Hunterdon County Historical Society
114 Main Street, Flemington NJ 08822, 908-782-1091
Historic place listed in the original NJTGO Hunterdon County directory. Verify current access before visiting.
Historic overview
Historic villages, river crossings, mills, taverns, and Revolutionary-era places
Hunterdon County was separated from Burlington County on March 22, 1714. At that time Hunterdon County was large, going from Assunpink Creek near Trenton to the New York State line which at that time was about ten miles (16 km) north of Port Jervis, New York. Hunterdon County was named for Robert Hunter, a colonial governor of New Jersey, through a corruption of Hunterston, his former home in England. On March 15, 1739 Morris County was separated from Hunterdon County.
Hunterdon's historic landscape is spread across boroughs, townships, hamlets, road crossings, river communities, and preserved village centers. This page keeps the original NJTGO directory intact while making it easier to scan by area.
Directory scope
68 original historic listings preserved from the uploaded NJTGO page.
Best for
Local history trips, town pages, scenic drives, genealogy, heritage tourism, and Revolutionary War context.
Visitor note
Many sites are markers, churches, private properties, or roadside landmarks. Verify access and hours before visiting.
County resource
Hunterdon history research
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Annandale, Baptistown, Bloomsbury & Califon
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Annandale Reformed Church
Beaver Avenue and Dewey, Annandale, NJ 08801
Founded in 1861. This church built in 1868 when Annandale was known as Clinton Junction.
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Jones Tavern
Beaver Avenue, Annandale, NJ 08801
Established in 1760 by Captain Thomas Jones. During the Revolution was one of the recruiting stations for the militia of Hunterdon County.
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Oak Summit
County Road 519, Baptistown, NJ 08803
Continental troops camped here in December 1778 while escorting British and Hessian prisoners to Virginia. The enemy troops were captured in the Battle of Saratoga.
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Oak Summit School
Kingswood Road and Oak Summit Road, Baptistown, NJ 08803
Erected in 1849 at a cost of $400. Used almost continuously until 1953. Accommodated up to 40 students with one teacher.
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Old Stone Church
Kingswood Road and Oak Summit Road, Baptistown, NJ 08803
Now owned by Unitarian-Universalist congregation. Present church was built in 1837.
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Bloomsbury Presbyterian Church
Church Street and North Street, Bloomsbury, NJ 08804
Founded in 1857 as a daughter church of the Old Grenwich Church to the west in Warren County. Building erected in 1858.
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Califon Methodist Episcopal Church
Raritan River Road, Califon, NJ 07830
Congregation founded in 1867 in a building moved here from New Germantown (Oldwick). Present church built in 1891.
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Locktown Baptist Church
Locktown Sergeantsville Road and Locktown School Road, Locktown, NJ 08822
Congregation organized in 1742 in Baptistown. A log cabin & a later frame church preceded this 1819 building.
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Mechlin's Tavern
Mechlin Corner Road and Bloomsbury Road, Pittstown, NJ 08867
Tavern lot purchased by J. Robeson in 1752 from the “Great Society.” Tavern and farm were in Mechlin’s family ownership from 1810 to 1934.
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Clinton, Cokesbury & Fairmount
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Bonnell's Tavern
Pittstown Road, Clinton, NJ 08809
The first regiment of Minute Men in the colonies formed here in 1775. Built in 1767 on the main road from New Brunswick to Easton.
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Christopher Vought House
Greyrock Road, Clinton, NJ 08809
Built by Johannes Cristofel Vought in 1759, the house features unique aspects of Germanic construction. Vought was the active loyalist leader in his area during the Revolution.
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Resting Place of Gen. George W. Taylor
Center Street in front of Clinton Presbyterian Church, Clinton, NJ 08809
Born in High Bridge in 1808 to the iron-making family, he lived in Clinton. Hunterdon's only Civil War general. Killed in 1862 at Manassas, Va. while leading the 1st NJ Brigade. Buried west of the church.
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The Red Mill (Hunterdon Historical Museum)
Main Street, Clinton, NJ 08809
Red Mill ca. 1810. Processed wool, plaster, grist, talc, graphite. Once generated electricity. Limestone quarry mined from early 1800's to 1963. Now home of the Hunterdon County Historical Museum.
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Hunterdon Art Museum
Main Street, Clinton, NJ 08809
1837 grist mill ground various products until 1952 when it became a cultural center. Presents visual arts exhibitions and education programs.
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Music Hall
West Main Street, Clinton, NJ 08809
1890 structure included 300-seat theater and two offices. Hosted variety acts in 1880’S, then live touring shows until 1904. Opened briefly in mid-1960’s and 1970’s.
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Cokesbury Methodist Episcopal Church
Cokesbury Road, Cokesbury, NJ 08833
A pure example of Greek Revival architecture, erected in 1851. Seven other early churches in nearby counties use this basic design.
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Fairmount Presbyterian Church
278 Old Turnpike Road, Fairmount, NJ 07830
Founded in 1727, the congregation was originally German Reformed. First a log building. A series of larger structures followed. Present building erected in 1851 and remodeled in 1902.
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Flemington & Raritan Area
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Flemington Egg Auction
Park Avenue, Flemington, NJ 08822
The country’s first, and, at one time, the largest, cooperative egg auction. Operated here from 1932 until the death of the egg business in the 1960s.
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Flemington Railroad Company
Church Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
Opened 1854. First of town’s three lines connected to the Bel-Del at Lambertville. Station house c1858.
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Hunterdon County Holocaust Memorial
Capner Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
Remember The 6,000,000 who perished during the Nazi Holocaust 1934-1945
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Kase Homestead
Route 12 and Mine Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
Johann Kase purchased land from Penn family 1738. Built a log cabin with help of Chief Tuccamigan’s tribe. Stone mansion house built ca. 1798.
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Purple Heart Memorial
Court Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
Dedicated to all men and women wounded in all our wars.
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Reading Home
River Road, Flemington, NJ 08822
Built in 1760 for John Reading, Governor of New Jersey 1757 - 1758. Reading served 40 years on provincial council.
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South Branch of Central Railroad
Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822
In 1864 provided Flemington’s second rail line. Passenger station erected here. A turntable to the west reversed the locomotives.
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Sandy Ridge Baptist Church
Sandy Ridge Road and Sandy Ridge - Mt Airy Road, Sergeantsville, NJ 08557
First church built in 1818. This building erected 1866. Early ministers served in Flemington on Sunday, here on weekdays.
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Delaware River Towns
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Frenchtown Methodist Episcopal Church
3rd Street, Frenchtown, NJ 08825
Congregation was formed in 1832 and met in a room on Bridge Street. This church erected in 1844 and enlarged in 1861.
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Frenchtown Railroad
Bridge Street, Frenchtown, NJ 08825
The Belvidere-Delaware Railroad c.1853. Later leased to the Penn R. R. System, the line allowed transit of Lehigh & Hudson R. R. passenger trains.
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Kingwood Methodist Episcopal Church
Kingwood-Stockton Road, Kingwood, NJ 08559
Founded 1816, the first Methodist Church in Hunterdon County. Building erected in 1860. Steeple removed in 1878 after a severe storm.
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George Coryell Grave Site
North Union Street and Church Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530
Revolutionary War Lieutenant, and pallbearer of George Washington is buried here, along with Sam Holcombe, one of Gen. Washington's spies.
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Lambertville Railroad
Bridge Street and Station Court, Lambertville, NJ 08530
The Belvidere-Delaware Railroad c.1851. Later leased to the Penn R.R. System, the line allowed transit of Lehigh & Hudson R.R. passenger trains.
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Saxtonville Tavern
Daniel Bray Highway, Raven Rock, NJ 08559
Circa 1782, Center of village called Saxtonville until 1850 when it was renamed Bull’s Island Station.
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Stockton Railroad
Bridge Street and Railroad Avenue, Stockton, NJ 08559
The Belvidere-Delaware Railroad c.1852. Later leased to the Penn R.R. System, the line allowed transit of Lehigh & Hudson R.R. passenger trains.
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Stockton School
South Main Street, Stockton, NJ 08559
The oldest and smallest N.J. Public Schoolhouse still in use. This 1872 structure replaced an 1832 octagonal building.
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Musconetcong Valley, High Bridge & Western Hunterdon
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Hunt Houses
Hunt Place, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826
Hunt Family Was Major Benefactor To Glen Gardner . House Owned By Dr. A. A. Hunt In Late 1700's. House Across Street Built By His Son, Dr. T. E. Hunt, In 1853.
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Bethlehem Presbyterian Church
Race Street, Grandin, NJ 08867
Present building was dedicated in 1871. Three structures preceded it on the site; erected in 1730, 1760, and 1830. Many Continental Army soldiers buried here.
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Forge Masters Dwelling
Van Syckles Road, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826
Only remaining building at Union Forge before 1720. Union Township Historic Site.
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Colonel Charles Stewart House
Hamden Road, Hamden, NJ 08801
Colonel Charles Stewart was George Washington's Commissary-General of Issues. The house was built in 1763.
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Captain Jacob Gearhart Farmstead
River Rd, Hamden, NJ 08801
Farmstead circa 1765. Captain Jacob Gearhart was a Revolutionary War patriot who secured boats for Washington's Crossing and wintered at Valley Forge.
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Smokehouse
River Road, Hamden, NJ 08801
c. 1789 Used to cure meat and fish
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Musconetcong Valley Presbyterian Church
Valley Road, Hampton, NJ 08827
Congregation organized in 1836 in a New Hampton schoolhouse. Tent services held here until the building was completed in 1837.
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St. Ann's Catholic Church
Church Street, Hampton, NJ 08827
Congregation formed in 1859. Met in a house on John Street until this church was erected in 1867.
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Solitude House
River Road, High Bridge, NJ 08829
Patriots imprisoned loyalist Pennsylvania Governor John Penn and Crown Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Chew here during the Revolutionary War. They named the place “Solitude.”
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T.I.S.C.O. Complex
Washington Avenue, High Bridge, NJ 08829
Taylor Iron & Steel Company Was the center of the original 1742 Union Iron Works. Late 1800's push to rename High Bridge to "Tisco" failed.
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Volendam Windmill
Adamic Hill Road, Holland Township, NJ 08848
Authentic replica of wind-driven mill used for grinding grain into flour.
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Triple Arch Stone Bridge
Old Turnpike Road, Stephensburg, NJ 07865
The only bridge of this design in Hunterdon County. It spans the Musconetcong River and joins Hunterdon to Warren County. Also known as Wydner Farm Bridge.
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West Portal Methodist Church
Tunnel Road, West Portal, NJ 08802
Built in 1849, remodeled in 1876. Earlier, the congregation met in a nearby private home.
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General Store
Hill Road and Woodglen Road, Woodglen, NJ 08826
Opened here in the mid-1800s in “Whitehall” -- later known as “Iron Dale” and now “Woodglen.” Typical of its kind, and one of the few still in business. Copyright © 2011 - 2024 · All Rights Reserved NJ Town Guide is part of the Giant Impact Group LLC
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Kingwood, Lebanon, Pittstown & Quakertown
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Kingwood Tavern
Kingwood and Byram Road, Kingwood, NJ 08559
A log tavern on this site ca. 1764 offered shelter to travellers on the King’s Hwy. Later tavern ca. 1790 known for years as Johnson’s.
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Lebanon Reformed Church
Brunswick Avenue, Lebanon, NJ 08833
Congregation formed in 1747. This building erected in 1854, preceded by a log structure, a frame building, and a brick church.
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Linvale Methodist Episcopal Church
Route 31 and Linvale Road, Linvale, NJ 08530
Congregation formed in 1844. Church built in 1858. Hamlet was then called New Market.
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Alexandria Presbyterian Church
Mt Pleasant-Everittstown Road, Mount Pleasant, NJ 08848
Congregation was formed c1752. Original log structure replaced in 1802. Present Greek Revival Church built in 1843.
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Mountainville Post
Water Street and Rockaway Road, Mountainville, NJ 08833
Established in 1880 by the Farley family, the Post stayed in the family for 100 years. It has served as Post Office, General Store and focal point for the Village of Mountainville.
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Van Syckles Tavern
Charlestown Road and Van Sickles Road, Norton, NJ 08827
Est. 1763 Served Workers from Union Forge. David Reynolds Owner and Builder. Hanged in 1765 by the British for Counterfeiting
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Bethlehem Baptist Church
Frontage Road and Baptist Church Road, Pattenburg, NJ 08827
Congregation was formed in 1837. Church built same year on the Brunswick-Easton Turnpike (now Rt. 78). Abandoned in 1906.
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Pattenburg United Methodist Church
Main Street, Pattenburg, NJ 08827
Church was built in 1853 although worship services were conducted in local homes and barns from 1840.
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Perryville Tavern
Perryville Road, Perryville, NJ 08827
Built in 1813. Named in honor of Admiral Perry’s Lake Erie victory. Later called Brick Tavern. In 1969 moved from Rt. 78 site to this location.
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Century Inn
Route 579, Pittstown, NJ 08867
Commissioner General Moore Furman supervised bakery near here for George Washington’s troops. Later he built this stone inn in 1800. Building renovated in 2001.
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Rockhill Property
Route 513, Pittstown, NJ 08867
John Rockhill Hunterdon County's first physician 1743 .
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Stone Mill
Route 579, Pittstown, NJ 08867
Built by Moore Furman, Deputy Quartermaster General of Washington’s army.
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Quaker Meeting House
Route 579, Quakertown, NJ 08868
Site acquired by Quakers in 1733. Present meeting house rebuilt with original stone in 1862.
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Quakertown Methodist Episcopal Church
Croton Road, Quakertown, NJ 08868
Organized in 1835. First church was built on this site in 1840. This Queen Anne Style structure erected in 1878.
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Readington, Ringoes & Sergeantsville
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Readington Church
Readington Road, Readington, NJ 08870
Established in 1719 in North Branch. Moved to Readington 1738. Oldest Dutch Reformed Church in Hunterdon. Present building circa 1864.
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Academy of Arts & Science
Larison Lane, Ringoes, NJ 08551
Conducted 1876-1909 by Dr. Cornelius Larison. Also publishing house for his “Fonic Speling Wurks in Orthoepy.” His old home lies to the east.
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Landis House
Old York Road, Ringoes, NJ 08551
Built 1750 by Henry Landis. Lafayette stayed here while a patient of Dr. Gershom Craven.
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Old Rocks Church
Mt. Airy - Harbourton Road, Rocktown, NJ 08530
Now non-denominational, this church was organized by Methodists in 1774 & built in 1843.
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Sergeantsville First Brethren Church
Rosemont - Ringoes Road, Sergeantsville, NJ 08557
Founded in 1898. Building constructed the same year. Its Gothic Revival style is unique in Hunterdon County.
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Stanton Reformed Church
Stanton Road and Stanton Mountain Road, Stanton, NJ 08885
Originally called “The Dutch Reformed Church of Mt. Pleasant.” First building erected 1834. Name of village changed to Stanton in 1849.
Trip planning
How to use this guide
For a simple historic drive, start in Clinton at the Red Mill and Hunterdon Art Museum, continue toward Flemington for railroad, civic, and memorial sites, and then follow the Delaware River corridor through Frenchtown, Lambertville, Stockton, and Raven Rock. For a more rural itinerary, focus on Baptistown, Pittstown, Quakertown, Readington, Ringoes, Sergeantsville, and the Musconetcong Valley.
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