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Owen Coachman House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places


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Location	1019 Batts Lane, Lower Township, New Jersey
Coordinates	38°57′36.6″N 74°55′45.4″W / 38.960167°N 74.929278°W / 38.960167; -74.929278
Built	c. 1695–1730
Architectural style	Postmedieval English
NRHP reference No.	05000964
NJRHP No.	4459
Added to NRHP	September 9, 2005
Designated NJRHP	July 22, 2005

The Owen Coachman House, also known as the Batts Lane Whaler's Cottage, is located at 1019 Batts Lane in Lower Township of Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The original one-room house was built between 1695 and 1730 in Town Bank along the Delaware Bay. It was moved to its present location off Shunpike Road on Cape Island in 1846 by Owen Coachman, a free Black land owner. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 9, 2005, for its significance in architecture and ethnic heritage.

Restoration work performed on the property in the early 2000s won an award from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for its quality and sensitivity to the historic nature of the house.

References

^ "National Register Information System – (#05000964)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
"New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Cape May County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 25, 2024. p. 4.
Berkey, Joan (April 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Owen Coachman House". National Park Service. With accompanying 15 photos
"Historic Preservation Awards Ceremony". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

v t e Lower Township, New Jersey
Settlements	Cold Spring Diamond Beach Erma Miami Beach North Cape May (independent until 1945) Rio Grande (part) South Cape May (independent until 1945) Villas
Schools	Lower Township SD Lower Cape May Regional SD Lower Cape May Regional HS
NRHP listings	Battery 223 Cape May Lighthouse Owen Coachman House Cold Spring Grange Hall Cold Spring Presbyterian Church Fire Control Tower No. 23 Fishing Creek Schoolhouse George Hildreth House Naval Air Station Wildwood Octagonal Poultry House Jonathan Pyne House Rio Grande station
Other	Cape May Airport Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum Cape May–Lewes Ferry Cape May Point State Park (parts) Cape May Winery & Vineyard Hawk Haven Vineyard & Winery Historic Cold Spring Village Sunset Beach Turdo Vineyards & Winery
This list is incomplete. Some areas considered to be Rio Grande are in Lower Township though the census-designated place (CDP) itself is in Middle Township. Cape Christian Academy formerly had campuses in Lower Township. St. Raymond Catholic School merged into Our Lady Star of the Sea in Cape May which merged into what became Wildwood Catholic Academy.

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Cape May County, New Jersey
Landmarks	Cape May Historic District
Districts	Dennisville Historic District Marshallville Historic District Naval Air Station Wildwood Historic District Ocean City Residential Historic District South Tuckahoe Historic District
Places of worship	Calvary Baptist Church Cold Spring Presbyterian Church New Asbury Methodist Episcopal Meeting House Saint Peter's-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church Woodbine Brotherhood Synagogue
Houses	J. Thompson Baker House Thomas Beesley Jr. House Thomas Beesley Sr. House Caribbean Motel Chateau Bleu Motel Owen Coachman House Joseph Falkinburg House Judge Nathaniel Foster House John Wesley Gandy House George Hildreth House John Holmes House Thomas Leaming House Henry Ludlam House Thomas Ludlam Jr. House Jonathan Pyne House Reeves-Iszard-Godfey House Rufwud Cottage William S. Townsend House Whilldin–Miller House
Buildings	Avalon Life Saving Station Battery 223 Cold Spring Grange Hall Hangar No. 1-United States Naval Air Station Wildwood Fire Control Tower No. 23 Fishing Creek Schoolhouse The Flanders Hotel Goshen School Marine National Bank Ocean City 34th Street Station Ocean City City Hall Ocean City Life-Saving Station Ocean City Tenth Street Station Octagonal Poultry House Old Cape May County Courthouse Building Rio Grande Station Tuckahoe Station U.S. Life-Saving Station No. 35
Structures	Brandywine Shoal Light Cape May Lighthouse Hereford Inlet Light TBM-3E Avenger Torpedo Bomber
Sites	John Corson Jr. House Site
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape May County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

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