a former railroad between Charleston and Elkins, West Virginia.

Goodwin Tunnel No. 4

The Goodwin Tunnel No. 4 is an abandoned railroad tunnel along the Coal & Coke Railway (C&C), a former railroad between Charleston and Elkins, West Virginia.

Reeds Tunnel No. 5

The Kingsville Tunnel No. 1 is an abandoned railroad tunnel along the Coal & Coke Railway (C&C), a former railroad between Charleston and Elkins, West Virginia.

Jefferson Furnace

The Jefferson Furnace is an abandoned pig iron furnace located in the Hanging Rock Iron Region near Oak Hill, Ohio.

Pioneer Furnace

The Pioneer Furnace is an abandoned pig iron furnace located in the Hanging Rock Iron Region of northern Lawrence County, Ohio.

Miami Chapel United Brethren Church

The Miami Chapel United Brethren Church is located in Dayton, Ohio.

St. Martin’s German Evangelical Church

St. Martin’s German Evangelical Church, constructed in 1892 along River Road in the Sedamsville neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio,1 was razed in 2008.

Portland Marine Hospital

The Portland Marine Hospital, an edifice nestled within Louisville’s Portland neighborhood, stands as the nation’s last remaining exemplar of its kind. This institution once addressed the health concerns of mariners navigating the Western inland waterways, serving as a prototype for similar establishments nationwide.

Belle Isle Zoo

The Belle Isle Zoo is an abandoned zoo in Detroit, Michigan, once a popular attraction showcasing a variety of animals before its closure in 2002 due to budgetary constraints and declining attendance.