It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 1984 for its significance in architecture, commerce, religion, and transportation.

They are a collection of masonry Victorian commercial buildings that developed around the station of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which arrived in 1840.

The district also includes the Rahway and Plainfield Friends Meeting House, which was built in 1788.

[3] The Chotola Building at 171–175 North Avenue was built using brick and terra cotta in 1890.

It features an ornamental facade with a half round Richardsonian arch on the third floor and stone half figures on either side of the doorway.