DELAWARE TOWNSHIP revised 2023.kmz
Established 1838.
Delaware was once a part of 'Old Amwell' which also included East Amwell, West Amwell, and Raritan Townships. These four make up the southern part of Hunterdon County.

* References *
All governmental & historic district boundaries have been obtained from official state, county, and local governmental entities.
These three maps were used extensively in this research:
1851 Cornell Map
1860 map of Philadelphia & vicinity
1873 Beers Map
Other major references are abbreviated for convenience as follows:
[HCPN] Hunterdon County Place Names - Phyllis D'Autrechy
[MG] Marfy Goodspeed - see www.goodspeedhistories.com
[DB] Dennis Bertland - architectural historian & consultant
Historic Structures of Delaware Township [produced with grants from Hunterdon Co. Cultural & Heritage Comm. & Delaware Township]
1979 Hunterdon County Historic Sites Survey
Marilyn Cummings, Delware Township Historical Society

Delaware Township
Delaware Township was established in April 1838. It was divided from old Amwell Township, along with Raritan Township. The remaining lands were still called 'Amwell' until 1846 when those lands were divided into East & West Amwell.

Delaware Township
Field Name | Field Value
FID | 12
Shape | Polygon
MUN_LABEL | Delaware Township
MUN | DELAWARE TWP
COUNTY | HUNTERDON
MUNCOUNTY | DELAWARE TWP HUNTERDON
FIPSSTCO | 34019
FIPSCO | 19
FIPS | 17170
SSN | 1007
MUN_TYPE | Township
SQ_MILES | 36.99

maps & photos of Delaware Township

Former lands
See Goodspeed Histories article of July 6, 2019: "A Shrinking Township"

given to W Amwell
Given to West Amwell in 1896.

given to E Amwell
Given to East Amwell in 1897

Stockton Borough - divided from Delaware Township in 1898
Field Name | Field Value
FID | 5
Shape | Polygon
MUN_LABEL | Stockton Borough
MUN | STOCKTON BORO
COUNTY | HUNTERDON
MUNCOUNTY | STOCKTON BORO HUNTERDON
POP2000 | 560
POP1990 | 629
POP1980 | 643
FIPSSTCO | 34019
FIPSCO | 19
FIPS | 70980
SSN | 1023
MUN_TYPE | Borough
SQ_MILES | 0.6

East & West Jersey - dividing line
The Quintipartite Deed of 1676 split the Province of New Jersey in two. It was in effect from 1674 until 1702, dividing the land into the Province of West Jersey and the Province of East Jersey.
Disputes arose over the exact dividing line of the two provinces. Several division lines were proposed: the Keith Line [1686], the Coxe-Barclay Line [1688], the Thornton Line [1696], and the Lawrence Line [1743]. The Lawrence Line was adopted as the final line for legal purposes. But the most operative one was the Keith Line, the borders of which can be seen in some New Jersey counties today.
[See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Jersey for further information.]

Perth Amboy - East Jersey
Capital of the Colony of East Jersey from 1673-1688.

Burlington - West Jersey
Capitol of West Jersey for a time.

East-West Jersey line [1674 - 1702]

[disputed]

Delaware Township geo-markers

upper topo

lower topo

Buchanan's Hill
This prominence takes its name from the 18th century tavern located nearby.
[See also Buchanan's Tavern.]

Ducks Flat
A low-lying watery area at the intersection of Sanford and Hewitt Rds, presumably where mallards congregated.
[HCPN]
The most logical explanation for the name seems to be that migrating ducks made use of the wide open flatland in this vicinity.
[MG]

Great Swamp
Also called the Hunterdon Plateau. From Colonial times it was known as 'The Swamp' or the 'Great Swamp'. A broad tableland of very level surface which at certain seasons retains water.
[1781 - Hills map of Northern New Jersey]

Mingo's Hollow
In the late 1800s this valley was the site of several log houses along the Lockatong Creek near John Huffman's house. Probably named for Heronimus Mingoe [Mingus?] who died about 1780.
[HCPN]

Mount Gilboa
Rises abruptly to 150'.

Delaware River & Islands
On March 16, 1786, the New Jersey legislature approved the annexation of of the islands above Trenton to the nearest state. In Hunterdon County these included:
Township of Amwell:
Smith's Mill Island
Coryell's Island
Holcomb's Islands [two]
Eagle Island
Bull's Island
Township of Kingwood:
Rush Island
Ridge's Island
Spyhawk's Islands [three]
Pinkerton's Island
Man of War Island
Township of Alexandria:
Stull's Island
Lowrey's Island
Loughley's Island & bar

Delaware River
The western boundary of the state of New Jersey, this river has been called many different names by various groups:
Native Americans - "Lenapewihittuck" [meaning fast-flowing river of the Lenape People]
Dutch in 1609 - "Suydt Revier" [South River] [Also shown in Vischer's map of c.1660]
English in 1610 - "Dela Waer" / "Delowar" / "Dellewar" [in honor of Lord De la Warr, governor of Virginia]
Swedes in 1638 - "Svenshe River" [Swedish River]
English Quakers in 1682 - "The Charles" [for King Charles of England]
Daniel Leed's 1710 survey of Byerly tract called it South River or Fish Creek.
[HCPN]

Bull's Island
Originally known as Ponnacussing or Paunacussing, probably close to the name given by the Lenape. A survey of this and surrounding land was first made in 1712 for Richard Bull and John Ladd. As a result, it was then known as Bool's [Bull's] Island, and in the early 1800s as Saxton's Island for Nathaniel Saxton, a prominent land owner of that time.
Across from the hamlet of Raven Rock, formerly known as Saxtonville. It was annexed to the State of New Jersey in 1786. Over the years it has supported several mills and shad fisheries. It is now part of the New Jersey park system.
[MG]
Reading Howell 1785 map - "Bullls Islands Quimby possession."

Bull's Creek
A fork of the Delaware River that flowed east of Bull's Island, separating the island from the mainland. It became the point of origin for the Delaware & Raritan Canal.

Bulls's Falls
Shown on the Reading Howell map of 1785. [Exact location uncertain.] An early 1800's shad fishery was located here.

Eagle Island
In 1786 the island was annexed to the State of New Jersey and became the site of a shad fishery.

Hendricks Island
Formerly may have been called Tinker's Island. Name may have been changed to Huffnagles Island in the later 1800s.

Lower Black Ledge
Once a part of the Reading plantation and the site of a valuable shad fishery in the late 1800s. [Exact location uncertain.]

Holcombe's Island
Or Holcomb's Island; later Lewis Island (for the last fishery operators). There has been at least one shad fishery there for over 200 years. The island was officially annexed to New Jersey in 1786.

Streams & Creeks

Alexauken
Folklore has it named for a pioneer hunter and trapper - Alias [alternately Alex/Elias/Ellis] Hawkins/Sauken/Hocking. There probably was no such person. It is most likely derived from an Indian word for the creek.
Hammond map?? - "Alias Hocking"
1749 Evans map - "Aliabhoking"
1812 Lewis map - "Ahabhocking Cr."
1851 Cornell map - "Alexsocken"

empty

Lockatong
Early records also refer to this as Loakalong / Laogaland / Laogalong / Laoglalon / Leokotong brook or creek.
Evans 1749 map - "Loaklong Br"
Reading Howell 1785 map - "Scogalong Creek"
Reading Howell 1792 map - "Looklony Cr."

Neshanic
One of the principal rivers flowing east toward Raritan Bay. The First Neshanic originates west of Flemington and flows south toward the Second Neshanic. The Third Neshanic begins near Sand Brook.

Plum Brook
A major feeder for the Wichecheoke.

Wichechecoke
Goes by various spellings including Qickecheoke. Also known earlier as Prall's Creek and later as Sergeant's Stream/Sergeant's Creek. Even called Witchley Oak Stream.
1749 Evans map - "Watchoak"
1792 Reading Howell map - " Watchook Cr."
1812 Lewis map - "Watchuk Run"

Brookville Creek

Horne Creek/Brookville Creek
Named for Thomas Horne, an early 1800s landowner. On at least one later 19thC map, it was called Butterfoss Creek. The creek & the diversion were part of the various mill operations there through the late 18th and 19th centuries, including a Hiram Deats foundry in the later 1800s.

Brookville Creek diversion
During the early to mid-1800s, part of Brookville Creek was diverted tp facilitate the extensive mill operations taking place here.

Bowers Brook
Route 579 between Route 523 & Ringoes

Bull's Creek
A fork of the Delaware River that flowed east of Bull's Island, separating the island from the mainland. It became the beginning of the Delaware & Raritan Canal.

Caponockon's Creek
A tributary of the Neshanic River (the Third Branch of the Raritan), it flows east toward Raritan Bay. Named for a sachem of the Lenape Indians.

Cold Water Creek
A branch of the Wickecheoke. Sometimes known as "Reading Run".

Huffman's Creek
A branch of the Lockatong. Originally near the property of the George and John Huffman family.

Rose Creek
A branch of the Wickecheoke.

Sand Brook
A branch of the Neshanic.

Shoppens Run
A branch of the Wickecheoke. On some maps called Shoppers Run and Shoppons Run. The origin of the name is unknown.

unnamed creek

DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL - UNT
Field Name | Field Value
FID | 1520
Shape | Polyline
OBJECTID | 14217
FNODE | 55084
TNODE | 55196
FLOWID | 57358
COMID | 0
FDATE | &lt;Null&gt;
RESOLUTION | 1
GNIS_ID |
GNIS_NAME | Delaware and Raritan Canal - UNT
REACHCODE |
FLOWDIR | 1
WBAREACOMI | 0
FTYPE | 460
FCODE | 46006
ENABLED | 1
SITCODE | 1
SITUATION | Stream
NAME | DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL - UNT
NAMECK | Delaware and Raritan Canal UNT
WBNAME |
WBAREANAME |
STREAMLEVE | 2
STREAMORDE | 0
WMA | 11
HUC14 |
HUC12 |
HUC6 | 020401

DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL - UNT
Shape | Polyline
OBJECTID | 17012
FNODE | 54857
TNODE | 55091
FLOWID | 57250
COMID | 0
FDATE | &lt;Null&gt;
RESOLUTION | 1
GNIS_ID |
GNIS_NAME | Delaware and Raritan Canal - UNT
REACHCODE |
FLOWDIR | 1
WBAREACOMI | 0
FTYPE | 460
FCODE | 46006
ENABLED | 1
SITCODE | 1
SITUATION | Stream
NAME | DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL - UNT
NAMECK | Delaware and Raritan Canal UNT
WBNAME |
WBAREANAME |
STREAMLEVE | 0
STREAMORDE | 0
WMA | 11
HUC14 |
HUC6 | 020401

DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL - UNT
Shape | Polyline
OBJECTID | 14220
FNODE | 55201
TNODE | 55091
FLOWID | 57362
COMID | 0
FDATE | &lt;Null&gt;
RESOLUTION | 1
GNIS_ID |
GNIS_NAME | Delaware and Raritan Canal - UNT
REACHCODE |
FLOWDIR | 1
WBAREACOMI | 0
FTYPE | 460
FCODE | 46006
ENABLED | 1
SITCODE | 1
SITUATION | Stream
NAME | DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL - UNT
NAMECK | Delaware and Raritan Canal UNT
WBNAME |
WBAREANAME |
STREAMLEVE | 2
STREAMORDE | 0
WMA | 11
HUC6 | 020401

SITUATION | Indeterminate

LENGTHKM | 0.32986
SITUATION | Indeterminate

LENGTHKM | 0.18433

unnamed tributary

D&R Canal Tributary

Community spring

Fisheries [locations approximate]
In the 18thC there were numerous fisheries along the New Jersey shores of the Delaware River. These were owned as property and could be leased or sold. They were protected by a NJ law passed on June 13, 1799.
The law stated that fish weirs (barracades), racks, dams, pounds, or baskets could be installed for five years... if licensed by the Fishing Commissioners... if having the written consent of the owners of the land adjacent to the river... and if leaving a 200-foot wide free passage for boats and rafts of lumber.
Bonds for all fisheries, including a description of their location, were posted to cover any fines or penalties that might occur for violating these rules & regulations and were filed with the county clerk.
The overwhelming number of fish gathered from the Delaware River were shad. In the early 1800s there were 52 shad fisheries along the New Jersey shore from Trenton to the Musconetcong River at Phillipsburg. By the end of the century, much of the area had been fished out. The only remaining fishery today is the one on Lewis Island [formerly Holcombe Island] at Lambertville where they still hold an annual shad festival.
[SEE: Hunterdon County NewJersey Fisheries 1819-1820 by Phyllis B. D"Autrechy]

Prime Hope/Snapjaw/Snap Fishery
Owned by Isaiah Quinby and first leased in 1782. The property was described as “beginning at the head of Bull’s Falls and drawing out near the lower part of the island.”

Hardscrabble Fishery

Crab Fishery

Eagle Fishery

Roach Fishery

Good Hope Fishery

Creek's Mouth Fishery

Quick Step Fishery

Tadpole Fishery

Burnshin Fishery

Other fishing bonds
In 1819 Delaware Township had the most fisheries of any township in the county. Following were bonds posted for other fisheries in Delaware Township during the 1800s:
Alexauken - 1889 [no description]
Larues Eddy - 1874 [lands of Daniel Rockafellow]
Mutton Cove - 1874 [near John C. Holcombe lowlands]
PeaWee - 1878 [below Burnshin Fishery]
Peney - 1885 [near Brookville]
Red Neck - 1892 [at or near Lumberville Bridge]
Sand Bank - 1879 [above Centre Bridge]
SEE: 'Hunterdon County Fisheries 1819-1820' for other listings including:
Buttonwood Cove - 1819 [Richard Holcombe - Brookville?]
Catchwell - [William Mitchell - below Burshin's]
Jug - 1820 [lands of John Woolverton]

Indian habitation
From the Schrabisch Indian Habitation map of 1915. [Locations are approximate.]

Schrabisch & other Indian habiation maps

large river village site

river village site

burial ground

12 Campsites

river camp

campsite

Indian Trails [REF: Wacker]
REF: Land & People by Peter Wacker

Minisink Trail
Metuchen > Bound Brook > Somerville > White House > Clinton > Bloomsbury > Phillipsburg

part of Old York Rd.
Lambertville > Ringoes > Reaville > Three Bridges

Untitled Path
Three Bridges > Clinton > ??

Untitled Path
White House > Hampton > Phillipsburg

Assunpink Trail

Elizabeth

Trenton

Princeton

Land acquisitions from the Indians
It was established policy among the Quakers to purchase land from the Indians on behalf of all the settlers before surveying lots for individuals. This was a strategy to help protect the Quakers from challenges to their legitimacy. The Quakers didn’t want to create any excuse for the government in England to deprive them of their hard-earned rights in West New Jersey.
[SEE: goodspeedhistories.com - ALL BOUNDARY LINES APPROXIMATE]

Map of Indian purchases

Thomas Budd Purchase - 1687
The first of the major land purchases in what became the original Hunterdon County was 15,000 acres bought by Thomas Budd from the Indians in 1687. This area ran from Millstone to Lawrenceville to the area north of Trenton.

Adlord Bowde Purchase - 1688
On March 30 and April 9, 1688, Adlord Bowde acquired something over 30,000 acres along the Delaware River, north of Trenton from the Indians. He purchased this property on behalf of Daniel Coxe and the land was titled as such.

Lotting Purchase - 1703 [adjusted]
Adjusted according to Hammond.
The northern boundary of the Adlord Bowde Purchase became the southern boundary of the Lotting Purchase. In 1703 John Reading, William Biddle, and John Wills purchased 150,000 acres north of the Bowde line from the Indians. Shares or "lotts" were first surveyed in 1712. It included lands on both sides of the South Branch of the Raritan.

Lewis Morris Purchase - 1709
After the Lotting Purchase was made in 1703, the proprietors discovered they could not go ahead and issue dividends as they had intended, because they did not have enough acreage to allow them to issue 5,000 acres for each proprietary share. They needed more land, which they got in 1709. This was another tract of 100,000 acres bought from the Indians by Lewis Morris, running north from the Lotting Purchase Line—from Frenchtown up the river to the vicinity of Milford, then northeast to the northern boundary of Lebanon Township, covering almost all of northern Hunterdon as we know it today.

Ferries
The names of these ferries often changed with their ownership.

Reading's Landing / Howell's Ferry
Reading's Landing c. 1700
Howell's Ferry [Daniel] c. 1731; [Benjamin]1746
Roberson's Ferry* c. 1771 [see Naylor]
Mitchell's Ferry c. 1792 [see Naylor]
Prior to 1710, John Reading established a Delaware River crossing on land he purchased from the Lenape Indians. In 1710, the citizens of Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, petitioned their governor for a road "to begin at the side of the river Delaware opposite to John Reading's landing" and continue on to Philadelphia. John Reading envisioned that the road would continue on the Jersey side of the river all the way to New York City. Reading's ferry operation was at the site of the present day Ferry Street in Stockton Borough.
John Reading's daughter Mary married Daniel Howell. Mary's dowry included the ferry tract, which then became know as Howell's Ferry. In 1746, Howell's son Benjamin received from King George II a patent to operate the ferry.
*Joseph Robison/Robeson/Roberson 1772-1884 [MG]

Hart's Ferry [same as Reading or Painter?]

Painter's/Johnson's Ferry
Less than a mile south of Bull's Island, this ferry changed names numerous times. It was still in operation in 1840. [HCPN]
Rose's Ferry [Thomas Rose/Ross] established about 1750 [HCPN] on the PA side of the river. See PA ferries.
1775-1785 Jacob McClain
c. 1785 Thorne's Ferry - Owned by Robert Thorn/e [1785 Reading Howell map]
c. 1801-1805 Painter's Ferry - Jacob Painter
1805 Johnson's Ferry - Owned by Martin Johnson. Willed by Martin to his son, William, in 1825. [MG]
In 1821 William Johnson applied for a tavern license for his inn at Johnson's Ferry. By 1829, Johnson's application mentioned his public house at the same place "kept by me for several years past at Painter's Ferry." [HCPN]
Saxton's Ferry... may be a different ferry. [1811 map/HABS]

Saxton's Ferry
Early 1800's. On a map published in 1811, the settlement here was called Saxtonville, and the ferry 'Saxton's Ferry'.
In 1816 it was bought by John Gillingham. This ferry was discontinued after the toll bridge was opened in 1835.
In 1835 a five-span covered wooden truss bridge was built from Saxtonville [Raven Rock] to Lumberville; therefore, making this ferry no longer necessary.
[HABS referencing 1811 map]

Reading's Ferry
Different from Reading's Landing/Howell's Ferry.
Owned by Joseph Reading, who willed it to his son, Samuel Reading in 1806. However, Samuel had probably been there since his 1793 marriage to Eleanor Anderson.
[Reading Howell Map of 1785]
[MG]

Black's Ferry
In PA.
[1785 Reading Howell map]

Wall's Landing
On the PA side, named for George Wall, founder of what is now Lumberville.

Howell's Ferry / Robinson's Ferry [both sides]
Reading's Landing c. 1700
Howell's Ferry [Daniel] c. 1731; [Benjamin]1746
Roberson's Ferry c. 1771 [see Naylor]; also Robinson's?
Mitchell's Ferry c. 1792 [see Naylor]
maps of 1795-1811 show "Robinson's Fy"
Prior to 1710, John Reading established a Delaware River crossing on land he purchased from the Lenape Indians. In 1710, the citizens of Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, petitioned their governor for a road "to begin at the side of the river Delaware opposite to John Reading's landing" and continue on to Philadelphia. John Reading envisioned that the road would continue on the Jersey side of the river all the way to New York City. Reading's ferry operation was at the site of the present day Ferry Street in Stockton Borough.
John Reading's daughter Mary married Daniel Howell. Mary's dowry included the ferry tract, which then became know as Howell's Ferry. [Also Howel's - 1781 Hills map] In 1746, Howell's son Benjamin received from King George II a patent to operate the ferry.
Joseph Robison/Robeson/Roberson 1772-1884 [MG]

Warner's Ferry & Mills
In PA.
[1785 Reading Howell map]

Beatty's Ferry

ferry over Plum Brook
Ferry Road is supposedly named for a ferry that was used during spring freshets to move herds of sheep from one side of Plum Brook to the other. It's probably the only Ferry Road in Hunterdon that doesn't lead to the Delaware River.

Bridges
The following bridges were nominated to the NJ State Register of Historic Places. On July 18, 2013, twenty-five of these structures were approved by the state.

D304 - wooden truss
Known as Green Sergeant's Bridge [named for a member of an early family in the area who ran the milling operations at the bridge]... or just Sergeant's Bridge. Now a covered wooden truss bridge, built in 1872 on the foundation of Samuel Opdycke's mid 18th-century bridge. Rebuilt and strengthened in 1961.
Refurbished again in 2023. It is the only remaining covered bridge in New Jersey.
National Register 1974
State Register 1974
Technical Information [2010]: This is a wooden Howe Truss covered bridge built in 1872. The clear span is 73’-8”, the bridge length is 84’, and the road width is 12’-1.” The trusses have heavy timber top chords, diagonals, end posts and guide rail, and vertical metal rods. The bridge has wood-shingle roofing, board-&-batten siding, and is supported on stone abutments that remain from an earlier bridge.
This bridge no longer functions as a truss bridge and is supported on modern steel stringers (1961) in a sympathetic manner. The alterations are visually non-intrusive.
Lichtenstein and Associate’s Structure #1000110.
SEE ALSO: Story of Green Sergeant’s Bridge and Its Builders
May 1, 2011 - Marfy Goodspeed from an article by E.T. Bush in 1935.

D366 - steel stringer

D435 - steel stringer

D298 - concrete deck

D299 - concrete deck

D327 - concrete deck

D361 - stone slab

D364 - stone slab
Date unknown. Masonry abutments; 4' span. Builder not known.

DQ313 - stone arch
Built 1829. Single arch, 12' span.

DQ320 - stone arch
Built 1837; new extension built 1938.

DQ321 - stone arch
Built 1838 [T. Apgar]; 1937 [multiplate by J .Hoppock. Double-arch; 16'10"' span.

D329 - stone arch
Built 1849. "Bellis Bridge"; span 21'. Builder not known.

D334 - stone arch
Date unknown. Span 10'. Unknown builder.

D368 - stone arch
Built 1873. Single arch; 10' span. Builder not known.

Date unknown. Single arch; 11'6" span. Builder not known.

Considerably reconstructed in the late 20th century. Only the arch rings remain intact from the original.

Circa 1882. Single-arch; 4'6" span. Builder not known.

Date unknown. Single-arch; 7' span. Builder not known.

HQ#0 - stone arch
One of the smallest stone-arch bridges in the county and perhaps one of the earliest. It was abandoned when the road was moved slightly to the south. Restored in 2015.

stone arch bridge
abandoned

D300 - metal truss
A Pratt Thru-Truss bridge built in 1878 by the Lambertville Iron Works Co. of Lambertville New Jersey, J. H. Boozer, director. Masonry abutements; 123' span, 16' high.
Technical Information [2010]: The 129’ single-span of cast- and wrought- iron members has pin-connections and patented Phoenix columns. The road width is 15’-6.” Abutments and symmetrical wing walls are of massive cut sandstone, rock-faced blocks. Original guard rails and decorative elements remain. Alterations are minimal and non-intrusive.
Lichtenstein and Associate’s Structure #10XX300. Evaluated as individually eligible for State & National Registry. “It ranks as one of the most important thru truss bridges in the state based on its age, nearly complete state of preservation, and use of Phoenix columns for the compression members”.

D325 - metal truss
Built 1889. Double pony truss; masonry & concrete abutments. Spans 47' & 94'; 10' high. Builder not known.

D337 - metal truss
Built 1899; 1961 [truss moved from Lambertville?]. Pony truss; masonry abutments. Span 67'4"; 9' high.

Built 1901. Pony truss; masonry abutments; 45' span. Builder M.B. Culver; 1933 Welding Eng.

Built 1900. Pony truss; masonry & concrete abutments. Span 24'; height 7'. Known as Peck's Ferry Bridge.

Built 1903. Pony truss; masonry abutments. Span 26'; 6'6" high. Builder J. Scott.

Built 1925. Pony truss; masonry abutments. Builder not known.

A Pratt Thru-Truss bridge built in 1897 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio.
Technical information [2010]: This single-span bridge is 93’ long and 16’ wide. It has pin-connections and argillite abutments with U-shaped wing walls. The argillite appears to have been quarried on the site of the bridge. Original guard rails remain. The floor beams, stringers, and deck were replaced. Welded corner braces have been added.
Lichtenstein and Associate’s Structure #10XX481. Evaluated as individually eligible for State & National Registry.

Built 1899. Pony truss; 44'6 span; 10' high. Built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.

WD120 - metal truss

ED 130 stone bridge
Stone arched bridge built in 1837 [datestone intact].

Pending individual nominations in 2023-24
Stone:
D370 - Sand Brook
D379 - Yard
D441 - Buchanan
D449 - Worman
D478 - Federal Twist
DQ313 - Croton
D329 - Pine Hill
Metal truss:
D325 - Lower Creek
D488 - Old Mil
D424 - Locktown-Sergeantsvillel
WD120 - Hamp

Lost & orphan bridges

Covered bridge - Stockton to Centre Bridge
After a lengthy debate between two contenders [Bull's Island/Lumberville and Stockton/Centre Bridge] for the location of this bridge, it was constructed in Stockton and open for business on January 1, 1814. According to Snell, Centre Bridge did not get its wooden cover until 1832.
[Snell]

Covered bridge - Raven Rock to Lumberville
About 1785, Col. George Wall and William Hamilton owned the site of what is now Lumberville, PA on the west bank of the Delaware River opposite Raven Rock. The site became known as Wall's Sawmill and Wall's Landing. That name was used as late as 1814, when the name was changed to simply 'Lumberville'.
On the east side of the river, Wall briefly engaged with a trade of land from and to the Quinby family, the original owners of the area. Subsequently, in the early 1800s, the land was sold to Nathaniel Saxton and the little hamlet there briefly took his name, Saxtonville. This was changed in the 1830s to what we now know as 'Raven Rock'.
The covered bridge from Raven Rock to Lumberville was chartered by the legislatures of NJ and PA in 1835-36, but for unknown reasons was not constructed until twenty years later. It was built in five spans of wood trusses by contractors Solon Chapin and Anthony Fry at a cost of $18,000, and was opened to traffic in 1856.
The Raven Rock/Lumberville Bridge had one of its five spans washed away in the 1903 fall flood. It was replaced in 1904 with a steel truss. The bridge remained part timber and part steel until 1947. It was closed to vehicles in 1945 when the wooden superstructure was discovered to be rotted beyond repair.
It was then that the Delaware River authorities decided the declining amount of traffic no longer warranted a vehicular bridge. Consequently, a steel, pedestrian-only bridge designed by John A. Roebling & Sons was built and opened in 1947.
[HABS]
[Stories fr Raven Rock]

Croton bridge
A beautiful three-arch stone bridge which used to span the Wichechecoke Creek.

stone-arch bridge
Former Lambertville-Headquarters Rd, long abandoned.

stone-arch bridge [J. Smith - 1872]
Bypassed when the road was straightened. Joseph Smith was a Freeholder from Delaware Township.
According to E.T. Bush, "Joseph was made paymaster, as well as supervisor; and that he was in the habit of walking to Flemington when pay-day came, to secure the necessary funds, and then walking back to the bridge for making the distribution."

small stone-arch bridge
Bypassed when the road was straightened.

18thC Roads

18thC stream crossings [some conjecture]

Opdycke's bridge - mid 18thC
Now a covered wooden truss bridge, built in 1872 on the foundation of Samuel Opdycke's mid-18th century bridge. Rebuilt and strengthened in 1961. Only remaining covered bridge in New Jersey.
National Register 1974
State Register 1974

abandoned bridge
Former path of road. One of Delaware Townships's smallest and oldest stone-arch bridges.

Bower's Brook
Bridge 1812. Probably named for Philip Bower, an early resident.

Turnpike crossing

York Road crossing

Sand Brook Crossing

Prall Crossing

RM-RR Crossing

Crossing?

Old River Trail

Old river trail
Early Indian trail along the Delaware River.
1777 map - "Lower or River Road" [from Trenton]

River Trail

Old York Road in Hunterdon Co.

Old York Road [early Indian trail]
First recorded mention of that name ["Yoark Road"] as early as 1723. Also called the King's Road or the King's Highway. The New Jersey section of Old York Rd. was built in 1764. It follows present-day Route 179, connecting neighboring points of Lambertville and Ringoes.
It traces closely the route of an Indian Trail between more distant points in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. It was the route used by the Swift Sure Stage Line (1765-1854) and, although it was originally a tollroad, it became a "free road" after 1851.
Part of Old York Road was the southeastern boundary of Delaware Township from 1838, when the township was formed, until the 1890s when that part was transferred to East and West Amwell.

in Hunterdon Co.

Swift-Sure Path

Coryell's Ferry (Lambertville)

Mt. Airy

Ringoes
An east-west crossroads with the north-south Trenton-Easton Turnpike.

Centerville
Centerville grew up because of a tavern that marked the halfway point on the Swift Sure Stage Line route from New York to Philadelphia. It took two days to make the journey, so this was a logical stopping point for travelers. The tavern was in operation as early as 1829.
[Wiki, HCPN]

Trenton-Easton Turnpike

Trenton-Easton Turnpike [early Indian trail]
Current-day Route 579 was called the Trenton-Easton Turnpike during the 18th & 19th centuries. It forms the entire eastern border of Delaware Township and follows an early Indian trail.
1777 map - "Upper or "Pennington Road"

Trenton-Easton Turnpike - upper

Trenton-Easton Turnpike - middle thru Amwell

Trenton-Easton Turnpike - lower

Old Amwell roads

Flemington to Sergeantsville - 1725

Sergeantsville to Stockton - 1725?

Stockton to Kingwood - 1729
One of the oldest roads in the area. Followed the route of one of western Hunterdon Couty's major north/south routes which led to Readings's Ferry, an important Delaware River crossing.
[DB]

Mt. Airy to Sandy Ridge - [1721/1736]
One of the oldest roads in the area. Also known as "The Middle Road" on 18th-century maps, which went from Stockton to Lambertville.

Ringoes to Sergeantsville - early to mid 18thC
Provided a road to access the mills in the area. Also called 'the Great Road from Tyson's Mill to Opdycke's Mill'.
[DB]

Sergeanstville to Rosemont - mid 18thC

Rosemont to Raven Rock - mid 18thC

Boarshead to Baptistown - 1766

Headquarters to Sand Brook - 1770

Federal Twist Road - 1775
Also known in the 18th century as Ferry Road or the road from Painter's Ferry to Milltown. The term 'twist' referred to a pull-off for stopping part way up the steep hill. That resting spot has long ago been straightened, although remnants of it can still be seen if one looks closely.

Flemington to Locktown - 1779

Tinker's Rd.
Cited by 1787 and in 1793. Appears as "Rittenhouse" on maps in the later 1800s. Identity of "tinker" is unknown. www.goodspeedhistories.com

Ferry Rd. - late 18thC
Ferry Road is supposedly named for a ferry that was used during spring freshets to move herds of sheep from one side of Plum Brook to the other. It's probably the only Ferry Road in Hunterdon that doesn't lead to the Delaware River.

Prallsville to Skoonkton [Sergeantsville]
Probably later 1700s. Now Woolverton Rd.

Sandy Ridge Rd.
Part of the "Middle Road" which went from Stockton to Lambertville.
It was also called "the public road from Centre Bridge to Head Quarters”.

18thC "Middle Road" [conjecture]
Referred to on early maps, its exact configuration has been lost over time, but its course was from Coryell's Ferry [Lambertville] to Howell's Ferry [Stockton] via an arch using interior existing roads.
It has later been determined that this road was a combination of what is now Route 179 from Lambertville to Mt. Airy > then Route 605 to Sandy Ridge > then Sandy Ridge Rd. to Route 523 > then Rt. 523 to Stockton. It is one of the earliest road networks in the township, dating from the early 1700s.
[see Marfy Goodspeed on 'The Middle Road']

19th-century Roads [add Watson & Gordon maps here]

Jacob's Path - 1813

Jacob's Path overlay

Jacob's Path
In 1813 a new road from the bridge-abutment road at Centre Bridge [now Stockton] was laid in a northeasterly direction until it intersected with the road from Prallsville to Sergeantsville.
[See www.goodspeedhistories.com for full explanation.]

Jacob's bridge

Jacob's Path

Old Road

New access road for existing house?

road to Skoonkton

Prall Mills complex

Shamp Tavern

B56-16 [Errico land]

1812 William Watson map [southern part]

1812 Watson map [scale drastically off]

Coryell's Ferry to Ringoes

Howell's Ferry to Flemington

Flemington to Trenton [Route 31]

Flemington-Koughtown [Clover Hill]

Ringoes to Pittstown [Route 579]

Ringoes to Koughtown [Clover Hill]

Baptist Mg [Meeting in Hopewell]

Baptisttown

Bohannan's [Tavern]

Coryell's Ferry

Flemington

Granidine's

Hickory Tavern

Holcomb's [Mill]

Koughtown [Clover Hill?]

Milford

Mitchel's & Howell's ferries

New Hope

New Market

Painter's Ferry

Pittstown

Pralls

Price's [Ringoes]

Provost's Ferry

Quakertown

[Reading] Meeting

Rocktown

Saxton's [Tavern]

Schoonktown

1828 Gordon

1828 Gordon [off on scale]

Boarshead

Buchanan's [Tav]

Centrebridge [Stockton]

Johnson's [Tav]

Koughstown

Lambertville

Prallsville

Ringoes

Rittenhouse's [Rosemont]

Sargeantsville [Sergeantsville]

Saxtonville

Flemington to Centrebridge [Stockton]

Flemington to Koughstown

Flemington to Lambertville [Rt 202]

Centrebridge [Stockton] to Baptisttown [Rt. 519]

Rosemont-Ringoes Rd [Route 604]

Ringoes to Buchanan's [Tav]

Buchanan's [Tav] to Boardshead [Tav] - Route 579

Pine Hill to Old Mill Rd

Upper Creek & Featherbed to Johnson's [Tav]

Federal Twist

Ferry Rd

Lambert Rd

Locktown Rd

Locktown-Flemington Rd

Locktown-Sergeantsville

Sand Brook-Headquarters Rd

Sand Brook-Yard Rd

Wagner Rd

part of Old York Rd

Old Prallsville Rd.
Early 1800s

Strimple's Mill Rd.
Surveyed in 1818.
[DB]

Covered Bridge Rd. [1838]

1851 Cornell map
The following roads are shown on the 1851 Cornell map:
Bizer Rd.
Boars Head [west]
Bowne Station Rd./Wagner
Britton Rd.
Cemetery Rd.
Covered Bridge Rd.
Croton Rd.
Dunkard Church Rd.
Lambert Rd.
Locktown School Rd.
Locktown-Sergeantsville Rd.
Lower Ferry Rd.
Pine Hill Rd.
Quarry Rd.
Sandy Ridge Rd.
Stompf Tavern Rd.
Upper Creek Rd.
Whiskey Lane
Yard Rd.
Zentek Rd.

Locktown-Flemington to Boar's Head

Bizer

Boars Head [west]

Bowne Station Rd.

Britton Rd.

Cemetery Rd.

Croton Rd.

Dunkard Church Rd.

Featherbed Lane

Lambert Rd. [earlier: Arnwine’s Lane]

Lambertville-Headquarters

old Lambertville-Headquarters Rd.
Either referred to as the LVHQ road or the Dilts Rd., it was in existence before 1850. It cut through the lands of C. Melic in the 1850s and G.P. Wilson in the 1870s. Was abandoned circa the early 20th century, but had fallen into disuse by the 1870s.

Locktown School Rd.

Locktown-Sergeantsville Rd.

Lower Ferry Rd.

Old Mill Rd.

Pine Hill Rd.

Quarry Rd.

Sandy Ridge Rd.

Stompf Tavern Rd.

Upper Creek Rd.

Wagner Rd.

Whiskey Lane

Yard Rd.

Zentek - before 1851
Shown on the 1851, 1860, and 1873 maps in addition to the 1930s aerial photos.

1860 Official State Map
The following roads are shown on the official NJ state map:
Boars Head [east]
Bowne Station Rd. [extension]
Hewitt Rd.
Lower Creek Rd.
Sanford Rd.

Sanford Rd. - 1850s
Shown on the 1860 and 1873 Beers maps. Formerly known as Opdycke Rd.

Lower Creek Rd. - 1850s
Shown on the 1860 and 1873 maps. [1853]

Buchanan Rd.
Surveyed in 1857.

Brookville Hollow Rd.

Bowne Station [extension]

1873 Beers map
The following roads are shown on the 1873 Beers map:
Brookville Hollow
Buchanan Rd.
Hamp Rd.
Hewitt Rd.
Lower Creek Rd.
Rittenhouse Rd.

Alexauken Creek Rd.

Haines Rd.

Hamp Rd.

Hewitt

LVHQ [west extension]

Meszaros Rd.

Pavilica Rd.

Rittenhouse Rd.
Was called "Tinker's Lane" in the 18thC. Then called the road from Sergeantsville to Dilts Corner (connected with Buchanan Rd.). First appears as "Rittenhouse" on maps in the later 1800s. Application and survey as a road in 1866. It was named for the Rittenhouse family who owned property along the road. www.goodspeedhistories.com

Seabrook Rd.

Upper Creek [extension]

Beers 1873 dotted through-roads

part abandoned

Shown on 1890 aerial map

Reading Rd.

Stone Signpost Rd.

Worman Rd. - 1882

Shown on 1906 aerial map

Grafton Rd.

Abandoned & Relocated Roads

Relocated

Old Raven Rock Road - part relocated

piece of old Sergeantsville Rd.

Mt. Airy - formerly Queen Rd.

Old York Rd.

Sandy Ridge-Mount Airy - part relocated

Abandoned

pre-Grafton road to Brookville

back way into Stockton

Waugh's Road
Early farm road that connected several farmsteads on both sides of Route 523. Not shown on 1851, 1860 or 1873 maps.

old LV-HQ road
Either referred to as the Lambertville-Headquarters road or Dilts Rd., it was in existence before 1850. It cut through the lands of C. Melic [Mellick] in the 1850s and G.P. Wilson in the 1870s. Was abandoned circa the mid 20th century, but had fallen into disuse by the 1870s.

stone-arch bridge

Yard Rd. extensions to Sand Brook & Dunkard Church
Shown on the 1851, 1860, and 1873 maps.

Rt. 523 to Sand Brook
Shown on the 1851, 1860 and 1873 maps.

alternate to Yard Rd. & Dunkard Church

Locktown-Flemington [abandoned section]

Rosemont-Raven Rock to Kingwood-Stockton
Shown on the 1873 Beers map.

Kingwood-Stockton to Route 29
Shown on the 1873 Beers map.

Hewitt Rd. east
Shown as a through road since at least 1890, it's use lessened by the mid-1900s.

1906 topo map

Creamery Road
1888 topo map - shows no road
1906 USGS map - shows dotted line for an unimproved road
1931 aerial map - shows road through woods from Reading Rd to Sergeantsville Rd
1940 aerial map - no through road remaining; path indicated for realigned road
1943 topo map - no through road; realigned main road
Creamery Road was a local cut-through to the main Sergeantsville road. It must have been a farm-to-market path to facilitate getting to the first creamery in the township which was established in the early 1880s.
The road probably came into being in the very late 1800s, as it is shown on the 1906 USGS survey. It served through the 1930s, but by 1940 it was no longer indicated on local maps. The southern part of it is still shown and named on the Delaware Township tax maps and today serves as a private drive.

L'ville-HQ to Wagner
Road from the 18thC David Johnes farmstead to Bowne Station Rd. Connected with the former east-west road through that farm and the 18thC John Opdycke farmstead.

to Bowne Station Rd.
From Lambertville-Headquarters Rd. to Wagner Rd., through two 18thC farmsteads. Use is unknown.

Rt. 523 to Biser Rd.
In use until c. 1950.

Rt. 523 to Covered Bridge Rd.
In use until c. 1940s.

1906 topo - Sutton farm road

later Mason Farm road [see Sutton Farm road]

1950s - Sergeantsville to Rt. 604

19thC Transportation

Delaware & Raritan Canal
Construction of the D&R Canal began in 1830. Laborers, includiing locals, migrants and especially Irish were hired to dig, mostly by hand, the main canal [44 miles long] and its feeder [22 miles long]. It was completed in 1834 at the cost of almost $3 million and many lives.

Hunterdon Co. - D&R Feeder Canal

D&R Feeder Canal - starting point
From Bull's Island to Trenton, it joins the main canal at Trenton. It had only three locks: Prallsville, Stockton, and Lambertville.

D&R - thru Delaware Township

Wing dam
This dam was constructed at the same time as the D&R Canal [early 1830s]. It was lowered in 2003.

Prallsville lock
Last locktender was Dory Wilson. No locktender's house.

Lambertville lock
Last locktender, George Price, also tended the Prallsville lock.

Mercer & Somerset counties [see 19thC Hunterdon transportation]

Railroads & Depots [also see 19thC Hunterdon transportation]

Flemington RR & South Branch RR
Lambertville [Bel-Del mainline]
Alexauken
Mount Airy
Bowne
Boss Road
Ringoes
Muirhead
Copper Hill
Flemington
Three Bridges
Nechanic [sic]
Flagtown
Ricefield [?]

Flemington & South Branch

Alexaucken

Barber's

Boss Rd.

Copper Hill [locate]

Muirhead

Three Bridges

Nechanic

Flagtown

Ricefield [?]

Belvidere-Delaware RR ['Bel-Del']
Operated along the Delaware River from 1851-1871. It stretched from Bordentown to Belvidere with stops in Hunterdon County which included:

Bel-Del [upper]

Stockton

Bull's Island [Raven Rock]

Point Pleasant

Tumble

Kingwood

Frenchtown

Holland

Belvidere

Bel-Del [lower]

Bordentown

Villages & Hamlets
Delaware Township has never had any large towns. Our villages & hamlets include our Historic Districts: Covered Bridge, Headquarters, Raven Rock, Rosemont, Sand Brook, Sergeantsville, and our most recent addition, Brookville].
Our other villages & hamlets include: Dilts Corner, Dublin, Locktown, Sandy Ridge, Prallsville & Stockton [which later became a separate borough]. We also share two hamlets with other townships: Bowne/Oakdale & Croton.

Headquarters [Opdycke Mills]
[See Historic Districts]

Raven Rock [Saxtonville]
[See Historic Districts]
This area was first referred to as Mauanissing, a Lenape Indian name. The Raven Rock name first appears in documents as early as 1731, and is also referenced as 'Bull's Island' [or Bool's Island] for Richard Bull, an early surveyor in the area. This small island is adjacent to the tiny community. For a time in the early part of the 1800s, it became Saxtonville [also shown on some maps as Saxton's Vill or Sexton's Ville] for Nathaniel Saxton who purchased a large amount of land in the area during that period. The name reverted back to Raven Rock in the mid-1800s.

Rosemont [Cross Keys/Rittenhouse]
[See Historic Districts]

Sand Brook

Sergeantsville [Skunktown]

Bowne
Originally called Barber's Station [1873]; later Bowne Station [Lambertville-Flemingon Railroad]; then just Bowne in honor of Dr. John Bowne, a prominent resident who practiced medicine in the area from 1791-1857.
[Oakdale apparently was a separate settlement, although often identified in the Bowne area and also at Dilts Corner. As a post office, it truly may have moved with the postmaster at any given time. ]

Brookville
At the mouth of Brookville [or Horne's] Creek, just south of Stockton.

Croton [Allertown]
Half located in Delaware Township and half in Raritan Township.
Known as Allertown prior to 1845 because of the large number of Aller famiies living in the area. The name was changed to Croton when a post office was established.

Dilts Corner
Name used locally by 1858 after the land of Robert Dilts. [On some maps, mislabeled as Oakdale.]

Locktown
[See 'Village Walks']
An early village in the area, as its first church was built here in 1745.

Oakdale
See Bowne.

Sandy Ridge
Snell describes "a ridge extending NE from the Delaware River near Stockton for about five miles". In the late 1800s there were many sandpits in the area that were used for building purposes.
[It was centered around its church, which was established in 1819, and its large and still rural farming community.]
[Snell]

Prallsville [Howell's Mill]
[See: Stockton-Prallsville Historic District.]
Named for John Prall, Jr. who settled here in the 1790s. It evolved into a small hamlet that bore his name. It was the site of several early mills and a quarry in the later 1800s.

Dublin
In the 18thC, this was a separate area from Prallsville.

Stockton - 1898 [Center Bridge]
Divided from Delaware Township in 1898. [See separate listing under 'Boroughs & Towns'. It adjoins Prallsville as an early historic district.]

Quarries

Unnamed quarry

Byram [diabase]

Penna RR #1

Penna RR #2

Penna RR #3

Penna. RR #4

John Prall

Leticia Prall

Raven Rock

Stockton Inn

Trap Rock Quarry [diabase]
William Henry Ireland [1849-1925]
Founded Gilboa Quarries of the Lambertville Stone Quarry Co. with Isaiah Barber in 1891/92. Managed by John Walter Ireland & Charles Herbert Ireland [sons].
Sold to Lambertville Trap Rock Co. Dec 1, 1928

Worman Rd

Mills

Prallsville Mills - c. 1710
[gristmill, sawmill, linseed oil, plaster ]
There was probably a mill here as early as 1710, when Daniel Howell acquired hundreds of acres from his father-in-law John Reading.
Howells and Wolvertons ran the mill until 1792 when it was taken over by John Prall Jr. Prall expanded the milling operations and added a store with post office.
The next successful owner was William L. Hoppock. He sold the mill in the 1870s and shortly afterwards it burned down.
The new owner, Lemuel O. Kessler rebuilt, and later sold to Stout Stover who built the present mill in 1877. It was later run by J. W. Smith's Sons, the last millers in Prallsville.

Rittenhouse Mill - c.1720-30
[grist, saw]
The mill on Old Mill Road was first built by William Rittenhouse in the 1720s or 1730s. He bequeathed it to his son Peter in 1761, who bequeathed it to his son Elisha in 1791, who sold it in a property exchange to John Opdycke’s son Thomas Opdycke in 1801.
[see later Rittenhouse mill]

Rittenhouse mill area - Old Mill Rd
stone mansion, miller's cottage, Risler farmstead, school

old stone mansion

miller's cottage

Risler Farmstead
Hammond map: 1743 - Ralph Brock / 241 acres
1851 Cornell - not shown
1860 Philadelphia - not shown
1873 Beers - H. Hoppock
Later referred to as the Edna Horn house.
A 4-bay, 2-story frame house c. 1830-40 with a 1-bay, 2-story addition c..1850. Demolished around 2014.

school

[Headquarters] Opdycke Mills - 1735
[gristmill, sawmill, distillery]
First mill built about 1735 by Benjamin Severns or John Opdycke. Run by Benjamin Tyson during the Revolution, followed by George Holcombe, then John and Elias Conover. By 1860, it was owned by John A. Carrell, who made several improvements including steam power. His son Joseph Carrell was the last to run the mill. He and his wife were still living there in 1929.

[at covered bridge] Sergeant's Mill - c.1740
[grist]
Probably first built by Edward Milner about 1740, and expanded by John Opdycke in 1754. Bequeathed to son Samuel Opdycke in 1777. Sold to Charles Sergeant in 1805 and bequeathed by him to his son Richard Green Sergeant in 1833. Green Sergeant owned the mill property in 1872 when the covered bridge was built. In 1893, Richard Green Johnson got the mill from heirs of Green Sergeant, and it has remained in the Johnson family ever since. The mill was demolished in the 1950s.

[Sand Brook] Kitchen's Mill - early 1700s
[gristmill, sawmill]
First owned by Henry Kitchen, who bequeathed it to his son Samuel Kitchen in 1745. Samuel Kitchen died in 1773. Owned by John Rockafellar from 1805 to 1815 when he sold it to George Rea, who died in 1838. Then it was owned by Hiram Moore, who died in 1893. By that time it was no longer in operation, and is now no longer standing.

Rittenhouse-Myers Mill - 1767
[sawmill, gristmill, distillery]
Also on Old Mill Rd. Sawmill bequeathed by William Rittenhouse to son Peter Rittenhouse. 1791, Bequeathed by Peter Rittenhouse to son Elisha Rittenhouse, who added a grist mill. 1847, Mill lot sold to Tunis Myers, who also ran a distillery. 1871, Anderson Bray owned the mill in partnership with William Cobb. Richard Holcombe was the miller. The mill was often referred to as Myers' Mill or Holcombe's Mill. Still working in 1906 when it was owned by Mrs. Mathias Pegg.
[see early Rittenhouse mill]

[Brookville] Horne-Butterfoss Mill - late 18thC
[gristmill, sawmill, linseed oil]
No longer standing and exact location not known. First run by Abner Hixon before the Revolution, and later by Thomas Horne. Brookville Creek used to be known as Horne's Creek.
In 1815 it was run by William L. Prall, Jacob Lambert and John Cavanagh in partnership. They called it the Union Mill. The partnership ran into debt, and the mill came into possession of Daniel Butterfoss.
Around 1851, Hiram Deats bought the property; he rented the mill to others, but it was abandoned in the 1880s and destroyed by a flood in the 1890s.

Besson's Sawmill - c.1790
Built by John Besson about 1790. Sold about 1816 to George Trout, who sold it in 1839 to Philip Rake. Taken over by Daniel Carrell in 1845, who sold it in 1852 to Hiram Robins. Probably stopped working shortly after that. No longer standing.

Werts Sawmill - 18thC
Run by Elnathan Werts from the waters of the Wickecheoke Creek in the 18th century. Location is uncertain. No information on Elnathan Werts at this time, except that he was the brother of George Werts who owned the farm just to the east, and the son of Henry and Mary Werts.

Raven Rock Mill [late 1700s]
[grain, flax, oil, sawmill]
This mill has been so long gone that locating it is nearly impossible. Mahlon Cooper and Robert Curry were running a mill here in the late 18th century. Later it was owned by Nathaniel Saxton, who ran a grain mill, a flax mill, and an oil mill. Saxton was followed by George Holcombe, a land speculator, then by John Major and Nicholas D. Baird. Major and Baird both went into debt. In 1830, it was bought by James B. Cox, a front man for Robert F. Stockton, principle shareholder of the D&R Canal.
[See also Raven Rock.]
1799 - Mahlon Cooper & Robert Curry
1808 - Nathaniel Saxton
1814 - George Holcombe
1830 - Mindert Wilson, James Major, Nicholas D. Baird, James B. Coxe on behalf of Robert F. Stockton who ultimately closed the mill.
In the 1840s, a sawmill was operated here by Elijah Heath.

Thatcher's Sawmill
Operated by Jonas Thatcher on a tributary of the Neshanic. Not much is known about this mill and the location is uncertain.

John P. Hunt Sawmill - c.1825
John P. Hunt inherited his farm from his father Samuel Hunt in 1825. He built his mill on a tributary of the Alexauken Creek, and ran it unitl he died in 1860. After that the mill was no longer operated.

Sergeant's Sawmill [at covered bridge]
Sawmill complex built by Green Sergeant, about 300 yards south of the bridge. A little closer to the bridge was also a blacksmith shop. In 1877, a freshet washed the mill and shop away.

Croton Sawmill - 1811
Built by Albertus King on a branch of the Wickecheoke. 1829-1845, run by Amy Aller and her son John. The village of Croton was known as Allerton during that time. 1849-1853, David Sebold. 1853-1895, Bateman Hockenbury. Thereafter, the milling operation ceased.

Wilson-Rittenhouse Mill - c.1817
[clover mill, saw mill]
Built about 1817 by Garret Wilson. Sold to Robert Rittenhouse in 1832, who ran a manual labor institute. He built the first machine for hulling clover seed in Hunterdon County. He sold it in 1836. It eventually came back into the hands of Garret Wilson, and was occupied by Wilson Rittenhouse. In 1867 it was owned by Andrew Butterfoss, who rented it to Edward Phillips. By the 1870s it was no longer in operation, and is now no longer standing.
1851 Cornell map - W. Rittenhouse S [saw] & Clover Mill
1860 Philadelphia map - W. Rittenhouse S.M. [saw mill]
1873 Beers map - S.M. [saw mill]

Strimples Mill - c. mid-1800s
[sawmill], distillery]
On a branch of the Lockatong, it may have been built by Daniel Carrell about 1847. Elijah Myers was the owner in 1858 when it was sold to Calvin G. Strimple. But he seems to have sold it in 1860 to John Hellier. It is the only mill still in operation in Delaware Township. The current owner is Dan Janiezewski.
Cornell 1851 - identified as "D. Carle's saw mill“
Oregon Mill - a distillery; later Strimple’s Mill and Pfeiffer’s Mill
ownership:
1847 - Daniel Carrell; may have given it the name "Oregon Mill"
1852 -

The Weir Mill - mid 1800s
[gristmill]
Run by James and Joseph Weir during the Civil War. It burned down after the war and was not rebuilt.
[1860 map]

Benjamin Horn's Mill
[sawmill]

S. Holcombe Mill - early 1800s?
[gristmill]
This mill was located upstream from the mill ruin & miller's house, toward the intersection of Queen Rd. & Alexauken Creek Rd., and above the confluence of a tributary creek coming in from the east. It was on the west bank of the main creek. Its silt and mill ponds were above and to the west. It is the mill identified as the “S. Holcomb’s G. [grist] Mill” on the 1851 Cornell map and was probably built in the early 1800s. This mill is no longer there; the last record of its existence was in the 1930s.
[This area is now a part of West Amwell Township.]

mill ruin - mid-1800s
This mill was built in the mid-1800s and is a ruin at this point. It is on the south end (next to the miller’s house of the same vintage) of what was the original 100+acres of John Dennis in the 18thC and later owned by Samuel Holcombe [1803-1822]. It is referred to on the 1860 Philadelphia map as the “Alexsocken Mill” and in newspaper articles of that time as "Blackwell's Mill" for the owner, Bloomfield Blackwell, who purchased the land in 1857. It was most probably a grist mill.
[This area is now part of West Amwell Township.]

Bowne Station Mill [ ? ]

Milltown - Kingwood
In the Opdycke geneaology, it has been written that John Opdycke’s son George “had the house and mill at Milltown,” but research done on that property by Egbert T. Bush failed to turn up the name of George Opdycke, or his father John.
Snell’s History of Hunterdon does not identify George Opdycke as the miller of Milltown either. George Opdycke did live nearby, however. He bordered John Snyder, the miller of Milltown, in 1774, and also Federal Twist Road when it was put through in 1775. But there is no mention of a mill in his estate records.
As for the Runk mill in Kingwood Township, there is some dispute about whether John Opdycke was the original builder. However, his son George Opdycke was in possession of it before the Revolution.

Distilleries

Sutton distillery
Possibly started by Jonas Sutton in the 18thC. Son Amos Sutton ran this operation in the late 18th & early 19thC; then grandson John in the mid 1800s. It was a family business for well over 100 years... famous for its apple brandy.
[See also: 'Sutton Farm' under early 18thC structures... and www.goodspeedhistories.com]

Lawshe Cider Mill & Distillery - c.1840s
This was the original homestead of the Covenhoven family in Delaware Township. After Henry Lawshe bought the property, he built a new house in 1841 and moved the old house east and fitted it up as a cider mill. The exact location is uncertain.

cider distillery [Cornell]

Higgins distillery
1873 Beers map

[Stockton] Sharp's distillery [date?-locate]
[cider mill]

Taverns

Howell's Tavern / Shamp's Tavern
Early 1700s.
Ownership and/or operation of:
Joseph & Sarah Howell
Mathias Case [Joseph Howell's son-in-law]
1821 - John Bake [may still have been run by Shamp]

White Hall Tavern
Built in the 1750s, probably by John Opdycke. Located in the village of Headquarters. It was purported to be a recruiting headquarters for patriot troops.

Cross Keys/Rittenhouse Tavern - 1754
Original section built in 1754 according to datestone in the west gable. Both the building and the village were originally called 'Cross Keys' after a tavern at the crossroads was started there about 1745 by William Rittenhouse. The first recorded tavern license for this building was issued to Isaac Rittenhouse, son of William, in 1789. The building was later called 'Rittenhouse Tavern' after the family. It operated as a tavern and inn until the 1870s.
ownership:
William Rittenhouse
Isacc Rittenhouse
1809 - to sons Samuel, John & William
1811 - to brother William
tavern licenses from 1814-1831
around 1832 - Garret Lare
1843 - James Woolverton (tenants)
1846 - Cowdrick & Dilworth's Store
1868 - George Hoppock, tavern business discontinued
1851 Cornell map - E. Johnson's Hotel
1860 map - J. Woolverton Hotel
1873 Beers map - G. Hoppack

Gordon's Tavern / Sergeantsville Hotel
This building probably started as a tavern in the late 18th century. Land in the area was purchased during this time by brothers Franklin & Agesilas Gordon. Records show there was a tavern operated there by a large number of different owners over the next century, all of whom allowed public meetings to be held in the building.
The west part of the current building was formerly thought to be built c. 1830, but now is dated at closer to 1845-50; the east stone extension probably in c. 1867-1872; and the frame north section probably c. 1900.
Delaware Township was organized in 1838, at which point the building was operating as both a tavern and an inn. It was enlarged into a hotel in the mid 1800s and continued to operate until 1920, when it was closed as a result of Prohibition.
People of the town convinced the Methodist Church to buy it so that community functions could continue to be held there. It finally was purchased from the church by Delaware Township in 1948. It is one of the oldest continuous meeting places of local government in the state of New Jersey and still serves as the town hall after all of these years.
Ownership / tavern licenses:
1780 - Gordon family, owners of land
1794 - Agesilaus Gordon/Godfrey Rockafellar - first tavern license
1796 - Agesilaus Gordon
1802 - John Barcroft
1803 - Cornelius Lake
1804 - Agesilaus Gordon
1805 - Godfrey Rockafellar
1812 - George Holcombe
1816 - James Larew
1817 - Othniel Lake
1821 - William Rake
1824 - John Gordon
circa 1830 - inn built?; may have been 1845-50
1830s - Neal Hart
1830s - Henry Wagner
1838 - John Parker
1840 - Isaiah H. Moore
1842 - David Rake
1843 - Henry Wagner
1845 - George W. Gaddis
1850 - John Smith
For later owners, see:
1851 Cornell map, 1860 Philadelphia map, 1873 Beers map
[MG, DB]

Buchanan's Tavern
On Route 579 near the intersection with Route 523. Shown on a 1780s Colonial map, it was also referred to as "Bohannan's Tavern". It was a busy tavern into the 1800s, with Delilah Buchanan applying for licenses to continue at "old Buchanan's Stand" in 1821 & 1829. [HCPN]
1781 Hills map - Bonhanna's [tavern]
[Often confused with the house on Buchanan's Hill. See Marfy Goodspeed articles on the real Buchanan's taverns.]

Buchanan's Tavern - later site
[See Marfy Goodspeed articles on the real Buchanan's Taverns.]

Lower Boarshead Tavern [later Sine's Tavern]
The earlier of the Boarshead Taverns. It was one of the important inns in the area during the 18th century. On the Raritan Township side of Route 579 at the intersection of Boars Head Rd. Demolished.
The most likely first tavern keeper was Abraham Bonnell [owner of the 1760s Bonnell Tavern in the Clinton area]. He is thought to have been at the Boars Head as early as 1751.
c.1750 - Abraham Bonnell
1762 - Daniel Pegg, renter & innkeeper
1774 - Peter Teeple, renter & innkeeper
1786 - William Jones, renter & innkeeper
[Philip Bevin - landlord for Pegg, Teeple & Jones]
George Holcombe - owner
1805 - George N. Holcombe sold to John Sine, Jr. a lot of 16.7 acres where the Boarshead Tavern stood. Sine did commence operation of the tavern because in 1806, the year he died, the tavern was identified as “John Sine’s Tavern.”
Jeremiah King
Sarah King Pyatt
[see related articles by Marfy Goodspeed]

Upper Boarshead Tavern
The later of the two Boarshead Taverens. North of the original one, on the Delaware Township side of Route 579. Burned to the ground in 1895.
ownership:
early 1800s - Dr. James Pyatt

Saxtonville Tavern [1823/ later additions]
Thought to have been circa 1810, 1820 & 1835 sections [south to north]. NOTE: Dendro-dating has put the earliest section at 1822-23. The additions to the left and right are slightly later. Listed in the Historic American Buildings Survey of the 1930s.
Saxtonville / Saxton's Ville / Sextons Ville took its name from Nathaniel Saxton, owner of the land in the early 1800s. Saxton purchased the 15-acre tavern land in 1810 from Moses Quinby. No record is shown of Quinby operating a tavern prior to that point.
In the early 1830's, construction began on the feeder canal which brought increased business to the area. The tavern was sold to Richard Bennett in 1836. It probably was operated by Bennett into the early 1840s.
In 1848 Bennett sold the property to Bernard Rogan of Bucks Co. PA. And in 1866, the heirs of Rogan conveyed the property to Ruth S. Bray of Saxtonville. In 1874 it went to Thomas McAloan and ultimately to his extended family for more than a hundred years. It was sold by the family to the State of New Jersey in 2007.
[HABS]

Centre Bridge Tavern
The successor to Howell's Tavern. Originally called Johnson's Tavern; then Smith's Hotel [1850]; and Colligan's Stockton Inn in the mid 20thC. Now known simply as the Stockton Inn.

Stump/Stompf Tavern
On Federal Twist at the intersection of Stompf Tavern Rd. Probably owned by Jacob Kyple in the 1790s. [No firm evidence of its being a tavern.]
1851 J. Worrick
1873 J. White

Johnson's Tavern
On Route 29 near Federal Twist Rd.
In 1821 William Johnson applied for a tavern license for his inn at Johnson's Ferry. By 1829, Johnson's application mentioned his public house at the same place "kept by me for several years past at Painter's Ferry." [HCPN]
It was later the location of the W. Johnson Hotel which stood until 1905 when the state demolished it in preparation for the construction of Route 29.
[1851 Cornell map]

Inns/Hotels

1851 Cornell map

[Saxtonville] Hotel
See Saxtonville Tavern.

W. Johnson Hotel
[See Johnson's Tavern.]

R. Johnson Hotel
[See Rittenhouse Tavern.]

Smith's Hotel
[See Centre Bridge Tavern.]

Hotel - Croten [sic]

Gaddis Hotel
[See Gordon's Tavern.]

Boreshead [sic] Hotel
[See Lower Boarshead Tavern.]

1873 Beers map

Hotel - Locktown
Mid 19th century.

Hotel - Croton

Hotel - Sergeantsville
[See Gordon's Tavern.]

Stores

18th Century

Opdycke store
John Opdycke ran a store in the northwest first-floor room of his dwelling. A stone wall [probably original to the house] was built from cellar to attic to separate that part from the rest of the house. In that northwest corner, there was a separate winder staircase to the cellar [for storage purposes] and a corresponding stairs to the second floor and attic [possibly for a live-in storekeeper].
1735 - mill was built
1758 - John Opdycke house was built
Joseph Howell
Benjamin Tyson
George Holcombe
J & E Conover

Sergeant store
John and Joseph Sergeant probably had a store at this crossroads.

19th Century

Quinby store
In Saxtonville [now Raven Rock] in the early 1800s, Moses Quinby operated a store. It was probably located at or very near what became the Saxtonville Tavern.

Huffman's store
Heath-Huffman store in Raven Rock - circa 1830s.

Store - Prallsville

Store - Stockton

Grain store - Stockton

Store - Sergeantsville

Conover's store - Headquarters
[See 18th century Opdycke store.]

J. Servis store - Sand Brook
Building then used as a wheelwright shop.

P. Geary? store - Locktown

C.S. Johnson store - Raven Rock

Store - Sand Brook

Store - northeast of Sand Brook

Store - Croton

Other

2nd store - Headquarters Farm - 1866
The store, started by John Opdycke and owned by J & E Conover in the mid-1800s, was moved to this new building. It has an 1866 datestone.
Joseph Carrell
George W. & Samuel Robinson

2nd store - Headquarters village [date]
May have started on the other side of the road.
Theodore Denson
Rutan Heath
James Buchanan
William H. Brewer
A.J. Dalrymple
Bert German

Brookville [date]
In one of Hiram Deats' bulidings.
Calvin Strimple
Samuel Robinson

Sand Brook Store - c.1902
Circa 1902. Combination store and dwelling was erected by Samuel F. Fauss shortly after its predecessor was destroyed by fire about 1900. [Bertland]

Blacksmith & Wheelwright

other blacksmith shops [see Goodspeed articles]

Vandolah farm
Wilson Holcombe; John Vandolah [May be the same as listed on the Beers map.]

Croton
1845 - Dennis W. Carkhuff; Eldridge Green

Headquarters
Manual Green; William W. Pegg

Raven Rock
James Opdycke

Trades

18th century

Sutton tannery
Before the Sutton farm was know for its distillery [see Distilleries above], it was known for its extensive tannery.
[See also: 'Sutton Farm' under early 18thC structures... and goodspeedhistories.com.]

possible tannery at Sandy Ridge
[see goodspeedhistories.com]

[shoemaker] west of Sergeantsville
18thC - James Larew

19th century

Shoe shop - Headquarters

Coop shop - Headquarters

B. shop - east of Sand Brook

W. shop - Dilts Corner

Tannery - Dilts Corner

B. shop - north of Rosemont
James Barcroft - blacksmith & farmer
Possibly earlier blacksmiths in this location.

B. Sh - Locktown

Coop shop - Locktown

Taylor shop- east of Locktown

Cab. Shop - south of Croton

Shoe shop - Brookville

Cabinet & Shoe shop - Boarshead

Chair shop - Boarshead

W.S.

B.S. Sh - Sergeantsville

W. Sh - Sergeantsville

Carriage Sto - Sergeantsville

Tanyard - south of Sergeantsville

W. shop - covered bridge

W.& B.S. Sh - Locktown

B.S. Sh - northeast of Locktown

W. Sh - Dilts Corner

B.S. Sh - Dilts Corner

B.S. Sh - Rosemont

W.&B.S. Sh - Sand Brook

W. Sh - Croton

B.S. Sh - south of Croton

Other trade listings
[mostly undated; exact locations unknown]
From notes by Marfy Goodspeed.

carriage/wagon/sleigh makers, harness & wheelwriights

Croton [wagons/sleighs]
Holcombe Warford; John W. Hockenbury

Dilts Corner [wheelwrights]
Jacob Godown; Charles W. Godown

Headquarters [wagons/sleighs]
Manuel Green; William W. Pegg

Locktown [wheelwrights]
John Closson [working for C.G. Strimple]

Rosemont [carriages/sleighs]
R.C. Phillips

Rosemont [wagons/sleighs]
Samuel Green, John Hinkel, William Shepherd, ? Leggett, Smith Cottral, George P. Green, Harry Swales, James Wyckoff

Rosemont [harnesses]
H.A. Chapin

Sand Brook [wagons/sleighs]
Joseph H. Crum

Sandy Ridge [wheelwrights]
Jacobe Holcombe; Henry Vandolah

Sergeantsville [wheelwritghts]
Harry Quirk [different fr Quick]

Sergeantsville [harnesses]

Stockton [harnesses]

miscellaneous local trades

[Boarshead Rd.] Wagner Millinery Shop

Dilts Corner [shoemaker]
Robert Dilts

Locktown [shoemaker]
John Cline

Rosemont [shoemaker]
Mahlon Williamson

Raven Rock [basketmaking]
Augustus B. Reading 1876-1909; son Robert until 1926

Croton [chairmaking]
John Young; William Gordon

near the "Ferry" [chairmaking]
Benjamin Horne

near Harmony School [chairmaking]
Isaac Horne

Sergeantsville [chairmaking]
William D. Hann

near Sergeantsville [chairmaking]
Jeremiah T. Horne

Churches [see: Less Stately Mansions - Frank Greenagel]

Amwell Church of the Brethern
Established in 1733. Current structure was built in the 1950s. The structure to the north was a carriage house.

Locktown - 1st church
First Locktown church was established in 1745.

Locktown Stone Church - 1819
Old School Baptist congregation organized in 1742 in Baptistown. A log cabin and a later frame church preceded this 1819 structure. This beautiful stone building was originally stuccoed. Much of its interior remains unchanged.
The church was responsible for the name of the village. In 1839 the more conservative members of the congregation attempted to lock reformers out. The reformers responded by installing their own lock. Thereafter, the village was called "Locktown".
It is now a public building owned by Delaware Township and used for special events.
State Register of Historic Places - 11/20/73
National Register of Historic Places - 02/15/74

Sandy Ridge Church [Baptist] - 1819
Established in 1819 [Greenagel says 1812]. The first church was built near the present site. The current structure was built in 1866.

Locktown Christian/Presbyterian Church
Established sometime after 1828. Formerly Locktown Christian Church. In 1864 a new church replaced the 1832 building.

Sergeantsville Methodist Church
Built 1832. Enlarged & rebuilt in the late 1860s by raising the walls and adding a front extension with central entry and belfry.

Sand Brook German Baptist Church
Circa 1850. A splinter group from the nearby Amwell Church of the Brethern, known as the "Moorites" after its leader John P. Moore and his family, organized in 1849 and proceeded to erect the existing stone building on a lot acquired from Hiram Moore and wife on April 2, 1851.
[Bertland]

Sergeantsville First Brethren Church
Founded in 1898. Building constructed the same year. Its Gothic Revival style is unique in Hunterdon County. Congregation dissolved. In the late 20thC it was used as a cultural art center, the office for WDVR (the local radio station), and a Saturday night meeting place for "Heartland Hayrides".

Rosemont Methodist Episcopal Church
Established 1860. Former church now converted to dwelling. Property acquired by Charles Cane around 1947 for conversion into apartments to be occupied by men employed at his poiultry farm. The square bell tower was apparently removed at that time. The bell that hung in the church steeple can now be seen in the Cane Farm parking lot.

Croton Baptist

Christian Science Society of Raven Rock
Established in 1926. Building errected in 1928. Congregation was dissolved in the mid 20th century. Now a private residence.

Cemeteries - public or semi-public
Only public or semi-public cemeteries are identified in this list. Private cemeteries are not.
[Private cemeteries include the following early documented ones. These can only be visited by permission from the families or owners of the land.]
Hart-Taylor Family cemetery
Kitchen Family cemetery
Moore Family cemetery
Opdycke Family cemetery
Rake Family cemetery
Thatcher Faimily cemetery
See: www.goodspeedhistories.com for further information.
And Hunterdon County Historical Society for a complete list.

Barber Cemetery

Holcombe-Riverview Cemetery
Established in the late 1800s by the Holcombe family.

Howell-Rittenhouse Cemetery - early 1700's
Contains stones marking the final resting place of some of Stockton's earliest residents.

Locktown Baptist
c. 18th century

Locktown Christian/Presbyterian

Lower Amwell Cemetery
'Old Yard' and 'New Yard'

Rosemont Cemetery
Burial gound established in 1729.

Sand Brook Church
Established 1850.

Sandy Ridge Church
Established 1819.

Sergeantsville Methodist

Schools
REF: Goodspeed, Snell & Bush

Higgins School [c. 1776]
Established prior to 1776 in Old Amwell Township.
* Snell says, "The old building I can trace back over one hundred years. It was ultimately sold for $46, and is still standing, about 300 yards south of the new building, on the east side of the road, where it has now [1876] stood for 45 years. Previous to this time it stood about one mile north of its present location."
Originally, this school was located on the east side of the Trenton-Easton Turnpike in what became Raritan Township. In 1831 it was moved a mile farther south on the same side of the road.*
* Snell tells about the first move: "In 1831 the trustees, then all living in the south part of the district, put the house on wheels, and, with several yoke of oxen, removed it to the spot where it now stands. This resulted in a lawsuit: the north part of the district sued the southern for damages, and recovered half the value of the building, or $40."
The second building was constructed in 1873 [Snell's mention of "new"]. This building was also eventually relocated! This third location was on the northwest corner of the Yard Rd. intersection with the Turnpike (now Route 579). So it ended up in what became Delaware Township, leaving Raritan Township for its final resting place!
1851 Cornell map
[MG; Snell]

Salter School
One of the earliest schools in the area. Located in the vicinity of the Fisher farm, it was said to have been built of logs and thatched with straw.
[MG/Hoppock]

Ferry Rd. School
One of the earliest schools in the area. Probably located between Biser Rd. and Mezaros Rd.

Risler School [c. 1780]
Built circa 1780, it was claimed to be the 'oldest school house in Hunterdon County'. In an article for the Democrat Advertiser in 1906, Jonathan Hoppock described it as follows:
"It is a log structure, built after the manner of old-time buildings during the early settlement of this and other parts of the county in colonial days. The logs used in its construction are flattened at the sides by being hewn with the axe, notched at the corners and firmly held together by wooden pins. The interstices are filled with clay. At the northwest corner is a chimney with an ample fire place, showing that when used as a school room it was heated in this manner. It is twenty feet square, the door fronting the south with two small windows, one on the south and the other on the west side. The beams overhead are unhewn logs, notched and pinned into the topmost log of the frame work, seven feet above the floor of the room, the bark still remaining upon them, and are as sound as when first placed there by the hardy old pioneers of the long ago."
[MG/Hoppock]

Reading School [1796/1861]
Cornelius S. Conkling, a former superintendant of schools for the county, asked all the local schools to provide a record of their history. In 1876, he wrote this on the Reading School:
"The first building was constructed in 1796 and was 25 feet east of the present house, built of stone, and 20 feet square. The lease dates back 90 years. John Kitchen was the teacher 63 years ago. The earliest known trustees were Samuel Woolverton, John Reading, John Huffman.
People now living who attended are George Hoffman 72, George Sergeant 63, John Huffman 63, Jaku Huffman 62, Elias S. Johnson 50. Trustees are Jaku Huffman, Wm Sine and John Alpaugh. The teacher is Robert R. Clayton.
Although only two school houses are known of, tradition says the original was a log house, ¾ mile from the present site. The present building was put up in 1861; it was a stone building, 27x33 feet. It had adequate seating for 60 pupils."
By 1930 it was being called the Rosemont School, and apparently on occasion the Raven Rock School. This building ceased operating as a school in 1949 and was converted into a residence.
1851 Cornell map [shows the earlier schoolhouse]
1873 Beers map [shows the 1861 building]
[MG / HCHS]

Van Dolah Schools - [c. 1780]
The first school in the Sandy Ridge area was built of logs, 20' square, c. 1780. It was located on the south side of the Brookville Creek where it crosses Sandy Ridge-Mt. Airy Rd.
There appareantly was an interim structure at Dilts Corner. Then in 1822 a stone building, octagonal in shape and iconic in photos, was built as the second school on the Van Dolah property.
In 1905 this building was replaced by a third schoolhouse, [also on the Van Dolah property, but further southwest], as the family had allowed a 99-year lease for such a use. This time the schoolhouse was located on Brookville Hollow Rd. Both the 2nd and 3rd buldings were ultimately disassembled and there are now residences in both locations.
1860 map

Sand Brook School [c. 1790]
The earliest school structure may have dated back to about 1790. The second structure, of stone and measuring 20' x 23', was constructed on the same site in 1831 and repaired in 1871.
[see SR/NR nomination for details]

Green Sergeant School [c.1800/1830]
The original schoolhouse was constructed c.1800 in the same area, but the exact location is not known. This building was the second schoolhouse. It was built about 1830 and enlarged in 1874. This structure is now a residence.
[MG; Snell]

Locktown School - original vicinity [1804]
The original Locktown school was built in1804 and was a 20' x 24' frame structure. It was located just south of the Wickecheoke Creek bridge. This later became the site for the Locktown Baptist Church.
[MG/Snell]

Croton school [1829/1871]
This village has had two schoolhouses. The first was erected in 1829 about 1/4 mile north of the village. It was a frame structure, 18' x 20' and was in use for forty years. The second schoolhouse was built in 1871 on the opposite side of the road.

Stockton [1832 /1872-enlarged 1884]
What became Stockton Borough in 1898 was part of Delaware Township until that point. Over time Stockton had two schools at the same location. The first was built in 1832. It was an octagonal building about 20' in diameter.
For a time there was also an academy for upper-school children. It was located at the north edge of the village on Route 523. [See separate listing for Stockton Academy.] But in 1871 the State of New Jersey passed an act that declared all public schools of the state would be entirely free. So in 1872 the citizens of Stockton voted to build a new schoolhouse at the location of its early one. The old building was torn down and the new one constructed in its place.
That second schoolhouse was a novel two-room frame structure designed for increased enrollment with the consolidation of two school districts. Another section was added to the front of the building in 1884. This remarkable building remains there to this day.

Moore School [pre-1851]
Named for the Moore family who were early land owners in the area. Snell gives it a date of 1896, but it is shown on the 1851 Cornell map. In this general location originally, it was later moved about a mile to a second loaction. Then moved again to the northwest corner of Sandbrook-Headquarters Rd & Route 604 where it was converted into a residence.

School

School
This was "a joint district, the schoolhouse standing on the Raritan side of the road, near the old 'Boar's Head' tavern". [Snell]

Superior School

Oregon School [mid 1800s - location not exact]
Stone school house used for a fairly short period of time in the mid-1800s. Nothing but the foundation remained in the early 20thC.
Land given by A.B. Rittenhouse for that purpose only. The contract stated:
“For and in, consideration of my part of the funds necessary to build the school hereinafter named, have granted * * * to the party of the second part & their successors in office as Trustees of said Oregon School District, and for no other purpose whatever, but in case the Trustees or District fail to erect a school house as above for the space of two years from this date, or that at any time hereafter they shall erect any church, dwelling or any other kind of building except what may be necessary for the school outbuilding, on the said lot or suffer any other person or persons for any use whatever, or cease to use the lot as a place for keeping the district school, or that the said ‘district becomes dissolved, in any of the above cases, this Indenture and conveyance becomes null and void and of any effect, * * * the premises to revert to the farm.”

Ducks' Flat School
Frame school house on land leased by James Barcroft.
” Nothing remains to show where the [school]house stood. However, its location is definitely thus: It stood on the westerly side of the road from Rosemont to Kingwood, just below where the road to the “Oregon Mill” branches off toward the west. This was later Strimple’s and is now Pfeiffer’s Mill. [EG Bush]
teachers:
Asa R. Smith
Nora Barras
Joseph Williamson
Samuel Snyder

Stockton Academy [1862]
Iris Naylor / 'STOCKTON - 300 Years of History' - "A group of Stockton citizens organized in 1861 to raise the money to build an academy. Shares were sold at $25 each. The school was advertised to be a school for teaching 'the common English and the higher branches including the classics'. In 1866 a Meneely bell weighing about 150 lbs. was purchased for the Academy and installed. (Bells made by the Meneely Co. at their West Troy foundry were considered to be the best at the time.)
In 1871 the State of New Jersey passed an act that declared all public schools of the state would be entirely free. The following year the Stockton Education Association put the academy up for sale.
[Shown on a Stockton map of the era and in this location.]

Locktown School [1866]
According to Snell, this 25' x 36' stone structure replaced the original 1804 schoolhouse north of the Baptist Church. There is an 1866 datestone in the front gable. The building is now converted into a residence.

Kendall School [1899]
Built in 1899 and enlarged to two rooms in 1914, the Kendall School was the first village school for Sergeantsville (and sometimes called by that name). The building was named after Calvin Kendall, NJ Commissioner of Education. The school was closed in 1951 and is now a private home.

Van Dolah schoo - lBrookville Hollow Rd
The last of the VanDolah schools on their propert.y

Post Offices

Bowne Statio [Oakdale]
Maps during this time show various different locations for Oakdale.

Croton [Allerton]

Grover [Headquarters]
May have begun as 'Headquarters'. The name was changed to Grover in about 1900, in honor of President Grover Cleveland, a New Jersey native. The name reverted back when the post office was closed in 1905.

Locktown

Prallsville
From 1817 to 1853, when it was moved to Stockton. In 1807 it was located in the Prall Store. In the early 1850s it was moved to Stockton.
postmasters:
1807 - Charles Ent
1817 - Wm L. Prall
1832 - Wm I. Hoppock

Rosemont
From 1884; still in operation. It was located in the corner store until 1944. Then it moved to the posmaster's house until it was relocated to the Cane Farm complex.
postmasters:
1884 - Ezekiel E. Bonham

Saxtonville/Raven Rock
From 1832 as Saxtonville; from 1853 as Raven Rock.
The post office was closed in 1837, but apparently was reestablished in the early 1840s. In 1851, with the opening of Bel-Del RR, the post office was moved to Bull's Island for a brief time; then back to the village itself. [MG]
postmasters:
1832-1837 - Peter Dilts
1853-1895 - Mahlon H. Huffman
1895-1935 - George W. Robinson
Post office was then transferred to Stockton.

Sand Brook
early -
1881 - John A. Moore

Sergeantsville [Skunktown]
From 1827 when the name 'Sergeantsville' was chosen to replace the earlier 'Skunktown'. It is still in operation.
1827 - Jonas Thatcher
1840 - Amos Hoagland

Stockton [formerly Prallsville]
From 1853; still in service, though the main operations now have moved to Ringoes.

* Historic Districts * and historic individual properties
These districts and individual properties are on the State & National Registers of Historic Places.

lands & dwelling of John Reading
John Reading was one of the two earliest settlers in the area. John Holcombe was the other. According to the Hammond maps, John Reading was living on his land in 1704.

lands of John Reading
1701 Edward Kemp & John Reading - 300 acres
SE part went to John Holcombe

lands of John Reading
1702 John Reading

lands of John Reading
1702 John Reading - 100 acres

1703 John Reading - 150 acres

1709 John Reading - 1440 acres "wherein he liveth" in 1704

1715 John Reading - 147 acres

Reading Homestead

lands & dwellings of John Holcombe & family
John Holcombe was one of the two earliest settlers in the area. John Reading was the other. Based on deed information, Holcombe purchased these lands in 1705. [See the Hammond maps for details.]

Holcombe lands

John Holcom [sp] tract

part of John Reading tract [1701]

part of John Calow tract [1695]

part of Gilbert Wheeler tract [1697]

Holcombe-Jimison House - c. 1711
The middle section of this house is reputed to be circa 1711. The addition to the east dendrodates to c. 1750. The west section is late 19th century. Additions were made to the south (front) in the earlier and later parts of the 20th century. It is now known as the Holcombe-Jimison Farm Museum.

Holcombe House - 1756
Although long attributed to John Holcombe, this house was built after his death, probably by his son, Richard in 1756. Richard ran a tavern here during the Revolutionary War.
General George Washington made his headquarters here on two occasions during the War, the most notible being June 22, 1778 before the Battle of Monmouth. In attendance: Alexander Hamiliton, Marquis de Lafayette, General Von Stueben, Lord Stirling, General Greene, and Daniel Morgan. Washington paid more to clean the house afterwards than he did for the food or drink!

Richard Holcombe House - 1744 / 1811
The center section of this house was thought to have dated to 1744. Dendrodating has proved this to be untrue. The west section has a datestone of 1811. The small addition to the back of this section is also 1800s. Other embellishments [porch, west bay area, & east addition] were added later 1800s-early 1900s.

B.A. Holcombe House - late 18th C/early to mid 19thC
This house was demolished by the state in the early 21st century. Parts of it were late 18th-early 19thC and a Victorian era front was added in the later 1800s.

Holcombe-Jimison House

John Holcombe House

Richard Holcombe House

Boundaries of Historic Districts
[add Raven Rock]

Covered Bridge Historic District

Headquarters Historic District

Raven Rock Historic District

Rosemont Rural Agricultural District

Sand Brook Historic District

Sergeantsville Historic District

Lear-Bodine-Evans Farmstead Rural Historic District

Stockton Historic District
See Stockton borough, including the Prallsville Mills complex.

Prallsville Industrial Historic District (Smith's Mills)
See Stockton borough.

Delaware and Raritan Canal Historic District

Inch Lines Linear Multistate Historic District

Covered Bridge Historic District
Listed in the State & National Registers of Historic Places in 1999.

lands of Dorothy Medcalf

Dorothy Medcalf - 1712 [437 acres]
"in right of her daughters Mary & Deborah"

Dorothy Medcalf [approx]

Covered Bridge properties

Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge (SI&A #1000110)
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Hunterdon County Bridge # D-304B
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ADDRESS | Route 604 over Wickecheoke Creek
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Sergeant/Reading Tenant House
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Opdycke/Sergeant Miller's House
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ADDRESS | Route 604
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Hunterdon County Bridge # D-329
NAME | Hunterdon County Bridge # D-329
ADDRESS | Pine Hill Road over Cold Run Creek
HDSTATUS | Contributing
DIGICODE | D-Paper notations on Orthophotos

Opdycke/Sergeant House
NAME | Opdycke/Sergeant House
ADDRESS | Route 604
DIGICODE | G-Digital Parcels

Johnson Barns
NAME | Johnson Barns
HDSTATUS | Non contributing

Lawrence Johnson House
NAME | Lawrence Johnson House
HDSTATUS | Non contributing

District School #95 (Sergeant's School)
NAME | District School #95 (Sergeant's School)
ADDRESS | Route 604 & Reading Road

D304 - wooden truss
Key contributing.
Known as Green Sergeant's Bridge. Now a covered wooden truss bridge, built in 1872 on the foundation of Samuel Opdycke's mid 18th-century bridge. Rebuilt and strengthened in 1961. Only remaining covered bridge in New Jersey.
National Register 1974
State Register 1974
Technical Information [2010]: This is a wooden Howe Truss covered bridge built in 1872. The clear span is 73’-8”, the bridge length is 84’, and the road width is 12’-1.” The trusses have heavy timber top chords, diagonals, end posts and guide rail, and vertical metal rods. The bridge has wood-shingle roofing, board-&-batten siding, and is supported on stone abutments that remain from an earlier bridge.
This bridge no longer functions as a truss bridge and is supported on modern steel stringers (1961) in a sympathetic manner. The alterations are visually non-intrusive.
Lichtenstein and Associate’s Structure #1000110.

Sergeant's Mills
Probably first built by Edward Milner about 1740, and expanded by John Opdycke in 1754. Bequeathed to son Samuel Opdycke in 1777. Sold to Charles Sergeant in 1805 and bequeathed by him to his son Richard Green Sergeant in 1833.
Green Sergeant owned the mill property in 1872 when the covered bridge was built [using the abutments and pillars of Opdycke's 18th century bridge]. In 1893, Richard Green Johnson got the mill from heirs of Green Sergeant, and it has remained in the Johnson family ever since. The mill was demolished in the 1950s.

Sergeant's Sawmill
Sawmill complex built by Green Sergeant, about 300 yards south of the bridge. A little closer to the bridge was also a blacksmith shop. In 1877, a freshet washed the mill and shop away.

Opdycke-Sergeant House
Datestone "I&M O - 1754". [John & Margaret Opdycke] Later 1800s addition to east. This house has been in the same family since 1805.

Miller's House
Late 18th century.

Sergeant-Reading Tenant House

Green Sergeant School

Headquarters
One of Delaware Township's oldest hamlets.

lands of John Ladd

John Ladd - 1712 [540 acres]

lands of John Ladd - 1712
540 acres

lands of John Dennis

lands of Daniel Robins

Daniel Robins - 1722 & 1724 [707 acres]

lands of Daniel Robins - 1722 & 1724
707 acres

Robins [adjustment]

lands of Thomas Lambert

Thomas Lambert - 1712 / 728 acres

Thomas Lambert

lands of Samuel Green

Samuel Green

Samuel Green
[no acreage or date shown]

Bull to Green - 1701 [165 acres]

Richard Bull - 1701
165 acres to Samuel Green

Bull to Green - 1701 [300 acres]

Richard Bull - 1701
300 acres to Samuel Green

Headquarters
Grew around a grist mill that was constructed in 1735, probably by John Opdycke, one of the township's most notable early settlers. By the 1770s, the hamlet was known as Tyson's mill, then later, George Holcombe's Mill.
The name 'Headquarters' was used as early as 1816. Opdycke family lore tells of a visit to the mansion house by George Washington, but this has proven to not be true. Some speculate it got that name via White Hall Tavern, located across the road from Opdycke's house, that may have been a recruiting place for the militia.
In 1887, a post office was established in the hamlet and was renamed "Grover", presumably for then President Grover Cleveland. But the post office closed in 1905 and the name reverted to 'Headquarters'.

Headquarters Historic District
Listed on the State & National Registers of Historic Places in 2011.

Headquarters Farm & Mill
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General store

Proposed Headquarters Historic District
Initial outline of proposed historic district. It was established in 2011 as a much smaller area.

#1 HEADQUARTERS FARM
Headquarters Farm -
House [1758 datestone]
Owners:
Samuel Green 1720-
John Opdycke 1737-
Benjamin Tyson 1768-
Thomas Opdycke 1790-
George Holcomb 1793-
John & Elias Conover 1828-
Elias Conover 1855-
J. Carrel 1873-

#1A Headquarters out-kitchen
Circa first half of 19thC.

#1B Headquarters storehouse
Circa mid-1800s with 19th & 20thC additions [1868 datestone]. This was a later store for the mill; in early years the store was in the NW corner of the main house.

#2 HEADQUARTERS FARM COTTAGE
1851: J. Poulson
1873: J Carrell

#4 HEADQUARTERS MILL RUINS
Late 1700's to early 1800's stone mill & distillery. Now an impressive ruin.

#5 Bridge
Deck bridge with remains of 19th-century stone abutments.

#6 GENERAL STORE
Circa 1800-1840; east wing probably later.
1872: shoemaker shop
1902: store

Early-mid 19th century; 19thC wagon house.

Circa 1920-1930 Colonial Revival.

Mid 19th century, possibly earlier; 19thC wagon house.

Mid-late 19th century.

Early-mid 19th century; 19thC wagon house,
possibly 1860's blacksmith shop.

Early 19th century, possibly earlier in part. Late 19thC corncrib.
1851: J. Green
1860: J. Green
1873: J. Green
1902: W. Cline

#13 BARN
Overshot bank barn, 19thC [converted to residence]; late 19thC frame shed.
1902: W. Cline

Mid 19th century; mid-late 19thC summer kitchen.
1851: Dr. J. Lessey
1860: O. Parke
1873: O. Parke
1902: M. Parks [check]

Circa 1800-1850; mid-19thC wagon house/shop; possibly 1851 cooper shop.
1851: R. Horne [cooper shop]
1860: Wm Parke
1873: F. Hoppock
1902: H. Hoppock

Circa 1800-1840 house; mid 19thC frame bank barn; 19thC frame stable; late 19thC corncrib.
1851: W. Moore
1860: W. Moore
1873: W. Moore
1902: Ellen Hoffman

#18 [COPELAND] FARM
Late 18th-early 19thC; early-mid 19thC English frame barn.
1851: M. Moore
1860: S. Dilts
1873: S. Wilson
1092: S. Wilson

Mid 19th century.

Circa 1800-1830; late 19th-early 20thC corncrib.
1851: D. Holcomb?
1860: I. Poulson
1902: S. Skinner

#20 WHITEHALL TAVERN
Site of 18th century purported tavern said to have been built in 1758. Supposedly used as recruiting station in the Revolutionary War. Demolished in the early 20th century by the Eppele family.
1851: F. Conover
1860: M. Seaver
1873: J. Carrell & D. Poulson [two buildings shown]

Circa mid 19th century, possibly earlier.
1851: D. Poulson
1873: J. Carrell

#22 [SPRINGWATER] FARM
An 1806 stone house; possibly built by Caleb Farley.
mid-19thC stone spring house
late 19th-early 20thC frame shed
19thC stone hitching post
19thC stone foundation
late 19thC corncrib
late 19th-early 20thC sheds
19thC stone foundation next to spring house
early 1700s: John Opdycke
1775: Thomas Opdycke
1789: Caleb Farley
1814: Rev. Isaac Poulson
1845: Danile Poulson
1851: D. Poulson
1860: D. Poulson
1873: J. Carrell
1902: George S. Poulson
1908: Mattie Eppele

#23 OPDYCKE HOUSE
Circa 1735-1758; purportedly built by John Opdyke.
19thC stone spring house
19thC stone & frame barn and stone stable
19thC frame wagon house
1775: Thomas Opdycke??
1851: B. Higgins
1860: S. Higgins
1873: S. Higgins

#24 CEMETERY
Opdycke family cemetery, originally enclosed by low stone wall.
NOTE: NO PUBLIC ACCESS.

Mid 19th century; shoe shop [1851]; two 19thC frame barns; late 19thC shed.
1851: W. Swarer shoe shop
1860: A. Moore
1873: A. Moore
1902: C. Johnson

Late 18th century; 19thC frame wagon house.
1851:
1860: no name
1873: J.Carrell
1902: Estate of Jno. Dilts

Mid-19th century; enlarged & remodeled.
19thC frame spring house
19thC frame wagon house
19thC braced-frame English barn
1851: W. McManners
1860: H.R. Mannes
1873: J.M. McGray

1851: A. Parkes
1860: A. Parkes
1873: T. Dalymple
1902: Haines

Circa 1800-1840; 19thC braced-frame English barn; 19thC wagon house; late 19th-early/20thC poultry house.
1851: R. Shepherd
1860: R. Shepherd
1873: R. Shepherd
1902: B. Wilson

Caponockons Creek
Named for the chief of the Lenni Lanape indians. A tributary of the Neshanic River, it flows east toward Raritan Bay.

Raven Rock & vicinity
Approved for State Registry in July 2014.
Official listing:
SR - September 22, 2015
NR - Novemeber 10, 2015

lands of Raven Rock vicinity

lands of Peter Fretwell
1712 Peter Fretwell - 650 acres
East line followed the Lockatong Creek.

lands of Bull & Ladd
1712 Richard Bull & John Ladd - 625 acres
1773 to Joseph Reading - 312 acres

Raven Rock properties

2222 Daniel Bray Highway
G. Roberts House
Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Historic Structures Survey: Volume 2. Raven Rock, Port Mercer, Princeton Basin, Blackwell's Mills. Hunterdon, Mercer and Somerset counties.1979-80
Raven Rock Historic District

2198 Daniel Bray Highway
Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Historic Structures Survey: Volume 2. Raven Rock, Port Mercer, Princeton Basin, Blackwell's Mills. Hunterdon, Mercer and Somerset counties.1979-80
Raven Rock Historic District

2204 Daniel Bray Highway
Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Historic Structures Survey: Volume 2. Raven Rock, Port Mercer, Princeton Basin, Blackwell's Mills. Hunterdon, Mercer and Somerset counties.1979-80

H. Updegrove House

G. Nicklen House

R. Tusche House

L. Van Assen House

22 A & B Quarry Road
Lasxlo House

6 Quarry Road

Saxtonville Tavern
2226 Daniel Bray Higway

Quarry Road
Unpaved Road

Hunterdon County Bridge D-294, Quarry Road over unnamed watercourse
Quarry Road

Raven Rock Quarry
Quarry Road

10 Quarry Road

8 Quarry Road

References -
See the following book for further information about this village:
Stories from Raven Rock, New Jersey [History Press - 2012]

Isaiah Quinby
Isaiah & Rachel Quinby were the founding family in the Raven Rock area. They purchased their 300 acres of land in 1743.
prior to 1712 - Richard Bull & John Ladd
1712 - John Ladd
1731 - Catherine Ladd [daughter]
1743 - Isaiah Quinby [300 acres]

Isaiah Quinby Homestead
The house remaining here today was built in the late1700s-early 1800s, with additions (left and back) in the 1930s. An earlier structure was probably replaced at that time by the new back ell.
The main barn for the farm, still in use, also dates to that time.
early ownership:
prior to 1712 - Richard Bull & John Ladd
1712 John Ladd
1731 Catherine Ladd [daughter]
1743 Isaiah Quinby [300 acres]
1804 James Quinby
1846 Henry Wood
1857 Westley Johnson
1859 Richard Wilson
1863 Westley & Pearson Wood families
1877 David Wilson
1886 William Martin

Quinby barn
The main barn for the farmstead dates late 18th-early 19th century.

Moses Quinby property
The 1801 dividing line for Moses Quinby's 75-acre property.

early mill lot
Ten-acre lot with head race, mill and tail race. A mill was located here from the late 1700s. [See also Mills.]

mill head race

early mill location

mill tail race

Holcombe-Reading House
North of Saxtonville Tavern, early maps identified a house belonging to J. Holcomb[e]. Noted also as H. Holcombe by a local writer who says, “It was adjacent to the tavern, but is now demolished.”
A.B. Reading is shown as the owner on the 1873 Beers Atlas. It was lost sometime between the late 1800s and mid 1900s.

Saxtonville Tavern [c.1823 & later]
Thought to have been circa 1810, 1820 & 1835 sections [south to north]. NOTE: Dendro-dating has put the earliest section at 1822-23.
Listed in the Historic American Buildings Survey of the 1930s as follows:
Dec 25, 1743: John & Catharine Howell deeded to Isaiah Quimby of Amwell Township, Hunterdon County a 300 acre tract of land which Catharine had received by the will of her father, John Ladd.
December 19, 1801: George Wall purchases 75 acres from Isaiah Quinby "with all and singular the houses, outhouses, stables, etc." Then six days later, on December 25, 1801, Moses Quinby purchased same from George Wall.
1810: Saxton purchased the 15-acre tavern land from Moses Quinby "with all and singular the building and improvements". No record is shown of Quinby operating a tavern prior to that point.
May 1 1836: sold to Richard Bennett of Amwell Township, for $1100, "all that certain Tavern House, lot of land" etc. of 11 acres, having some 459 frontage on Bull's Creek.
March 1848: sold to Bernard Rogan of Tinicum Township, Bucks County, PA, for $2000, describing it as "all that certain Tavern House and lot of land" of all acres, same as above.
December 31, 1866: the heirs of Bernard Rogan, deceased, conveyed to Ruth S. Bray of Saxtonville for $1200 "All that certain Tavern House and lot of land..." , being the same 11 acre tract.
March 28, 1874: the same 11 acres to Thomas McAloan of Kingwood township for $750, in which the house is not described as Tavern.
It remained in the McAloan family for over 125 years before being sold to the state in 2007.

Lake-Colligan House
This house probably dates to c. 1840-60, although there is some photo documentation of earlier construction. The right section is earlier than the left, with a 21st-century addition to the far left.
It is named for an early merchant, Jonas Lake, and for the Colligan restaurant family who owned the famous Colligan Inn [now the Stockton Inn - see Stockton].
On 1851 Cornell map & 1873 Beers map.
early ownership:
1743 - Isaiah Quinby [300 acres]
1801 - Moses Quinby, farmer & storekeeper [140 acres through George Wall]
1804 - Benjamin Longstreath, mill wright [19 acres]
1806 - Jacob Hunt, weaver & "developer" [19 acres]
1810 - Jonas Lake, merchant [3 acres]
1816 - Nathan Price ["corrective deed" 1823]
1838 - Bartholomew Sergent [through Charles Angel]
1855 - George Huffman
1860 - Marcellus Colligan
through 1946 - the Colligan family

Welsh-Emmons House
This house, thought to have been built between 1874 and 1884, was demolished when the extension of Route 29 was carved through Raven Rock in the late 1950s.

"Pie House"
Owner A. [Asabel] Welch on both the 1851 Cornell map & 1873 Beers map. It remained until 1874 when it burned.
The story is told of the railroad track (mid 1850s) being built so close to this house that the engineers could reach out the window of the locomotive into the window of the house where freshly baked pies would await them!

Hunt-Reading-Sorby
Possibly the oldest house in the village, parts of it date to the late 18th century.
early ownership:
1743 Isaiah Quinby
1801 Moses Quinby
1806 Jacob Hunt
1812 Phillip Hunt
1813 John Painter
1841 Mahlon Hoffman
1844 Rebecca Price/Lavinia McVay
1867 George Reading
1891 Eliza Reading/Richard Reading
1908 John Roach
Richard Reading was a New Jersey senator.
Berthold Sorby was a local author in the mid-1900s.

Health-Updegrove House
This house dates to c. 1860. It was one of the last houses to retain the classic hall & parlor plan with two front doors, and the last to keep its outhouse. The Updegrove family owned this house for much of the 20th century.
Jacob Hunt
Andrew Price
1810 Nathaniel Saxton
1819 Peter Dilts
1839 Elijah Heath
1857 Charles Health
1867 Aaron Barcroft
1870 James Barcroft
1882 John McAloan
1889 George Robinson
1924 Kimbel/Alvin/Williaml Kerr
1945 the Updegrove family

Saxton-Heath House
The earliest part of this house (stone section) was built c. 1800. Later in the 19th century, it incorporated the Heath-Huffman Store [c. 1830s] via the middle section [c. 1840s]. It has a unique "summer kitchen" to the left of the original house.
1851 Cornell map - H.Huffman's Store
1860 - Heath Store & P.O. [check]
1873 Beers map - J. Baracroft [Barcroft]
1801 - Moses Quinby, farmer & storekeeper [140 acres through George Wall]
1804 - Benjamin Longstreath, mill wright [19 acres]
1806 - Jacob Hunt, weaver & "developer" [19 acres]
1810 - Nathanial Saxton [4.5 acres, through Andrew Price]
1819 - Peter Dilts
1839 - Elijah Heath
1857 - Charles Heath
1867 - Aaron Barcroft
1870 - James Barcroft [through sherrif's sale]
1882 - John McAlone
1889 - George Robinson
1924 - Kimbel Kerr

Williamson House
This house dates to c. 1860 with its two chimneys servicing stoves rather than fireplaces. The facade was rearranged in the late 20thC and the entire house was succoed. The small building to its left is a root cellar.
William Williamson was a shoemaker in the 1870s.

Johnson-Feeney House
This house dates to c. 1830-40. Stoves had replaced fireplaces by this point. But charming winder staircases remained. The Johnsons were owners at that time, and later, William Feeney was a Raven Rock postmaster.
Nathaniel Saxton
Peter Dilts
Wesley & Sarah Johnson
1864 William & Ellen Feeney
1881 Hannah Morris
1883 Rachel Leffeven
1902 George Robinson

Opdyke House
This house dates to c. 1830-40. It is the location of a common water source that has been shared by several of the neighbors for generations.
Nathaniel Saxton
Peter Dilts
Van Camp[en] family
1815 James McAtlee
1831 William & James Opdyke
1894 John McAlone
1903 George Arnwine

C.S. Johnson Store
The bungalow here now was built on the foundation of an earlier structure, probably dating to the mid 1800s. It is shown on the 1873 Beers map as the C.S. Johnson store, also identified by some sources as a post office. That building burned down in 1876.
For early ownership record, see Opdyke House [divided from this property in 1979].

McAlone House
Probably c. 1820-30. Its large fireplace, chimney, and winder staircase have been removed, and its front exterior was covered with stone in the later 19th century.
For early ownership record, see C.S. Johnson Store [divided from this property in 1985].

Dilts Tenant Cottage
This early cottage is probably c. 1800-1820 (center section). A partially visible section to the left is of a slightly later date. The one-story, wrap-around wing to the far left and the lean-to shed on the right were later still, probably early 20th-century.
For early ownership, see Opdyke House. Property was separated in the late 1900s.

Rodman-Lazlo House
This is one of the earlier houses in the village. It dates to c. 1800-1820 and was built in two main sections. It has a banked cellar cookhearth, winders staircases, and lovely detailing in its formal parlor.
1743 Isaiah Quinby
1801 Moses Quinby
1804 Robert Nailor
1810 Nathaniel Saxton
1814 Joseph Rodman
Joseph & John Reading families
1866 George Allen
1867 John McAloan
1903 John Arwine
The George Lazlo family owned this property in the mid-1900s.

former railroad station

Asher/George Johnson House
A remarkable 6-bay house, one of the largest and finest in the area, was lost for unknown reasons in the mid 1900s.

Johnson Tenant House
Dating from c. 1840-60, this house was always a part of the Johnson Farmstead that adjoins it and was used primarily as a tenant house.
In the 1950s it was moved back from Route 29 to save it from destruction. The addition to the right was done in the late 20th century and a pent roof was added to the facade at that point.

The Ferry House
A house was probably at this location from the mid-18th century. It would have served the ferry that operated at the river [see Ferries].
In the 1820s, the Johnson family, who also ran the ferry, began operating a tavern or public house. It later became known as the Johnson Hotel. It was demolished in the 1950s when Route 29 was widened.

Hankinson-Huffman House
Circa late18thC/early 19thC
This house remains in almost untouched condition. The middle section dates to c.1800 with its kitchen cookhearth fireplace and formal parlor. The right section is slightly later. The left section was transformed c.1830-40, but the cellar under it hides the remains of an 18th-century dwelling that had back-to-back corner fireplaces. The outbuildings include a summer kitchen and possible springhouse.
Hammond - 1712 Peter Fretwell
1851 Cornell - G.& J.Huffman
1860 Philadelphia - J.Huffman
1873 Beers - J.Huffman
Ownership:
1781: Mortgage from ferryman Thomas Rose to Thomas Hankinson & wife Jemima Stout. She remained on the farm until her death in 1794.
May 7, 1784: Will of Thomas Hankinson left all real estate to son, William Hankinson.
1804 John Huffman
1844 George & John Huffman
1853 John Huffman
> Lemuel Huffman
1911 George Hoffman
1919 Bureco Realty Co., Inc.
1925 Herbert A. Barton
1926 Missionary & Evangelistic Alliance, Inc.
1927 Ruth de Heyman
1927 Herbert A. Barton
1952 Emmert R. & Joseph D. Wilson
1955 Dunlea Hurley
1969 Lester Karsan
[Reading Howell maps of 1785 & 1792]

Van Camp-Johnson-Schuck
The earliest part of this house was probably constructed in the 18th century with corner fireplace (remaining) and winder staircase (removed). The west section is c.1800-1820 with a large cookhearth fireplace and built-in wall storage cabinets. The back wing of the ell is c. 1840 with smaller fireplace and winder staircase to the bedchambers above. It boasted one of the earliest "modern" bathrooms in the area, with the fixtures supplied by gravity-fed water from a shed above the house.
The springhouse that sits down the hill from the dwelling has provided water for the stone houses on both sides of the road for most of their exisitance.
Marmaduke Leet
1796 Guisbert Van Campen
1800 Isaac & John VanCamp[en]
1830 Asher Johnson
1845 George Johnson
1886 Nancy/Henry Johnson
The Schuck family owned this property in the later 1900s.

Woolverton-Johnson-Emmons
The center section of this house is its earliest part, c. 1800-1820. It retains the cookhearth fireplace, but has lost its winder staircase. The left section is c.1820-30. The bay to the right front is late 1800s, and the far right addition is 20th century. This house was in the extended Johnson family for a hundred years.
early ownship:
Moses Quinby
1805 John Wilson
1813 John Woolverton
1844 Ambrose & Nancy Barcroft
1873 Charles Johnson
other Johnson family members, including Emmons

George Johnson barn
Date in east gable of 1840. Standard PA forebay with closed forebay.
(George) Johnson (1840) datestone
Initials GJ & HJ etched in wagon doors
Mrs. G. Johnson (1873)
Henry Johnson (1902)
A. & Dick Schuck (1947 inscription)

Asher Johnson barn
Date: 1848-9. Plaster inscription on interior of north foundation wall.
Johnson incription 1848-9.
1851 - no name
1860 - G. Johnson
1873 - C.S. Johnson
1902 - Howard Johnson

Stompf Tavern
Circa 1830s, this house had two front parlors and still retains its kitchen with cookhearth fireplace at the back of the first floor. The second floor had two bedchambers - one with a fireplace. The addition to the right was done in the 20th century.

1940s aerial

Rosemont Rural Agricultural District
Listed on the State & National Registers of Historic Places in 2009.

early lands of Rosemont

lands of Charles Woolverton
1712 William Biddle > 1714 Charles Woolverton - 1665 acres

lands of Jonathan Wilson
1712 Jonathan Wilson - 500 acres

lands of Dorothy Medcalf
1712 Dorothy Medcalf [duaghters Mary & Deborah] - 437 acres

lands of Daniel Robins
1722 & 1724 - Daniel Robins - 707 acres

lands of William Rittenhouse

ROSEMONT
Known first as Crosskeys (after the tavern); somewhat later as Rittenhouse (after the tavern keeper family). Acquired the name of Rosemont around 1845.
1881: two churches
store owned by Samuel Hartpence
blacksmith shop of W.A. Shepherd
carriage & sleigh factory of R.C. Phillips
harness shop of H.A. Chapin
undertaker, Samuel Hartpence
shoemaker, Mahlon Williamson
physician, G.N. Best
1884: post office established at the store
1892: Joseph D. Wilson, Pine Tree Hatchery started shipping day-old chicks across the country.

lands of Rosemont area

Rosemont properties

23-25 Upper Creek Road
NAME | 23-25 Upper Creek Road
ADDRESS | 23-25 Upper Creek Road
SURVEYNAME | [National Register nomination inventory]
HDNAME | Rosemont Rural Agricultural District
HSI_NUM | 3
DIGISTAFF | A. Chidley
BOUND_QUAL | Medium-Location/Boundary w/in vicinity, but approximately respresents cultural resource

22 Sanford Road
NAME | 22 Sanford Road
ADDRESS | 22 Sanford Road [Block 19, Lot 13]
SURVEYNAME | [National Register nomination inventory]
HDNAME | Rosemont Rural Agricultural District
HSI_NUM | 4
DIGISTAFF | A. Chidley
BOUND_QUAL | Medium-Location/Boundary w/in vicinity, but approximately respresents cultural resource

4 Sanford Road
NAME | 4 Sanford Road
ADDRESS | 4 Sanford Road [Block 19, Lot 11]
SURVEYNAME | [National Register nomination inventory]
HDNAME | Rosemont Rural Agricultural District
HSI_NUM | 5
DIGISTAFF | A. Chidley
BOUND_QUAL | Medium-Location/Boundary w/in vicinity, but approximately respresents cultural resource

675 Route 604
NAME | 675 Route 604
ADDRESS | 675 Route 604 [Block 34, Lot 23.04]

679 Route 604
NAME | 679 Route 604
ADDRESS | 679 Route 604 [Block 34, Lot 25]

50 Covered Bridge Road
NAME | 50 Covered Bridge Road
ADDRESS | 50 Covered Bridge Road [Block 34, Lot 18]

60 Covered Bridge Road
NAME | 60 Covered Bridge Road
ADDRESS | 60 Covered Bridge Road [Block 34, Lot 19]

Covered Bridge Road over Wickecheoke Creek [1998]
NAME | Covered Bridge Road over Wickecheoke Creek [1998]
ADDRESS | Covered Bridge Road over Wickecheoke Creek
HSI_NUM | 9A

59 Covered Bridge Road
NAME | 59 Covered Bridge Road
ADDRESS | 59 Covered Bridge Road [Block 33, Lot 1]

168 Lower Creek Road
NAME | 168 Lower Creek Road
ADDRESS | 168 Lower Creek Road [Block 33, Lot 21]

184 Lower Creek Road
NAME | 184 Lower Creek Road
ADDRESS | 184 Lower Creek Road [Block 33, Lot 1.01]

156 Lower Creek Road
NAME | 156 Lower Creek Road
ADDRESS | 156 Lower Creek Road [Block 33, Lot 19]

ADDRESS | 140 Lower Creek Road [Block 33, Lot 15]

44 Route 519
NAME | 44 Route 519
ADDRESS | 44 Route 519 [Block 32, Lot 11.03]
HSI_NUM | 20 (Outbuilding 1)

D325 Bridge (NJHBD #100D325)
NAME | D325 Bridge (NJHBD #100D325)
ADDRESS | Lower Creek Road over the Wickecheoke Creek
LOC_QUAL | Medium-Location/Boundary w/in vicinity, but approximately respresents cultural resource
BOUND_QUAL | Low-Location/Boundary is completly approximate and may require ground-truthing for varification

ADDRESS | 44 Route 519 [Block 32, Lot 11]

ADDRESS | 41 Route 519 [Block 51, Lot 4]

LOC_QUAL | Medium-Location/Boundary w/in vicinity, but approximately respresents cultural resource

ADDRESS | 733 Route 604 [Block 32, Lot 33.01]

7 Sanford Road
NAME | 7 Sanford Road
ADDRESS | 7 Sanford Road [Block 31, Lot 13]

HDSTATUS | Not assessed/Unkown

District #97 Schoolhouse
NAME | District #97 Schoolhouse
ADDRESS | 82 Raven Rock-Rosemont Road [Block 30, Lot 18]

75 Raven Rock-Rosemont Road [Stucco Dwelling]
NAME | 75 Raven Rock-Rosemont Road [Stucco Dwelling]
ADDRESS | 75 Raven Rock-Rosemont Road [Block 51, Lot 9]

Haymeadows Farm
NAME | Haymeadows Farm
ADDRESS | 23 Raven Rock-Rosemont Road [Block 51, Lot 9.05]

Rosemont Burial Ground
NAME | Rosemont Burial Ground
ADDRESS | Route 519 [mostly within Block 30, Lot 7]

Cane Farm
NAME | Cane Farm
ADDRESS | 99 Raven Rock-Rosemont Road [Block 30, Lot 6]

Davis' Lots of Time Shop (former blacksmith shop)
NAME | Davis' Lots of Time Shop (former blacksmith shop)

Former Rosemont Store (now The Cafe)
NAME | Former Rosemont Store (now The Cafe)

Former Cross Keys Tavern
NAME | Former Cross Keys Tavern

Stone dwelling ruins
NAME | Stone dwelling ruins
LOC_QUAL | Low-Location/Boundary is completly approximate and may require ground-truthing for varification
BOUND_QUAL | Low-Location/Boundary is completly approximate and may require ground-truthing for varification

Stone dwelling ruins
NAME | Stone dwelling ruins
BOUND_QUAL | Low-Location/Boundary is completly approximate and may require ground-truthing for varification

28 Upper Creek Road
NAME | 28 Upper Creek Road
ADDRESS | 28 Upper Creek Road [Block 18, Lot 21]
LOC_QUAL | Medium-Location/Boundary w/in vicinity, but approximately respresents cultural resource

18 Upper Creek Road
NAME | 18 Upper Creek Road
ADDRESS | 18 Upper Creek Road [Block 18, Lot 19]

75 Raven Rock-Rosemont Road [Stone Dwelling]
NAME | 75 Raven Rock-Rosemont Road [Stone Dwelling]
HSI_NUM | 40a

Reading Burying Ground
NAME | Reading Burying Ground
ADDRESS | Raven Rock-Rosemont Road
HSI_NUM | 40b
DIGISTAFF | K. Clark

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Rosemont village structures

Cross Keys/Rittenhouse Tavern - 1754 datestone
Part of an original 1440-acre tract owned by John Reading in the early 1700s, this property was acquired by William Rittenhouse in 1719. His son Isaac apparently built a house there in the mid 1700s [datestone in west gable - "I.R.1754" ].
Both the building and the village were originally called 'Cross Keys' after the tavern at the crossroads was started there about 1745 by William Rittenhouse. The first recorded tavern license for this building was issued to Isaac Rittenhouse, son of William, in 1789. The building was later called 'Rittenhouse Tavern' after the family.
Issac Rittenhouse remained there until his death in 1809. His son William applied for tavern licenses from 1814-1831. Shortly thereafter, the property was sold to Garret Lare, then to James Woolverton in 1843. Woolverton, being a large land owner, lived elsewhere and most likely leased the tavern to tenants. In 1846 it became a general store for a time called 'Cowdrick & Dilworth's'. The tavern/hotel closed around 1870, evidently as a result of the temperance movement. In 1887, then owned by George Hoppock and no longer a public place, it was given a major overhaul. [DB/MG]

John Waterhouse Farm
Original section 1822 (interior carving with initials I.W.); second section 1833 (datestone with initials I.W.).
Originally part of the 1665-acre tract of Charles Woolverton. Part of a 140-acre tract of William Hoaglnad mortgaged in 1774. Deeded by Thomas Lequear to John Waterhouse in 1822. Poultry farm established by Charles H. Cane in the early 20th century.

stone/frame house

Rosemont Store
Main block mid 19thC; rear addition c. 1900-1910.
1860: S. Hartpence Store
late 1900's: The Cafe at Rosemont
19thC barn/wagon shed [in rear]

blacksmith shop
Circa 1850-60. Rosemont Chick Hatchery office in 1930's.

Methodist Episcopal Church
1860 Former church now converted to dwelling.

dwelling

frame dwelling

frame dwelling
Outbuildings:
overshot bank barn - mid 19thC
wagon house - mid 19thC
well house - mid 19thC
shed/stable - mid 19thC

conversion
19th century wagon house or barn

frame dwelling
19th century

Late 19th century.

Mid 19th century.
Outbuildings:
wagon house - 19th century

stucco/stone dwelling

Outlying lands & structures

part of John Diltz Farm
Circa mid 19thC, possibly earlier. Part of the 1665-acre tract acquired by Charles Woolverton in 1714. [B18-19]
1714 Charles Woolverton
John Wright, blacksmith
John Diltz
banked outbuilding - 19thC
[DB, MG]

part of John Diltz Farm
Early-mid 19thC. Part of the 1665-acre tract acquired by Charles Woolverton in 1714. [B18-21]
1714 Charles Woolverton
before 1740 - William Montgomery, yeoman & shopkeeper
outbuilding: 19thC wagon house
[DB, MG]

John Diltz Farmstead
West half 18th or early 19thC; east half c. 1825-50. Part of the tract first acquired by Charles Woolverton in 1714. [B19-9]
1714 Charles Woolverton
1754 John Diltz, most likely the builder of the original part of the house
outbuildings: stone & frame out-kitchen; smokehouse/woodshed; 3-bay English barn c. 1800-40; wagon house; crib/wagon shed
[DB, MG]

B19-13SR farmstead
Circa 1800-40. Part of the 1665-acre tract acquired by Charles Woolverton in 1714.
John Wright, blacksmith
1851 map J. Reading
outbuilding: overshot bank barn (mid 19thC)

B19-11SR farmstead
Early to mid 19thC. Part of the tract acquired by Charles Woolverton in 1714.
1714 - Charles Woolverton
John Wright, blacksmith
1754 - John Diltz
1851 map - J. Salter

B33-3CB farmstead
Circa 1830-50 (possibly earlier).
outbuildings: mid-19thC wagon house & shed

B34-18CB house
1712 Dorothy Medcalf
Albertus Ringo
1800 - Moses Rittenhouse, Jr. (stepson of Albertus Ringo)

B34-19CB house
1712 Dorothy Medcalf

19th century - possibly an outbuilding conversion

Circa 1800-1830. Part of 500-acre tract acquired by Jonathan Wilson in 1712.
outbuilding: 19thC springhouse
Jonathan Wilson
pre1785 - Jacob Case
1774 - Tunis [Hontise?] Case
1805 - Moses Rittenhouse
1818 - Richard & Mary [Rittenhouse] Godown

B33-17-3LC - house
Early 19th century.
1873 - W. Worman

Ruins - early 19th century.

B33-15LC - house
1873 atlas - W. Worman

double pony-truss bridge
Circa 1915.

B32-11/44KS - farmstead
Circa 18th or early 19th century. Part of William rittenhouse's 176-acre tract.
outbuilding: 19thC tenant house; 19thC smokehouse
William Rittenhouse
1767 - Lot Rittenhouse
Joseph Rittenhouse
Samuel Woolverton

B51-4/56KS house
Circa 1850-60. Originally part of Richard Reading's 456-acre "Mt. Amwell East" tract.
1860 map - Mrs. A. Woolverton

house

B32-13/KS farmstead
Early to mid 19th century. Part of William Rittenhouse's 176-acre tract.
outbuildings: mid-19thC wagon house; bank barn w. 1867 datestone
William Rittenhouse
1767 - Lott Rittenhouse
1818 - Joseph Howell
1849 - James Dean
1873 atlas - J. Dean

Rittenhouse farmstead
Dendro-dated to 1788. The only remaining log house in the township. Likely built by William Rittenhouse's son, Lot, who inherited his father's plantation upon his death in 1767.
outbldgs: 19thC & late 19thC wagon houses; 19thC bank barn
Lot Rittenhouse
son, Lot Rittenhouse
1811 - John L. Rittenhouse

B32-31/759RR - farmstead
outbuildings: bank barn c. 1850-80; 19thC wagon house
1860 map - J. W. Salter
1873 atlas - J. Hampton

B32-32/RR - farmstead
Circa18th or early 19th century. Part of 500-acres acquired by Jonathan Wilson in 1712.
outbuilding: 19thC barn/shop
1712 - Jonathan Wilson
1851 & 1860 maps - A. Reading
1873 atlas - A. Cronce

B32-33.1 Tunis Case farmstead
Main section of house third quarter 19thC.
East cellar area earlier; perhaps 18thC.
outbuildings: late 18thC English barn, wagon house, stable
Hammond 1712 Jonathan Wilson – 500 acres
1851 map - J. Webster
1860 map - J. Blackwell
1873 atlas - H. Johnson
Tunis Case
1848 John Webster
1854 Richard Burroughs
1855 David J. Blackwell
1867 Hiram Johnson
1906 George W. Bellis
1922 Joe Burkus
1925 Samuel Derevanchuk
1925 Mike Churilla
1932 Mike Radi
1950 Louis Bucek
1955 Herman Strauss
1968 William S.M. Ling
1970 Charles J. Pierman

B31-1 700RR - John Opdycke mill
Probably mid to late 18thC. This small structure, now a cottage, started life as an early mill on the lands of John Opdycke.
John Opdycke to:
1805 - Charles Sergeant
1833 - Charles S. Reading
1882 - John D. LaRue
1895 - Charles E. Hewitt
1905 - Israel P. Shepherd
1911 - Edward C. Brown
1921 - Katie L. Bennett
1936 - Louella B. & Edward H. Gelvin
1975 - John D. Potter Jr.
c.1985 - Hugh Cosman
1851 Cornell - C. Reading
1960 Philadelphia - M. Redding
1873 Beers - JM Hoppock

B31-2/722RR farmstead
Circa 18th or early 19thC east wing; main block c. 1820-40. Part of 500-acre tract acquired by Jonathan Wilson in 1712. [DB]
outbuildings: mid-late 19thC overshot bank barn; 19thC outkitchen & woodshed; 19thC springhouse; wagon houses & sheds
1712 - Jonathan Wilson
1851 Cornell - J. Salter
1860 map - J. Salter
1873 Beers - J. Salter
Jacob Housel on property in 1802 [BK 6-178]
1831 - John Salter
1874 - John t. Hampton
1898 - Lucy B. Hampton
1904 - John Fisher
1965 - Henry H. Fisher Jr.

B31-3/740RR farmstead
Main block 19thC; east wing c. 1910. Part of 500-acre tract acquired by Jonathan Wilson in 1712.
fsoutbuildings: 19thC bank barn, wagon house, sheds, stable [DB]
Hammond map - 1712 Jonathan Wilson
1851 Cornell - J. Reading
1860 map - S.W. Reading
1873 Beers - S.W. Reading [Est.]
From Aaron Vansyke >
1826 - Wilson Housel > Asher Reading
1864 - Samuel Reading
1874 - Rachel Green
1909 - Charles Mathews
1958 - Edna Peterman [est of Charles Mathews]

B31-4 / 760 RR Green-Snyder Farmstead
A late 18th-early/19thC one-room rear section, with a c.1850-60s main front addtion. The main barn has a datestone of 1880. [The cupola on the barn was added in the 20th century.]
Hammond 1712 - Jonathan Wilson [500 acres]
1851 Cornell J. Snider [Snyder]
1860 map G.W. Allen
1873 Beers S. Johnson
[Copies of earlier land grant “endentures” (deeds) from 1745, 1747 & 1759 are on file with county.]
1794 - [Probably from Richard Green dec’d to Samuel Green, although Samuel Green may have been living there earlier. *Marfy Goodspeed]
1797 - Samuel Green [dec’d] in will to Richard Green [“home plantation of 164 acres”] 124.55 acres?
1816 - James & Lucy Snyder
1860 - George & Lydia Allen
1861 - Charles & Eliza Ann Tanturn
1864 - George & Lydia Allen
1866 - Samuel & Sarah Johnson
1871 - John T. & Lucy B. Hampton
1875 - Samuel > Sarah Elizabeth Johnson
1917 - William B. & Laura E. Stevens
1922 - Harry & Katharyn Johnson
1923 - Silas H. & Jessie Pierson
1929 - Alfred A. & Louisa J. Barrett
1930 - Louis & Julia Lange
1933 - Berthold & Anna Hippauf
1933 - Louis & Julia Lange
1933 - Christian J. & Jennie Schmitt
1934 - Sam & Annie Sharson
? - Karl & Emilie Workowski
1942 - Leland, Clara A. & Leland Harbourt Jr.
1986 - Mike & Maryanne Plesher

B31-5/780RR - farmstead
Mid-19th century. Part of 1665-acre tract acquired by Charles Woolverton in 1714.
outbuildings: mid-late 19thC bank barn; 19thC woodshed & corn crib
1714 - Charles Woolverton
1786 - John Bainbridge
1851 map - H. Thatcher
1860 map - J. Reading
1873 atlas - J. Wilson

B30-1/NJCF - Barcroft ruin
Early 19th century.

B31-9/160KS - farmstead
Part of the 1665-acre tract Charles Woolverton acquired in 1714.
outbuildings: bank barn [part possibly late 18thC]
wagon house w. braced king-post
c. 1900s small shed
Hammond land ownership:
1712 William Biddle [1665 acres]
1714 Charles Woolverton [1665 acres]
1731 Charles Woolverton Jr. [258 or 288 acres]
1761/1767 Morris [Maurice] Woolverton [258 acres]
1790s John Wolverton
maps:
1851 - J. Updyke [possibly James C. Opdycke*]
1860 - A. Reading
1873 - A. Sherman [Andrew Rittenhouse Sherman*]
1979 survey - not listed
1984 survey - listed as mid-19thC
early 1900s - Tutchku
Sayles

B30-2/155KS - farmstead
Early 19thC. Part of the 1665-acre tract Charles Woolverton acquired in 1714.
outbuildings: early 19thC outkitchen; 19thC springhouse & stable
1714 - Charles Woolverton
1731 - Dennis Woolverton
1851 map - A. Williamson
1860 map - G.W. Williamson & SE. E. Allen
1873 atlas - E.F. Tomlinson

B30-3.1/127KS - farmstead
Circa 1830-50. Part of the 1665-acre tract Charles Woolverton acquired in 1714.
outbuildings: 19thC overshot bank barn, 19thC wagon house [conv]
1774 - William Hoagland
1851 map - J. Hartpence
1873 atlas - J. Hartpence

Everitt-Woolverton farmhouse
outbuildings: overshot bank barn 1850; mid-19thC smokehouse, wagon house & stable
1794 - Darius Everitt
1851 & 1860 - J. Woolverton
1873 - C.S. Woolverton
1902 - Chas. Woolverton

J & M Woolverton barn
Datestone on east gable end: "J.& M. W. 1850". Standard PA forebay with closed forebay.
1851 & 1860 - J. Woolverton
1873 - C.S. Woolverton
1902 - Chas. Woolverton

B30-18/82RR schoolhouse
1861 - on site of earlier school

B51-9/40RR R. Reading Farmstead
Circa 18th or early 19th century. Part of a 456-acre tract of Col. John Reading's 1440-acre Mount Amwell plantation.
Col. John Reading
before 1767 - Richard Reading
1819 - John Woolverton
1830 - James Woolverton
1873 atlas - C.S. Woolverton

B51-9/40RR J. Reading Farmstead
Circa 1787 datestone; east wing possibly earlier. Part of a 406-acre tract of Col. John Reading's 1440-acre Mt. Amwell plantation. Probably constructed for Joseph Reading and wife.
outbuilding: 19thC smokehouse
Col. John Reading
before 1767 - Joseph Reading
1938 - Paul Whiteman
1959 - Lloyd Wescott

Rosemont Burial Ground
Established in 1729.

Daniel Bray's gravesite
Daniel Bray was instrumental in delivering Durham boats for the Revolutionary War effort.

Listed on the State & National Registers of Historic Places in 2012.

lands of Sand Brook - Haddon tract
1712 - Haddon Tract [2000 acres]

Sand Brook properties

Residence
NAME | Residence
ADDRESS | 115 Sand Brook Headquarters Road
HDNAME | Sand Brook
STATUS | Eligible (HD)
DIGISTAFF | T. Riley

Residence
NAME | Residence
ADDRESS | 448 Sergeantsville Road
HDNAME | Sand Brook
STATUS | Eligible (HD)
DIGISTAFF | T. Riley

Residence
NAME | Residence
ADDRESS | Britton Road
HDNAME | Sand Brook
STATUS | Eligible (HD)
DIGISTAFF | T. Riley

Britton Road
NAME | Britton Road
ADDRESS | Britton Road

Moore Cottage
NAME | Moore Cottage
ADDRESS | Sand Brook Headquarters Road and Sergeantsville Road

Former Sand Brook General Store and Post Office
NAME | Former Sand Brook General Store and Post Office
ADDRESS | 106 Sand Brook Headquarters Road

ADDRESS | Sand Brook Headquarters Road

ADDRESS | 430 Sergeantsville Road

ADDRESS | 452 Sergeantsville Road

ADDRESS | 117 Sand Brook Headquarters Road

Sand Brook School
NAME | Sand Brook School
ADDRESS | Sand Brook Headquarters Road

Business
NAME | Business
ADDRESS | Sand Brook Headquarters Road

Sand Brook German Baptist Church and Cemetery
NAME | Sand Brook German Baptist Church and Cemetery

Farm Structure
NAME | Farm Structure
ADDRESS | 82 Britton Road

Farm House
NAME | Farm House
ADDRESS | 76 Britton Road

Bridge D-345 Carrying CR 523
NAME | Bridge D-345 Carrying CR 523
ADDRESS | CR 523 Over Third Neshanic Creek

Retaining Walls
NAME | Retaining Walls

Dwelling
Contemporary... possibly incorporating an earlier building.

Dwelling

Dwelling
Circa 1830. In 1815 George Rea, Esq., acquired this property comprised of a farm and mill and owned it until his death in 1838, so was evidently responsible for the construction of the house. [Bertland]

Circa 1810-50. Two-story, 4-bay, gable-roofed main block with banked cellar, single-pile plan & interior gable-end chimneys.

Circa 1830-50, possibly earlier.

Circa 1870.

Sand Brook German Baptist Church
Circa 1850. A splinter group from the near-by Amwell Church of the Brethern, known as the "Moorites" after its leader John P. Moore and his family, organized in 1849 and proceeded to erect the existing stone building on a lot acquired from Hiram Moore and wife on April 2, 1851. [Bertland]

Sand Brook School
Circa 1873. On the site of earlier school structures that may have dated back to about 1790. [see DB HD nomination for details]

Sand Brook Store
Circa 1902. Combination store and dwelling was erected by Samuel F. Fauss shortly after its predecessor was destroyed by fire about 1900. [Bertland]

Moore Shop
Circa 1850-1873. Occupied by Charles W. Moore as a temporary store and post office around 1900 when his other store burned. [Bertland]

Kitchen's Mill
At Sand Brook. First owned by Henry Kitchen, who bequeathed it to his son Samuel Kitchen in 1745. Samuel Kitchen died in 1773. Owned by John Rockafellar from 1805 to 1815 when he sold it to George Rea, who died in 1838. Then it was owned by Hiram Moore, who died in 1893. By that time it was no longer in operation, and is now no longer standing. [MG]
A level area on the south side of Britton Road roughly opposite the barn at 82 Britton Rd was the mill site. No foundation remnants are evident. The mill was a frame gable-roofed building on a stone foundation and oriented with its roof ridge roughly perpedicular to the creek. Probably an overshot wheel on its west side and served by a flume. Remnants of the breached mill pond dam are located some distance upstream from the mill site

Sergeantsville
Formerly called Skunktown. Shown on a road return of the 1790s as Skunktown Rd. Even referred to as 'Skoonkton' and 'Skuncktown'. Name was changed to Sergeantsville in 1827. Named for the Sergeant family who was prominent in the area. [MG]

lands of Nathan Allen

Nathan Allen
Hammond map - no date given

Nathan Allen

Robins [Marfy's adjustment]

lands of Amos Thatcher [define]
1737 & 1760 purchases - both with dwellings

Sergeantsville

Sergeantsville properties

NAME | Dwelling
ADDRESS | 633 ROUTE 604
HDNAME | Sergeantsville Historic District

NAME | Dwelling
ADDRESS | 756 ROUTE 523
HDNAME | Sergeantsville Historic District

NAME | Dwelling
ADDRESS | 754 ROUTE 523
HDNAME | Sergeantsville Historic District

Quicks Garage [Demolished]
NAME | Quicks Garage [Demolished]

Sergeantsville Inn
NAME | Sergeantsville Inn
ADDRESS | ROUTE 604 and ROUTE 523

Ranch House
NAME | Ranch House

Maresca's Fine Meats
NAME | Maresca's Fine Meats
ADDRESS | SERGEANTSVILLE RD

Sergeantsville Firehouse
NAME | Sergeantsville Firehouse
ADDRESS | SERGEANTSVILLE RD

Dwelling/Store
NAME | Dwelling/Store

Store
NAME | Store

ADDRESS | ROUTE 523

Sergeantsville Post Office
NAME | Sergeantsville Post Office

Commercial building
NAME | Commercial building
ADDRESS | ROSEMONT RINGOES RD

ADDRESS | 541ROUTE 604

Ranch House
NAME | Ranch House
ADDRESS | ROSEMONT RINGOES RD

Delaware Township School
NAME | Delaware Township School
ADDRESS | ROUTE 604

ADDRESS | 474 A and B ROUTE 604

Dwelling (Maple Lawn Poultry Farm)
NAME | Dwelling (Maple Lawn Poultry Farm)

First Brethern Church
NAME | First Brethern Church
ADDRESS | ROUTE 604

ADDRESS | 2 Delaware Drive

Barn [Demolished]
NAME | Barn [Demolished]

Dwelling (Handicapped Citizens Home)
NAME | Dwelling (Handicapped Citizens Home)

Delaware Township Hall (Sergeantsville Hotel)
NAME | Delaware Township Hall (Sergeantsville Hotel)

The Country Store
NAME | The Country Store

Sergeantsville Kendall School
NAME | Sergeantsville Kendall School

Sergeantsvill General Store
NAME | Sergeantsvill General Store

Military Hall
NAME | Military Hall

Former Green's Blacksmith Shop
NAME | Former Green's Blacksmith Shop

Methodist Episcopal Church
NAME | Methodist Episcopal Church

ADDRESS | 637 ROURTE 604

ADDRESS | 1 Lambert Road

645 ROUTE 604
NAME | 645 ROUTE 604

639 ROUTE 604
NAME | 639 ROUTE 604

Dwelling (PNC Bank)
NAME | Dwelling (PNC Bank)

Historic Cemetary
NAME | Historic Cemetary

dwelling
[converted to bank]

blacksmith shop [as early as 1772]
C. 1820-30 [50?]. Peter Green's and later Harned's blacksmith shop. Home in recent years of WDVR-FM. One of the first buildings in the village.

Thatcher cemetery [1775]

Tavern/Hotel/Municipal Building
This building probably started as a tavern in the late 18th century. Land in the area was purchased during this time by brothers Franklin & Agesilas Gordon. Records show there was a tavern operated there by a large number of different owners over the next century, all of whom allowed public meetings to be held in the building.
The west part of the current building was built c. 1830; the east stone extension probably c. 1867-1872; and the frame north section probably c. 1900.
Delaware Township was organized in 1838, at which point the building was operating as both a tavern and an inn. It was enlarged into a hotel in the mid 1800s and continued to operate until 1920 when it was closed as a result of Prohibition.
People of the town convinced the Methodist Church to buy it so that community functions could continue to be held there. It finally was purchased from the church by Delaware Township in 1948. It is one of the oldest continuous meeting place of local government in state of New Jersey and still serves as the town hall after all of these year.
Hammond map - original land owner Nathan Allen [no date]
Ownership/tavern licenses:
1780 - Gordon family, owners of land
1794 - Agesilaus Gordon/Godfrey Rockafellar - first tavern license
1796 - Agesilaus Gordon
1802 - John Barcroft
1803 - Cornelius Lake
1805 - Godfrey Rockafellar
1812 - George Holcombe
1816 - James Larew
1817 - Othniel Lake
1821 - William Rake
1824 - John Gordon
circa 1830 - Sergeantsville Hotel built
1830s - Neal Hart
1830s - Henry Wagner
1838 - John Parker
1840 - Isaiah H. Moore
1842 - David Rake
1843 - Henry Wagner
1845 - George W. Gaddis
1850 - John Smith
For later owners, see:
1851 Cornell map, 1860 Philadelphia map, 1873 Beers map

Thatcher's/Wilson's store
Circa 1800-1840. The left portion of this building was probably constructed as a dwelling, possibly before 1800, and was one of the original structures in Sergeantsville. The store and post office were added later.

Sergeant's Grocery [1802]
Present building circa 1870s. Probably built as a harness shop, in addtion to a store, barber shop, and restaurant. This structure replaced an earlier stone building which was the first township store.

Frame house
Circa 1820-40, possibly earlier. It features a granite carriage block or "upping block" in front of the house. Also a granite hitching post. Both late 19th or early 20th century.

general store [B34-1]
Erected in 1830 by Henry H. Fisher as a general store. [Date on east gable "May 1830".] Adjacent ice house; eventually connected to store by a small building which was probably a storeroom. South addition appears to have been a dwelling. Now a complex of connected stone buildings that is the Sergeantsville Inn. Stone wall & hitching post.
Burned March 2015. Documentation done at that time concludes the following. [Detailed research report on file at town hall.]
EAST (original) section – c. 1820-30
CENTER section – c. 1830+
SOUTH section – c. 1840
WEST addition – after 1850
Ownership:
1712-14 Daniel Robins
Isaac, Job and Elisha Robins [sons]
1737 - Amos Thatcher
1798 - Daniel Thatcher [son]
1800 - Jonus Thatcher [cousin]
1808 - Sarah Thatcher [wife]
1818 - Jonus Thatcher Jr. [son]
1830 - Henry H. Fisher [Amos Hoagland/A. H. Cook]
1864 - William Lawshe
1868 - John Farley Shepherd
1899 - Edward Shepherd [son] > Israel Polt Shepherd [brother]

Sergeantsville Methodist Church
Built 1832; enlarged & rebuilt 1869.

wagon shop/carriage store
1860: wagon shop
1873: carriage store

Frischmann House
Circa 1820-40. [Determined to be closer to 1840.]

small bank house [check]

Military Hall > Mechanic's Hall
Built in 1860, Military Hall was used for the drills and meetings of the Delaware Guards, the local Militia group. Later became known as Mechanics Hall and served as a polling place, theater for shows, and club meeting room.

Sergeantsville General Store
Built in 1877. Replaced an earlier stone dwelling. Built with attached dwelling.
granite hitching post / late 19th-early 20th

Kendall School
The Kendall School was the first village school, built in 1899 and enlarged to two rooms in 1913. The building was apparently named for Calvin Kendalll, NJ Commissioner of Education at the time. The school was closed in 1951 and is now a private home.

Sergeantsville Post Office
Circa 1910. It is one of the smallest post offices in the state. Originally built as a butcher shop by Judd Rittenhouse. Replaced a barber shop, pool hall, and Saturday night restaurant that was destroyed by fire.

stone dwelling

stone house
Outbuildings:
English barn [check]
wagon house

grange hall
Dated 1883. Sergeantsville Grange was founded in 1876 and completed this building in 1883.

creamery
Mid-19th Century and 1883. First creamery in Delaware Township, established in 1881.

dwelling
Circa 1835-55. Outbuilding to rear purportedly used as a chair-making shop by Charles Haan.
1873: harness shop adjoining

Outbuildings include:
1873: location of blacksmith
tannery

frame house & outbuildings
Circa 1870-90, possibly earlier.
wagon house 19thC
barn 19thC
barn/wagon house 19thC

First Brethren Church
Dated 1899.

wagon house 19th century
privy late 19th-early 20th

Brookville Historic District - COE / SR & NR pending

Horne Creek / Brookville Creek
Named for Thomas Horne, an early 1800s landowner. On at least one later 19thC map, it was called Butterfoss Creek. The creek & the diversion were part of the various mill operations there through the late 18th and 19th centuries, including a Hiram Deats foundry in the later 1800s.

Mill collection points & diversions

upper pond

former large pond

large dam

dam keeper's house

former pond

smaller dam

small dam

mill ruin

Brookville Creek diversion
LENGTHKM | 0.09309

Brookville Creek diversion

sawmill lot [approx]
John Emley
David Chambers
Noah Hixson
1784 - Abner Hixson [first to set up a mill]
1794 or1797 - John Anderson, Jr.
1799 - Jonathan Conard
1802 or 1807 - Thomas Horne
1811 - Peter Rockafellar
1815 - William L. Prall, Jacob Lambert & John Cavanagh
1830 - Daniel Butterfoss [plus in 1835 76 acres to the north]
1851 - Hiram Deats
1889 - Calvin Strimple? [not in deed search]
1896 - William Phillips [not according to MG]
When Abner Hixson could not pay his debts, his property was seized, and the mill lot was sold by Sheriff John Anderson, Sr. on Jan. 1, 1797 to his son John Anderson, Jr.
Jonathan Conard, “late of Pennsylvania,” purchased the lot of 17.5 acres, “known as the Saw Mill lott and property of Abner Hixon” on April 1, 1799 from John Anderson, Jr. and wife Rebecca.
Thomas Horne bought a lot at the mouth of the creek in 1802 from Jonathan Conard. The creek was named Horne Creek for him.
Rockafellar bought "two lots or parcels of land being a small part of the land whereon the aforesd Horn now lives, the first lot is for the convenience of the sd Rockafeller bringing a small stream of water in [?] saw mill pond or fore bay, it being the north east corner of the aforesaid Thomas Horns lands adjoining lands of Garret Willson and the said Peter Rockafeller and contains within the bounds 2.5 rods square of land. The second lot of lands is for the convenience of making the sd Peter Rockafeller saw mill yard larger and the road better."
Deats ownership
In 1889, Calvin Strimple sold his 121-acre property on Strimples Mill Road to Abel Kerr for $3,000, and purchased the Deats foundry property of 41.59 acres, which included the old sawmill lot.
[See www.goodspeedhistories.com for full purchase history.]

Buildings & houses

Hixson/Butterfoss oil mill - earliest
First linseed oil and later grinding feed.

sawmill
1851 - H. Deats S. Mill
1860 - S.M.
1873 - S.Mill [other side]

foundry
[right side of creek]
1860 - F.M. [factory & milll?], Foundry [stoves & Deats plows]
1860 - S.M.
Later operation by nephew Hiroam Deats, Jr.

sawmill?
1873 - left side of creek

Deats
Butterfoss > Deats > Strimple > Phillips
1851 - not shown?
1860 - H. Deats
1873 - H. Deats
Hiram Deats died on November 22, 1887, age 77. Calvin G. Strimple bought the Brookville property two years later in 1889. He had owned and operated the Strimple's Mill on that road next to the iron truss bridge. He was active there as early as 1858. In 1889, he sold his 121-acre property on Strimples Mill Road and purchased the Deats foundry property of 41.59 acres, which included the old sawmill lot. [MG]

Hunt-Deats
1851 - E. Hunt
1860 - no name
1873 - H. Deats
Occupied in part of the 20thC by Albion Press.

Clark-Phillips
1851 - W. Clark
1860 - no name
1873 - J. Phillips

wheelwright shop
1860 - W.S. [wheelwright shop?]
1873 - string of shops? [H. Deats]

store - Deats/Strimple
The store was run by Deats nephew, Hiram Deats, Jr. After that the building slowly deteriorated. While there was enough of it left, Calvin G. Strimple, who bought the property in 1889, fitted up the remnant as a store house, where he sold tobacco, feed and various articles for some years. Then the building was gradually dismantled. In the late 1890s a flood broke through the large upper dam and destroyed all in its path, including the remains of the store. [ET Bush]

next to store?

G. Wilson
Williamson >
1843 - Garret Wilson in 1843 > to
1876 - Deats > William V. Wilson the same year
Garret Wilson, son-in-law of Daniel Butterfoss, Sr., was the miller at Brookville beginning in 1843. It appears that Wilson continued to operate the mill right up to his death in 1876. [MG]

R. Holcombe
1851 - R. Hocomb/Shoe Shop
1873 - H. Holcombe

cottage

Naylor
1860 - E. Naylor
"At the time of the Civil War, Edward Naylor owned what is now the John Crumm lot up the Hollow." [ET Bush]

Holcombe
Anne Holcombe
1848 Allison Holcombe
1853 Anna Holcombe
1878 Augustus Holcombe
1881 Pembroke L. Hunt
1860 - M. Holcombe

Lambert?

Holcombe
1860 - A. Holcombe
1873 - Mrs. Holcombe?
Charles Fisher
"Allison Holcombe owned the property next to Ezekiel Everitt, now known as the Charles Fisher lot. His brother, Reading, lived in the house near the quarry, later owned by Charles Parent and abandoned several years ago because of dangerous blasting." [ET Bush]

barn

Everitt
William Wilson > Garret Van Dolah > Everitt in 1851
1860 - L. Everitt
1873 - Mrs. Holcombe?- no
Frank E. Pierce
"Among the early settlers up the Hollow was Ezekiel Everitt, a stone mason, who lived on what is now known as the Frank E. Pierce lot. He is reputed to have been an expert at his trade, and was master mason at the building of many dwellings still standing in good condition hereabout, and still displaying that peculiar coat of rough-casting which old people say always spells Ezekiel Everitt. He had six sons, all said to have been masons by trade." [ET Bush]

Romine-Hunt
James Romine

Romine

Romine
Furman Romine
1860 - C. Romine
Holcombe Romine
Horace Romine
"Romines were prosperous farmers here in the early days. Charles owned and farmed the place later owned by his son, Holcombe (“Oke”), and now owned by Holcombe’s son, Horace R." [ET Bush]
right place?... check

Runk
1873 - W. Bodine

later pond

Sharp
Robert Sharp
1860 - T. Sharp
1873 - T. Sharp
"The pioneer Sharp in the Hollow was Robert, who settled on what was later the Thomas Sharp farm during or soon after the Revolution. That farm extended from below Brookville Hollow road northward across the road passing the Sandy Ridge Church and ending when it came to the Stockton-Sergeantsville road." [E.T. Bush]

Upper Tenant House [gone]
1844-50 Robert Sharp, 2nd
Daniel Hunt
Daniel Warrick
"Robert Sharp, 2nd, lived in the upper tenant house on the Colonel Sharp lowlands, and did the farming from 1844 to 1850. He was followed by Daniel Hunt, and after him came Daniel Warrick, remembered as one who spent his winters chiefly in working flax." [ET Bush]

Lower Tenant House [gone]
"Another house stood in the same field, nearer the creek. Ingham Waterhouse, a tanner, lived here for several years, beginning with 1852. He worked in the Lawshe tannery near Sergeantsville and in the tannery on the farm of John Barber, near Dilts’ Corner. Both houses, like all of their early occupants, are only memories now." [ET Bush]

Fauss-Mitchell
1803 - Nicholas Bacon
1814 - John Fauss [already living on land]
1817 - William Mitchell [“messuage” ]
1851 Cornell: G. Rittenhouse
1860 Philadelphia: G.H. Rittenhouse
1873 Beers: E. Kitchen
Possibly a blacksmith shop.

B60-12.01 Lambert

ruin of ?

68 S. Main

76 S. Main

78 S. Main

Registered individual properties

Locktown Baptist Church (ID#1583)
Locktown-Sargentsville Road
(Additional documentation approved 1997)
Old School Baptist congregation organized in 1742 in Baptistown. A log cabin and a later frame church preceded this 1819 structure. This beautiful stone building was originally stuccoed. Much of its interior remains unchanged.
The church was responsible for the name of the village. In 1839 the more conservative members of the congregation attempted to lock reformers out. The reformers responded by installing their own lock. Thereafter, the village was called "Locktown".
It is now a public building owned by Delaware Township and used for special events.

D304 - covered wooden truss bridge
Known as Green Sergeant's Bridge or just Sergeant's Bridge. Now a covered wooden truss bridge, built in 1872 on the foundation of Samuel Opdycke's mid 18th-century bridge. Rebuilt and strengthened in 1961. Only remaining covered bridge in New Jersey.
Technical Information [2010]: This is a wooden Howe Truss covered bridge built in 1872. The clear span is 73’-8”, the bridge length is 84’, and the road width is 12’-1.” The trusses have heavy timber top chords, diagonals, end posts and guide rail, and vertical metal rods. The bridge has wood-shingle roofing, board-&-batten siding, and is supported on stone abutments that remain from an earlier bridge.
This bridge no longer functions as a truss bridge and is supported on modern steel stringers (1961) in a sympathetic manner. The alterations are visually non-intrusive.
Lichtenstein and Associate’s Structure #1000110.

Raven Rock Road Bridge (SI&A #10XX300) (ID#3470)
Raven Rock Road over Lockatong Creek
A Pratt Thru-Truss bridge built in 1878 by the Lambertville Iron Works Co. of Lambertville New Jersey, J. H. Boozer, director. Masonry abutements; 123' span, 16' high.
Technical Information [2010]: The 129’ single-span of cast- and wrought- iron members has pin-connections and patented Phoenix columns. The road width is 15’-6.” Abutments and symmetrical wing walls are of massive cut sandstone, rock-faced blocks. Original guard rails and decorative elements remain. Alterations are minimal and non-intrusive.
Lichtenstein and Associate’s Structure #10XX300. Evaluated as individually eligible for State & National Registry. “It ranks as one of the most important thru truss bridges in the state based on its age, nearly complete state of preservation, and use of Phoenix columns for the compression members”.

Strimple's Mill Bridge [#16000693]
Strimples Mill Rd. over the Lockatong. SR OCT 2016
A Pratt Thru Truss bridge built in 1897 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio.

Stone Sign Post Road Bridge (SI&A # 100D390) (ID#3760)
Stone Sign Post Road over Plum Brook
Built 1903. Pony truss; masonry abutments. Span 26'; 6'6" high. Builder J. Scott.

Other Eligible Historic Properties
These properties have been considered for listing on the State & National Registers of Historic Places. [SHPO COE - Certificate of Eligibility or SHPO Opinion]

Holcombe House & Farm
1690 Route 29 [Daniel Bray Highway]

Lear-Bodine-Evans Farmstead
Established as a rural historic district. COE: 10/16/2003

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L-B-E house & barns

Saxtonville Tavern (ID#4670)
2226 NJ Route 29
Circa 1810, 1820 & 1835 sections [south to north]. Listed in the Historic American Buildings Survey of the 1930s.
Saxtonville / Saxton's Ville / Sextons Ville took its name from Nathianiel Saxton, owner of the land in the early 1800s. Saxton purchased the 15-acre tavern land in 1810 from Moses Quinby. No record is shown of Quinby operating a tavern prior to that point.
In the early 1830's, construction began on the feeder canal which brought increased business to the area. The tavern was sold to Richard Bennett in 1836. It probably was operated by Bennett into the early 1840s.
In 1848 Bennett sold the property to Bernard Rogan of Bucks Co. PA. And in 1866, the heirs of Rogan conveyed the property to Ruth S. Bray of Saxtonville. In 1874 it went to Thomas McAloan and ultimately to his extended family for more than a hundred years. It was sold by the family to the State of New Jersey in 2007.
[HABS]

Lumberville-Raven Rock Bridge (ID#5168)
SHPO Opinion for Eligibility: 6/28/2010
A steel, pedestrian-only bridge designed by John A. Roebling & Sons was built and opened in 1947. It replaced an original wooden covered bridge.
[Stories fr Raven Rock]

Peck's Ferry Bridge (SI&A #100D388) (ID#259)
Locktown-Flemington Road over Plum Brook
Built 1900. Pony truss; masonry & concrete abutments. Span 24'; height 7'.

Pine Hill Road Bridge (SI&A # 1000111) (ID#3759)
Pine Hill Road over tributary Wickecheoke Creek [#D329]
Built 1849. "Bellis Bridge"; span 21'. Builder not known.

Historic Structures by period - houses, barns, outbuidings, other

Structures pre 1785 [Colonial]
These structures have been researched and the information is on file at the Delaware Township Municipal Building.

Holcombe-Jimison [B63-3.01] Farm Museum
Route 29 - Circa 1711 to mid 1700s.
Possibly the oldest house in Hunterdon County.
Now part of the Holcombe-Jimison Farm Museum.
East section dendro-dated to c.1750.
Earliest [middle] section, possibly 1711 or 1730s
West section dates to late 1800s.
Ownership:
1695 land grant - John Calow [Callowe]
1704 - John Wey [Way]
1733 - John B. Holcombe
1734/1745 - Richard Holcombe
1783/84 - John Holcombe, son of Richard
court division of land
1857 - Jacob & Ruth Skillman
1863 - Benjamin & Mary S. Carroll
1865 - John V.C. Barber & wife
1950 - J. Wilson & Martha D. Barber
1968 - Milo & Rachel Jimison
1974 - Hunterdon Co. Historical Society
1985 - Holcombe-Jimison Farm, Inc.

John Holcombe House [Lambertville] 1756
Route 29 - Once thought to date to the circa 1720-30s.
It has now been dendro-dated to 1756.
Located at Coryell's Ferry [see Lambertville for additional information], this house was Gen. George Washington's headquarters on several occasions. It has been officially dated to 1756 and therefore was built not by John Holcombe, the earliest settler in the area, but by his son Richard.

* B6-7 Risler-Bearder [c.18thC/ late 18thC]
15 Boars Head Rd.
east section oldest
Hammond - 1737 Coxe > John, Thomas & Richard Penn [sons of Wm. Penn]
1752 Hanteel Risler
1802 Andrew Bearder
1864 George T. Robbins
1865 Charles H. Archer
1872 George F. Wilson
1873 Abraham S. Wilson
1874 John Kennedy
1877 Jane Armstrong
1886 Jeremiah Smith
1900 George T. Parrot
1900 Hugh Murray
1915 Margaret Chapman
1918 Herman Weiss & Elice Etzold
1924 Jacob W. Polhemus
1926 August Fer
1926 Joseph La Grange
1968 Joseph Previ
Cornell H. Housel
Philadelphia H.T. Housel
Beers H.T. House
l

* B21-7 Opdycke-Sergeant-Johnson [datestone 1754]
692 Rosemont Ringoes Rd.
Built in 1754 by John Opdycke [datestone "J&M O 1754"].
Later 1800s addition on east, possibly over older foundation.
1750s - John Opdycke
1770s - Samuel Opdycke
1805 - Charles Sergeant
1823 - Green Sergeant
1851 Cornell map - G. Sergeants Mills
1873 Beers map - 'Grist mill'
1878 - G. Sergeant
1893 - R. Green Johnson
1928 - Chester Johnson

B25-10 Jacob Fauss [c.third quarter 1700s]
59 Sandbrook-Headquarters Rd.
Dutch influence 18thC house and 18thC Dutch-English barn
maps:
Hammond Thomas Lambert 1712 [728 acres]
Cornell F. Huffman
Philadelphia R. Hoffman [alternate spelling]
Beers E. Huffman
18thC [Rev.] Jacob Fauss
1805 Samuel Fauss [son] was left the “homestead plantation”
1831 Enoch Hoffman [son-in-law]

B26.01 former Sutton Farm
Sutton Farm Rd
Sutton Farm - noted for its 18th & 19thC tannery & distillery. The entire area was distroyed with the building of the 'Robins Hill' development in the early 21st century. [See goodspeedhistories.com]
Hammond map - Cook Proprietary Tract
Abraham Borden
1741 - John Taylor [400 acres]
1760 - Jonas Sutton [110 acres > 115 acres]
Amos Sutton [son]
1828 - sherrif sale to Jonas & John Sutton [sons]
1880 - Runkle Rea
1883 - David Carrell
Olive Barrick Rowland, Geneaology of the Sutton & Rittenhouse Familes, describes the original house as: ”...a long inn-like structure, the first story built of stone surfaced with plaster, and the second story of wood. There is a verandah the full length of the second story front, the house being built on the side of a hill. Originally a lane led from the buildings to the Flemington highway [Rte 579]; but the only present [1935] approach is by way of another long and neglected lane, a continuation of the lane of a neighboring farm, in from Sand Brook."
An 1825 Hunterdon Gazette ad describes the farm as thus: "There are on the premises two dwelling houses, two good Barns, a waggon house, two spring houses, a distillery, a tan yard with about 30 vats, and every thing necessary for the tanning business, being also in a good neighborhood for Bark."

B26.01 Sutton Farm complex

Circa third quarter of the 1700s. A formal side hall entry; front and back high-style parlors with corner fireplaces. Lovely formal stairway & two chambers on second floor with corner fireplace in back chamber. All early detail largely intact. The west addition includes a kitchen with small cookhearth fireplace and winder staircase to two small chambers on the second floor. Far west addition was probably originially a shed room off the kitchen.

78 Yard Rd.
Main section of this house has been dendrodated to c. 1760. It was probably initially a 1 1/2 story house with central chimney stack. Additions in 1860 and
Hammond map Haddon Tract - 1712 [2000 acres] >
John Sine [southern-most parcel of 100 ac.]
1851 Cornell R. Holcomb[e]
1860 Philadelphia A. Higgins
1873 Beers A. Higgins Distillery
1703 Sachems → West Jersey Board of Proprietors
1712 first surveyed for John Haddon, Englishman
1748 John Haddon → Nicholas Sayn/Sine, German immigrants
1749 Nicholas Sayn/Sine → John Sine, his nephew
1799 John Sine → John Sine, Jr, his son
1805 John Sine, Jr → George N. Holcombe, his brother?
1806 George N. Holcombe → Samuel Holcombe, his brother (rec’d 1816)
1819 Samuel Holcombe → Robert Holcombe, his son
1827 Robert Holcombe → Elizabeth Holcombe, his wife
1846 heirs of Elizabeth Holcombe → Robert Holcombe, Jr., her son
1856 Robert Holcombe, Jr. → Alexander Higgins, his brother-in-law
1906 Alexander Higgins,dec’d → Linton Avery Fluck
1916 Linton Avery Fluck → John Britton Yard, husband of former servant, Bessie Rowe
1962 John Britton Yard → Elmer Yard, his son
1980 heirs of Elmer Yard → Richard and Marjorie Yard, his son
2019 Richard and Marjorie Yard → Sharon Gifford and Fernando Alvarez

B31-6.07 Cross Keys/Rittenhouse Tavern [1754 datestone]
102 Kingwood Stockton Rd.
Datestones: 1754/1840s.
Original section may have been built as early as 1754 and probably witnessed the Revolution. The back ell has a weathered datestone of the 1840s. And the east section was built c.1850.
Both the building and the village were originally called 'Cross Keys' after a tavern at the crossroads was started there c. 1750s by William Rittenhouse or by his son Isaac. The first recorded tavern license was issued to Isaac Rittenhouse, son of William, in 1789. The building was later called 'Rittenhouse Tavern' after the family. With a brief stint as a store, it operated as a tavern and inn/hotel until about 1870.
Isacc Rittenhouse
1809 - to sons Samuel, John & William
1811 - to brother William
tavern licenses from 1814-1831
around 1832 - Garret Lare
1843 - James Woolverton (tenants)
1846 - Cowdrick & Dilworth's Store
1868 - George Hoppock, tavern business discontinued
Hammond - 1712 William Biddle > Charles Woolverton
1851 Cornell map - E. Johnson's Hotel
1860 map - J. Woolverton Hotel
1873 Beers map - G. Hoppack

* B32-33.01 Tunis Case Homestead [c. later 18thC/mid 19thC]
723 Rosemont Ringoes Rd.
earliest part - later 18thC / front sections - 3rd quarter 1800s
large barn - Revolutionary War or before / smaller barn c.1840s
Hammond - 1712 Jonathan Wilson
Cornell - J. Webster
Philadelphia - J. Blackwell
Beers - H. Johnson
Tunis Case - "homestead farm"
1848 - John Webster
1854 - Richard Burroughs
1855 - David Blackwell
1867 - Hiram Johnson
1906 - George W. Bellis
1922 - Joe Burkus
1925 - Samuel Derevanchuk
1925 - Mike Churilla
1932 - Mike Radi
1950 - Louis Bucek
1955 - Herman Strauss
1968 - William S.M. Ling
1970 - Charles Pierman

* B33-4 Wilson-Lambert-Larison [18thC?/early 19th]
119 Worman
Original land area included approximately 175 acres. East section of this house may have been 18thC; west section first half of 19thC.
Hammond map: 1715 - John Reading
1851 Cornell map – B. Larason [sp]
1860 Phildelphia – B. Larison
1873 Beers map – Benj. Larison
John Reading
1715 - John Reading Jr.
1727 - John & Orcha Wright
1732 - Benjamin Severns
1750 - George Willson [sp]
1788 - Gershom & Rebekah Lambert
1815 - Isaac Skillman
1823 - Andrew Larason [sp]
1839 - Benjamin Larison
1875 - John D. Larison
1908 - William B. Larison
1908 - Delia C. Larison
1918 - Carman W. Larison
1939 - M. [Martha] Wiederkehr
1939 - Ann P. & Carman W. Larison
1943 - Adolph Haslauer
1967 - Edward Haslauer & Karoline Haslauer
1969 - Ethel M. Wheaton
1973 - Herbert Wheaton

* B34-24.01 Laren/Larew [18thC/late 18thC]
639 Rosemont Ringoes Rd.
West section 18thC; east section c.1800.
Barn converted to dwelling in late 1970s.
Hammond - Daniel Robins
1851 - J. Moore
1860 - L.H. Moore
1873 - L.H. Moore
David Newburn
1744 - James Laren [Larew]
1767 - David Laren [Larew]
1796 - Caleb Farley [never occupied]
1797 - Cornelius Lake
1843 - Mary & Isaiah Moore
1892 - Sarah E. Reading
1903 - Isaac Smith > John Smith
1911 - Isaac Smith > Ruth Smith
[gap?]
1972 - Ephraim Acker
1977 - J. Frederick Tomlinson

B41-14 Opdycke-Headquarters Farm [1758]
6 Zentek Rd.
Officially dendro-dated to 1758. Confirms datestone in west gable.
A formal center-hall colonial with corner fireplaces in both front parlors. The NW first-floor room with separate side entrance was used as a store for the mill complex. The second floor has four bedchambers. The front two have corner fireplaces. The NW chamber, accessed by a winder staircase, has a tiny wall fireplace. The NE chamber was unheated.
There remains a large complex of outbuildings that serviced the house & mills. [SEE: Headquarters Historic District]
John Ladd 1712 - 540 acres
Samuel Green 1720-
John Opdycke 1737-
Benjamin Tyson 1768-
Thomas Opdycke 1790-
George Holcomb 1793-
John & Elias Conover 1828-
Elias Conover 1855-
J. Carrell 1873-
Hammond - 1712 John Ladd
1851 - Conover / store / grist mill
1860 - G.M. [grist mill]
1873 - J.Carrell / grist mil

* B42-5.02 Deremer-Wilson [c. mid-1700s/early 1800s]
207 Lambertville-Headquarters Rd.
original section c. 1760
major expansion c. 1790-1810
west addition - possibly shortly after expansion
The original section [middle of house] dates to the mid 1700s. It was both expanded to the east and reconfigured in the late 18th-early 19thC, and enlarged to the west in the early 1800s.
1701 – Benjamin Field to John Way [700 acres]
1745 - Elizabeth & Mary Mullen [170+ acres]
1760 - David Brearly
1768 - Issac Larew
1771 - Abraham Deremer, Cornelius Hoppough & Samuel Corle
1828 - Cornelius & William Wilson
1838 - William W. & Ann Wilson
1877 - William S. Warmen [110 acres]
1907 - Sybilla B. Warman
1907 - Anna S. Warman
1909 - Issac E. Baldwin, John W. & Raymond S.
1915 - Raymond S. Harrison
1933 - Florence R. Harrison
1933 - Paul F. & Rowene Harrison
1969 - Wolf & Traina Inc.

B43-11 Capt. David Johnes [c. early-mid 18thC]
47 Bowne Station Rd.
Circa early to mid 18thC.
[needs more research]

B43-19 John Opdycke [early 18thC]
280 Lambertville-Headquarters
Circa 1735-1758, possibly earlier. Purportedly built by John Opdyke.
[needs more research]
Hammond map - John Ladd 1712 [540 acres]
1851 Cornell - B. Higgins
1860 Philadelphia - S. Higgins
1873 Beers - S. Higgins

B45-6 Moore [possibly mid 18thC]
Hammond 1714 John Dennis
1850 Cornell W.H. Moore
1860 Philad. W.H. Moore
1873 Beers J. Carrell
East Moore Farm
Thomas Wetherell
1729 Nathan Allen
1732 Henrick Weaver > Christian Weaver [son]
1741 Jacob Probasco
1779 Daniel Moore
1806 Gideon Moore by will [son of Daniel]
1840 Deacon Wm. H. Moore [son of Gideon]
Gideon C. Moore [grandson]
1871 John A. Carrell [father-in-law]
[incl 2 graveyds & schoolhouse lot]

B46-1 Isaiah Quinby [circa mid-late 1700s]
85 Federal Twist Rd.
The original house was built in the mid 1700s. The house here today was constructed in the late1700s-early 1800s, with additions (left and back) in the 1930s. The original structure was probably replaced at that time by the new back ell.
prior to 1712 - Richard Bull & John Ladd
1712 John Ladd
1731 Catherine Ladd [daughter]
1743 Isaiah Quinby [300 acres]
1804 James Quinby
1846 Henry Wood
1857 Westley Johnson
1859 Richard Wilson
1863 Westley & Pearson Wood families
1877 David Wilson
1886 William Martin

* B51-5 Reading-Woolverton [mid-1700s?]
19 Kingwood Stockton Rd.
Circa mid 1700s? [may be two sections]
SEE: 'Traditions of Hunterdon' – Chapter 1
SEE ALSO: B51-9 [sometimes confused with]
South of the Lotting Purchase line was 1440 acres owned by John Reading, Sr., probably the earliest settler on land in the area. The Hammond map of early land purchases says "whereon he liveth" in 1704.
The title to his deed is dated 1709. He then built a house which he named 'Mt. Amwell', later giving its name to our Amwell Valley. It is thought that the house now there was probably built sometime around or after mid-century, which may or may not have been that house. [More research is needed.]
1709 - John Reading > John Reading [son] > Richard Reading [grandson]- land intact?
1768 - Asher Mott [402 acres]
1776 - David Cummings
1799 - John Woolverton
Samuel Woolverton [son]
1851 - A.Woolverton?
1860 - J.W. or A. Woolverton?
1873 - A.Woolverton

* B51-9 Reading-Woolverton [later 1700s]
75 Raven Rock Rd.
two dwellings:
1787 datestone on original dwelling [features confirm this period]
second dwelling [date uncertain - probably second quarter 1800s?]
SEE: B51-5 [sometimes confused with B51-9]
SEE: 'Traditions of Hunterdon'- Chapter 1
Part of the original lands of John Reading "whereon he liveth" in 1704.
Hammond - 1709 John Reading [1440 acres] > John Reading [son] >
Richard Reading [grandson]- land intact?
1768 - Asher Mott [402 acres]
part of in 1776 David Cummings?
1851 - W.Johnson?
1860 – W. Johnson
1873 – G.B.Johnson & C.S.Woolverton
[early house]
1851 - W.Johnson
1860 - W.Johnson
1873 - G.B.Johnson [1787 house] & C.S.Woolverton [later house]

* B51-13 Hankinson-Huffman [c. late 18th/early 19thC]
Circa late18thC/early 19thC
This house remains in almost untouched condition. The middle section dates to c.1800 with its kitchen cookhearth fireplace and formal parlor. The right section is slightly later. The left section was transformed c.1830-40, but the cellar under it hides the remains of an 18th-century dwelling that had back-to-back corner fireplaces. The outbuildings include a summer kitchen and possible springhouse.
Hammond - 1712 Peter Fretwell
1851 Cornell - G.& J.Huffman
1860 Philadelphia - J.Huffman
1873 Beers - J.Huffman
1781: Mortgage from ferryman Thomas Rose to Thomas Hankinson & wife Jemima Stout. She remained on the farm until her death in 1794.
May 7, 1784: Will of Thomas Hankinson left all real estate to son, William Hankinson.
1804 John Huffman
1844 George & John Huffman
> Lemuel Huffman
1911 George Hoffman
1919 Bureco Realty Co., Inc.
1925 Herbert A. Barton
1926 Missionary & Evangelistic Alliance, Inc.
1927 Ruth de Heyman
1952 Emmert R. & Joseph D. Wilson
1955 Dunlea Hurley
1969 Lester Karsan
[Reading Howell maps of 1785 & 1792]

B51-16 Johnson's Ferry House [mid-18thC]
Route 29 & Federal Twist
circa mid-1700s [gone]
A house was probably at this location from the mid-18th century. It would have served the ferry that operated across the road at the river's edge. [see Ferries]
In the 1820s, the Johnson family, who also ran the ferry, began operating a tavern or public house. It later became known as the Johnson Hotel. It was demolished in the 1950s when Route 29 was widened.

* B57-9 Van Dolah [c. early 18thC]
123 Sandy Ridge-Mt. Airy
Circa early 1700s. Thought to have been built before 1725. [Bush/MG]
Hammond map - from Benjamin Field to John Way [upper parcel]
from Richard Bull to Samuel Green - 1701 [lower parcel]
1851 Cornell map - G. Vandoler [sp]
1860 Philadelphia - G. Vandoleh [sp]
1873 Beers map - not shown
from Garrett Van Dolah >
1738 - Cyrus Van Dolah
from heirs of Henry Van Dolah >
1837-38? - Garret Van Dolah
from Cyrus Van Dolah Jr.
1934 - George H. Hoppock
1937 - Elizabeth M. Robinson
1964 - Hogan Farm Corp.

Structures 1785-1800 [post Colonial]
These structures have been researched and the information is on file at the Delaware Township municipal building.

ALSO SEE: 'HISTORIC DISTRICTS'
Covered Bridge, Headquarters, Raven Rock, Rosemont, Sand Brook & Sergeantsville

B2-5 John Prall Jr. House
Route 29 - Stockton
1792 - Charles & George Wolverton
1794 - John Prall Jr. [house built]
1833 - William L. Hoppock & John S. Wilson
1834 - Wilson to Hoppock
1872 - L.O. Kessler
1930s - John W. Smith
maps:
Hammond - 1702 John Reading
1873 - Kessler & Company
1902 - J.W. Smith

B14-25 Bearder Farmstead [late 1700s]
131 Locktown-Flemington Rd.
Original section c. 1790.
estate of Jacob Peter Sniter[Snyder] - 118.5 acres
Dec 1778 - Andrew Bearder Sr.
c. 1838 - George Trimmer Bearder
c. later 1870s - William R. Bearder
Hammond - John Haddon - 1712 [proprietary]
1851 Cornell map - G. Bearder
1860 Philadelphia - G.T. Bearder
1873 Beers map - G.T. Bearder

* B21-2 Gordon Farmhouse [late 18thC - burned]
41 Locktown-Sergeantsville Rd.
Original section late 18th century; east addition mid 1800s. Burned in 2012.
Other farmhouse on property mid-1800s.
1740 - Thomas Gordon
1779 - Franklin Gordon
Othniel Gordon
1803 - John H. & Thomas Gordon
1840 - David Moore
Hiram Moore
1845 - Derrick A. Sutphin
[info gap]
Daniel Butterfoss
Samuel Butterfoss
1879 - Lambert T. Warman
1881 - Wm Bowen
1881 - Henry Weber
1899 - John Stryker
1910 - James Culberson
1913 - Henry Fisher
Sara Fisher
H.H. Fisher
Hammond - Nathan Allen
1851 map - J. Sergeant
1860 map - D. Butterfoss / C. Worrick
1873 map - D. Butterfoss / C. Warrick?

B23-9 Tavern/Hotel/Municipal Building
Route 523 & Route 604 - Sergeantsville
This building probably started as a tavern in the late 18th century. Land in the area was purchased during this time by brothers Franklin & Agesilas Gordon. Records show there was a tavern operated there by a large number of different owners over the next century, all of whom allowed public meetings to be held in the building.
The west part of the current building was built c. 1830; the east stone extension probably c. 1867-1872; and the frame north section probably c. 1900.
Delaware Township was organized in 1838, at which point the building was operating as both a tavern and an inn. It was enlarged into a hotel in the mid 1800s and continued to operate until 1920 when it was closed as a result of Prohibition.
People of the town convinced the Methodist Church to buy it so that community functions could continue to be held there. It finally was purchased from the church by Delaware Township in 1948. It is one of the oldest continuous meeting place of local government in state of New Jersey and still serves as the town hall after all of these year.
Hammond map - original land owner Nathan Allen [no date]
Ownership/tavern licenses:
1780 - Gordon family, owners of land
1794 - Agesilaus Gordon/Godfrey Rockafellar - first tavern license
1802 - John Barcroft
1805 - Godfrey Rockafellar
1816 - James Larew
1817 - Othniel Lake
1821 - William Rake
1824 - John Gordon
circa 1830 - Sergeantsville Hotel built
1830s - Neal Hart
1830s - Henry Wagner
1838 - John Parker
1840 - Isaiah H. Moore
1842 - David Rake
1843 - Henry Wagner
1845 - George W. Gaddis
1850 - John Smith
1851 Cornell map - G. Gattis Hotel
1860 Philadelphia map - not named?
1873 Beers map - not named

B32-30 Rittenhouse Farmstead [1788]
Dendro-dated to 1788. The only remaining log house in the township. Likely built by William Rittenhouse's son, Lot, who inherited his father's plantation upon his death in 1767.
outbldgs: 19thC & late 19thC wagon houses; 19thC bank barn
Lot Rittenhouse
son, Lot Rittenhouse
1811 - John L. Rittenhouse

* B34-22 John Opdycke's “Millers House”
Circa 1790 to 1810. [Scant and obscure but possible evidence there was an earlier structure here.]
Jacob Opdyke
1805 - Charles Sergeant
1823 - Green Sergeant
1878 - George Sergeant, Jr.
1893 - R. Green Johnson
1928 - Chester Johnson
1933 - William Cotton1
Hammond - Dorothy Medcalf
1851 & 1873 maps - G. Sergeant

* B34-24.01 Laren or Larew - Lake [c.18thC-1800]
West section 18thC [how early?]; east section c.1800.
Barn converted to dwelling in late 1970s.
David Newburn
1744 - James Laren [Larew]
1767 - David Laren [Larew]
1796 - Caleb Farley [never occupied]
1843 - Mary & Isaiah Moore
1892 - Sarah E. Reading
1903 - Isaac Smith > John Smith
1911 - Isaac Smith > Ruth Smith
[gap?]
1972 - Ephraim Acker
1977 - J. Frederick Tomlinson
Hammond - 1722 Daniel Robins
1851 - J. Moore
1860 - L.H. Moore

* B38-19 Sergeant-Pauch Farmstead [late 18th/early 19thC]
843 Sergeantsville Rd.
Late 18thC main section with early 19thC addition on east.
from John Opdycke >
1806 - Joseph Sergeant
1833 - John R. Dill
1834 - James Woolverton
1854 - Joshua Primmer
1885 - William Ledger
1910 - Monroe B. Miller
1913 - John F. Pauch
1938 - Dorothea Pauch
1941 - Esther & John H. Pauch
1953 - Alfred Pauch
Hammond - 1712 Dorothy Medcalf
1851 Cornell map - P. Green
1860 Philadelphia - J. Primmer
1873 Beers - J. Primmer

B41-13 Quick House [late 18thC/early 19thC]
328 Rosemont-Ringoes Rd.
Late 18th century; 19thC frame wagon house.
Hammond - 1712 John Ladd
1851: not shown
1860: not named
1873: J.C.
1902: Estate of Jno. Dilts

B46-9 Saxton-Heath House [late18thC/mid-1800s]
The earliest part of this house (stone section) was built c. 1800. Later in the 19th century, it incorporated the Heath-Huffman Store [c. 1830s] via the middle section [c. 1840s]. It has a unique "summer kitchen" to the left of the original house.
Hammond - 1712 Richard Bull & John Ladd
1851 Cornell map - H.Huffman's Store
1860 - Heath Store & P.O. [check]
1873 Beers map - J. Baracroft [Barcroft]
1801 - Moses Quinby, farmer & storekeeper [140 acres through George Wall]
1804 - Benjamin Longstreath, mill wright [19 acres]
1806 - Jacob Hunt, weaver & "developer" [19 acres]
1810 - Nathanial Saxton [4.5 acres, through Andrew Price]
1819 - Peter Dilts
1839 - Elijah Heath
1857 - Charles Heath
1867 - Aaron Barcroft
1870 - James Barcroft [through sherrif's sale]
1882 - John McAlone
1889 - George Robinson
1924 - Kimbel Kerr

* B49-1 Van Camp-Johnson-Shuck [late 18thC-early 19thC]
15 Federal Twist
The earliest part of this house (two-room east end) was probably constructed in the late 18th century with corner fireplace (remaining) and winder staircase in the NE corner (removed) to a second floor.
The middle section has been extensively reworked, but possibly was also originally 18thC. The cellar structure underneath indicates there was a larger room to the west of the two small rooms, probably with a cookhearth fireplace. This fireplace was removed/relocated when this section was enlarged.
The west section is c.1800-1820 with a large cookhearth fireplace and an abundance of built-in wall storage cabinets. The west 2nd floor boasted one of the earliest "modern" bathrooms in the area, with the fixtures supplied by gravity-fed water from a shed above the house.
The south wing of the ell is c. 1840 with smaller fireplace and winder staircase to the two bedchambers above.
Marmaduke Leet
1796 Guisbert Van Campen
1800 Isaac & John VanCamp[en]
1830 Asher Johnson
1845 George Johnson
1886 NancyJohnson > Henry Johnson
Hammond - 1712 Peter Fretwell
1851 - not shown
1860 - G. Johnson
1873 - Mrs. G. Johnson
The Shuck family owned this property in the last third of the 1900s and the Dorko family from 2001.

* B55-2.02 Butterfoss-Sharp [late 18thC]
122 Sandy Ridge-Mt. Airy Rd.
House is late-18thC, former barn, outbuildings.
from Daniel Butterfoss Sr. >
1825 - Daniel & Ent Butterfoss > Robert Sharp
1831 - John Sharp
1868 - Elijah Holcombe
1905 - Linton A. Fluck > Cornelia A. Hillier
1930 - John W. Adams
1941 - Paul Gallico
1949 - Helen Vaughan Henderson
1965 - Jane E. Henderson
1970 - William B. Hall
date? - Anderson/Onstott
Hammond - John & William Dimsdall
1851 Cornell map - J. Sharp
1860 Philadelphia - J. Sharp
1873 Beers map - J. Sharp

* B55-3 Butterfoss-Sharp [late 18th/early 19th]
65 Brookville Hollow Rd.
East section of house is late 18thC; west section is early 19thC. Barn and outbuildings.
from Valentine Ent >
1788 - Daniel & Peter Ent
1825 - Robert Sharp
1841 - William Sharp
1850 - Sealy Sharp > Thomas Sharp
1887 - Annie T. Seabrook > Mary H. Sharp
1911 - Joseph D. Wilson
1913 - Adolph Carlson
1923 - Katie Decher
1928 - Annie L. Kelly
1938 - Ivan J. Watson
1942 - John D. Watson
1954 - Ivan J. Watson
1976 - Charles G. Keener
date? - Vince DiBianca
Hammond - John & William Dimsdall
1851 Cornell map - not shown
1860 Philadelphia - T. Sharp
1873 Beers map - T. Sharp

B56-19 [Locandro] Farmstead [c. late 18thC]
26 Grafton Rd.
Circa second half of 18th century [most likely the late 1700s]; later addition mid 1800s. Barn.
Hammond - 1702 John Reading
1851 - not shown
1902 - Wilson

* B62-12 Lambert Farmstead [late 18thC]
40 Lambertville-Headquarters Rd.
c. 1780s & main section c. 1790-1810; barns
[An earlier 18thC structure burned.
See research report for full details.]
Hammond map 1701 Robert Dimsdall
exc. of George Wilson
1788 Gershom Lambert Sr.
1865 John Lambert
1868 Theodore Housel
1884 Gershom Lambert
1887 Kate Arnett
1911 John R. Holcombe
1922 Rollin O. Hooven
James B. Hooven [heir]
1954 to Gladys E. Funk and back to James B. Hooven
1975 Richard J. Kohler
1851 map A. Lambert
1860 map G.& J. Lambert
1873 map T. Housel

Possible 18thC structures
[*] SEE: 1979 HCo. Sites Survey for further information.

20 Boars Head Rd.
Richard Lanning
1755 John Robbins
Joseph Robbins
1860 Joseph Robbins [Jr.]
Marietta Robbins
1942 Joseph & Sarah Robbins
1950 Leo & Edna Nickerson
1976 Robert Durst
Hammond - Daniel Coxe > Penn
1851- A. Robbins
1860 - J. Robbins
1873 - J. Robbins

* B4-1 [c. 18thC] no deed search
81 Whiskey Lane
"very early"
Hammond - 1716 Walter Clark
Cornell - E.Warford
Philadelphia - E.W.
Beers - E.Warford est.

* B5-11 Shessler-Rockafellow-Lair [c.18th-early 19th]
188 Locktown-Flemington Rd.
Deed indicates a mid-18thC dwelling. East end of current dwelling is early; west section is slightly later [mid-1800s].
Hammond map - Cornelius Van Horne
1851 Cornell map - Js Lear [sp]
1860 Philadelphia - J. Lair
1873 Beers map - M. Pegg
land from John Shessler >
1764 - Peter Rockafellow [messuage]
1787 - John Rockafellow
1796 - Wm. Lair [messuage]
1830 - Joseph Lair
1866 - Mattias Pegg
1890 - adm. of Jeremiah Young
1900 - Robert Heath
1912 - Libie Schifrin
1913 - Adolph Schifrin > Stefan Wurum
1917 - Frank Wurum > Stefan Wurum
1918 - Wm. B. Smith
1919 - Louis Semes > Kalman Goldberg
1920 - Matias Kollein
1924 - Robert T. Heath
1929 - Frank A. Virga
1938 - Wm. B. Smith
1970 - Robert J. Schenck

41 Boars Head Rd.
"200 years of vernacular architure"
Hammond - Daniel Coxe > Penn
1851 - E. Busenbarie [sic]
1860 - A. Bosembury [sp]
1873 - Mrs. C. Rockafellow?
Richard Cane
1804 - John Rockafellar [sp]
1806 - Joseph Bosenbury
[unexplained gap here]
1910 - Jewish Ag & Ind Aid Soc
1918 - Samuel Roth
1921 - Fed Land Bank of Springfield
1936 - Nelson Schaenon
1938 - Samuel R. Moore
by will - James Schweringer
1968 - Jacob Wingerter
1973 - David Wingerter

* B7-3 Rounsaville-Bearder [18thC/early 1800s]
Original section c. 1730. Dwelling 1800-1830s.
Hammond - Coxe > Penn
1851 - J. Bearder
1860 - J. Bearder
1873 - J. Bearder
Josiah Rounsavill
1814 - Jacob Bearder
1835 - Isaac Horne
1837 - Fenton Lydecker
1840 - Mary Boyle
1896 - D. Bruce? Goodell
1896 - Edith Lamb
1932? - Susie H. Pegg
1935? - Erlen? Parker
1946 - John McAllister Kater
1971 - James Morgan

* B12-1 Carrell? [late 18thC]
195 Ferry Rd.
c. 1780
Hammond - Cornelius Stevens
1860 - SAC [Sameuel A. Carrell]
1873 - J. Horne
Samuel A. Carrell
1862 - Isaac Horne
1864 - Jeremiah Horne
?Moses U. Bank?
1909 - P.Hertzberg/R.Jampolsky
1913 - Balthasar Schmitz
1918 - John Marbler
1920 - John Kalinak?
1922 - John Marbler
1923 - Wasyl Hutine?
1924 - Anna & Mike Myson
1948 - Emmert R. Wilson
1948 - Ernest Zuydhock
1968 - Kenneth Hamilton
1972 - Naomi Hamilton
1978 - Alan Handler

* B19-9 Stout-Arwine [probably 18thC]
23 Upper Creek Rd.
Hammond - 1712 Charles Woolverton
Cornell - J. Gordon
Philadelphia - J. Gordon
Beers - I. Smith?
Nathaniel Stout
1798 - Zebulon Stout [by will]
1802 - John Arwine
1821 - Elijah Wilson
Maude V. Johnson [descendant of John Gordon]
1944 - Gus & Helen Matthies
1949 - Kenneth Matthies
1950 - Helen Matthies
1952 - George Greening
1961 - Palen Flagler

* B19-17 Sharp[enstine?] c. 1740
34 Sanford Rd.
"Sept. 1740"
Hammond - William Biddle
1851 - not shown
1860 - L & GW Higgins
1873 - W. Sherman
George Sharp
1792 - William Marsh
1813 - Isaac Larew
[gap here]
1853 - Alexander Grant
1854 - Sidney Blackwell
1860 - George Higgins
1864 - Henry Nightingale
1867 - Joshua Primmer
1868 - John Slack
1873 - William Sherman
1874 - Jackson Sherman
[gap?]
1883 - Charles Ent > Joseph Williamson
1896 - George W. Hockenbury
1909 - Magnus Barry
1910 - Susannah Monks
1923 - Mary Lizzie Monks
1943 - Mary Louise Reinold
1951 - Daniel G. Hale
1958 - Howard Sample

* B20-4.02 Gordon [1789 datestone]
40 Locktown Sergeantsville Rd
Datestone of 1789.
Hammond - Nathan Allen
1851 - J. Dilts
1860 - J. Dilts
1873 - J. Dilts
Othniel Gordon
1803 - Thomas Gordon
1803 - Uriah Larowe
1807 - John B. & Wm Rittenhouse
1810 - William Rittenhouse > George E. Rittenhouse
1834 - John Dilts
1890 - John W. Porte
1931 - Charles W. Jaeger
1976 - Robert Hornby

* B32-32 Case [c. late 18th-early 19thC]
745 Rosemont-Ringoes Rd [late 18thC?]
Hammond - Jonathan Wilson
1851 - A. Reading
1860 - A. Reading
1873 - A. Cronce
Jacob Case
Tunis Case
1806 - Case family/Wm Hann/Isaac Servis
1807 - Isaac Servis
1809 - Asher Reading
Margaret F. Cronce
Asher Reading Cronce
1906 - Martha M. Cronce
1921 - Eva E. Hendrickson
1921 - Oscar B. Hann
1931 - Gaetone & Carmela Scarcella
1946 - Mary Everett
1970 - Mary & Edward P. Everett

* B32-33.1 Tunis Case [late 18th cellar/c.1860 front]
Main section of house third quarter 19thC.
East cellar area earlier; perhaps 18thC.
outbuildings: late 18thC English barn, wagon house, stable
Hammond 1712 Jonathan Wilson – 500 acres
1851 map - J. Webster
1860 map - J. Blackwell
1873 atlas - H. Johnson
Tunis Case
1848 John Webster
1854 Richard Burroughs
1855 David J. Blackwell
1867 Hiram Johnson
1906 George W. Bellis
1922 Joe Burkus
1925 Samuel Derevanchuk
1925 Mike Churilla
1932 Mike Radi
1950 Louis Bucek
1955 Herman Strauss
1968 William S.M. Ling
1970 Charles J. Pierman

* B33-8 Howell [18thC]
79 Worman Rd
Hammond: Wm Rittenhouse
1860 - Worman
1873 - L.S. Worman
Jacob Howell
Benjamin Howell
1845 - Wm Hoppock
1850 - Jacob Warman
1879 - Lambert T. Warman
1908 - Anna S. & Emma C. Warman
1916 - Wesley Gibbs
1917 - Andrew J. Keeley
1917 - H.N. Jageman
1917 - Louamie Hicks
1917 - Andrew Rigley
1923 - Mike Such/Mike Koltovich
1934 - Andrew Rigley
1934 - Lucy Gash
1934 - Blanche P. Marker
1945 - Lucy Gash
1949 - Selma Freudenthal
1950 - Wm Lowenstein
1953 - Grace L. Gash
1968 - Anthony & Russell Leone
1971 - Heinz Poll & Thomas Skelton

* B45-8 Moore [possibly late 18thC]
14 Sandbrook-Headquarters Rd.
May have been an earlier house just north of this one. [MG]
Datestone of 1842. Some 18thC features.
Hammond John Dennis
1851 Cornell Asa Moore
1860 Philad. Asa Moore
1873 Beers Asa Moore
[?other/s here?] c.1730s John Opdycke
pre1775-1785 Wm Taylor
pre-1790 probably Jacob Fisher
1806 Peter Fisher [son of Jacob]
1828 Gideon Moore
1840 Jacob D. Moore [son of Peter/brother to Asa]
1843 Asa Moore [swapped with brother for Sand Brook property]
[then for use of daughter Catherine Johnson; then to son Gideon]
1911 Albert W. Servis
1912 C.L. Ewing & back to Albert W. Servis??
1913 Samuel W. Wyckoff
1914 Woodford M. Copp
1919 Ida Servis
Albert W. was devised tract by Ida Servis
1936 Anthony Popiel
1962 Leon Popiel

* 51-6 Reading [c.18th & 19thC]
5 Kingwood Stockton Rd
Hammond - 1709 John Reading > Asher Mott
1851 - D. Bownd [sp]
1860 - P. Bowden
1870 - W.L. Hoppock
Asher Mott
1776 David Cummings
1791 Hugh Ramsey
1794 William Thomson
1799 John Woolverton
1799 Joseph Howell
1815 Samuel Hunt
1816 Joseph Britton
1830 Hart Wilson
1863 Richard Bowden
1869 Charles Reeder
1873 William L. Hoppock
1878 Elizabeth Bowden
1911 Mary J. Smith
1926 Thomas Slater
1926 May D. Lequear
1960 Edith & Raymond Lequear

* B60-9 Lambert [late 18thC]
9 Lambertville-Headquarters Rd.
Hammond - Robert Dimsdall
1851 - C. Melic
1860 - G.L. Melick
1873 - G. Mellick
Joseph Lambert
1800 - John Lambert
1828 - David Johnes
1830 - Gershom Lambert
David & Gershom L. Melick
1867 - Gershom L. Melick
1875 - Peter N. Todd
1896 - Edward M. Wilson
1927 - Cora S. Matthews
1953 - Charles C. Jr. & Julia M. Huffman
1973 - Robert C. Meyer

* 1979 Survey - further research needed

1984 Survey - further research needed

Structures 1800-1820
These structures have been researched and the information is on file at the Delaware Township municipal building.

B30-1 Barcroff Ruin
First quarter of the 19th century.
Hammond - Woolverton
1902 - S.L. Barcroft
Now owned by the New Jersey Conservation Foundation.

722 Rosemont Ringoes
Circa 18th or early 19thC east wing; main block c. 1820-40. Part of 500-acre tract acquired by Jonathan Wilson in 1712. [DB]
outbuildings: mid-late 19thC overshot bank barn; 19thC outkitchen & woodshed; 19thC springhouse; wagon houses & sheds
Hammond - 1712 Jonathan Wilson
1851 Cornell - J. Salter
1860 map - J. Salter
1873 Beers - J. Salter
Jacob Housel on property in 1802 [BK 6-178]
1831 - John Salter
1874 - John t. Hampton
1898 - Lucy B. Hampton
1904 - John Fisher
1965 - Henry H. Fisher Jr.

* B31-3 [Housel] Reading farmstead
Main block 19thC; east wing c. 1910. Cellar may indicate an earlier structure.
outbuildings: 19thC bank barn [cupola on barn added in 20th century], wagon house, sheds, stable [DB]
Hammond map - 1712 Jonathan Wilson [part of 500 acre tract]
1851 Cornell - J. Reading
1860 map - S.W. Reading
1873 Beers - S.W. Reading [Est.]
From Aaron Vansyke >
1826 - Wilson Housel > Asher Reading
1864 - Samuel Reading
1874 - Rachel Green
1909 - Charles Mathews
1958 - Edna Peterman [est of Charles Mathews]

A late 18th-early/19thC one-room rear section, with a c.1850-60s main front addtion. The main barn has a datestone of 1880. [The cupola on the barn was added in the 20th century.]
Hammond 1712 - Jonathan Wilson [500 acres]
1851 Cornell J. Snider [Snyder]
1860 map G.W. Allen
1873 Beers S. Johnson
[Copies of earlier land grant “endentures” (deeds) from 1745, 1747 & 1759 are on file with county.]
1794 - [Probably from Richard Green dec’d to Samuel Green, although Samuel Green may have been living there earlier. [Marfy Goodspeed]
1797 - Samuel Green [dec’d] in will to Richard Green [“home plantation of 164 acres”] 124.55 acres?
1816 - James & Lucy Snyder
1860 - George & Lydia Allen
1861 - Charles & Eliza Ann Tanturn
1866 - Samuel & Sarah Johnson
1871 - John T. & Lucy B. Hampton
1875 - Samuel > Sarah Elizabeth Johnson
1917 - William B. & Laura E. Stevens
1922 - Harry & Katharyn Johnson
1923 - Silas H. & Jessie Pierson
1929 - Alfred A. & Louisa J. Barrett
1930 - Louis & Julia Lange
1933 - Berthold & Anna Hippauf
1933 - Christian J. & Jennie Schmitt
1934 - Sam & Annie Sharson
? - Karl & Emilie Workowski
1942 - Leland, Clara A. & Leland Harbourt Jr.
1986 - Mike & Maryanne Plesher

* B42-3 Kitchen-Maxwell [c.1810/mid-1800s]
150 Sandy Ridge Rd.
Original section c.1810 / first additon c.1840 / front section c.1850-60
Hammond map Samuel Green – no date [early 1700s]
?? John Kitchen
1794 William Maxwell
1803 George Holcombe Sr.
heirs of George Holcombe
1819 State Bank of NJ?
1820 Soloman Holcomb
1820 John Bray, Samuel Holcomb, [?South,?]
1828 John & Elias Conover
1832 Nicholas B. Higgins
1852 John C. Dilts
1858 Israel Paulson
1859 Amos Holcombe
1862 Joseph Denson
1868 Amos Holcombe
1869 George Young
1869 William Parkes
Horace Parkes [heir]
1909 Mahala Leigh
1927 Louis Pein
1936 Jacob Cherousky
1939 Charles Schiekram
1944 Webster Sigman
1967 Seymour Reimer
1851 Cornell - not shown
1860 map - not shown
1873 Beers - W. Parks

351 Rosemont Ringoes Rd
Dendro-dated to 1806.
Hammond map - John Ladd 1712 - 540 acres
1851 Cornell - D. Paulson
1860 Philiadelphia - D. Paulson
1873 Beers - J. Carrell

B46-4 Rodman-Lazlo House [c.1800-20]
20 Quarry Rd.
This is one of the earlier houses in the village of Raven Rock. It dates to c. 1800-1820 and was built in two main sections. It has a banked cellar cookhearth, winders staircases, and lovely detailing in its formal parlor.
1743 Isaiah Quinby
1801 Moses Quinby
1804 Robert Nailor
1810 Nathaniel Saxton
1814 Joseph Rodman
Joseph & John Reading families
1866 George Allen
1867 John McAloan
1903 John Arwine
The George Lazlo family owned this property in the mid-1900s.

B46-5 Dilts Tenant Cottage [c.1800-20]
10 Quarry Rd.
This early cottage is probably c. 1800-1820 (center section). A partially visible section to the left is of a slightly later date. The one-story, wrap-around wing to the far left and the lean-to shed on the right were later still, probably early 20th-century.
For early ownership, see Opdyke House. Property was separated in the late 1900s.

B46-11 Hunt-Reading-Sorby [c. early 1800s]
Possibly the oldest house in the village, parts of it date to the late 18th century. [NOTE: More thorough research has resulted in adjustment to these dates. The original (right) section was built in the early 1800s. The middle section was a series of extensions that occurred in the later 1800s. And the left section was mostly accomplished in the 20thC.]
1806 Jacob Hunt
1812 Phillip Hunt
1813 John Painter
1841 Mahlon Hoffman
1844 Rebecca Price/Lavinia McVay
1867 George Reading
1891 Eliza Reading/Richard Reading
1908 John Roach
Richard Reading was a New Jersey senator.
Berthold Sorby was a local author in the mid-1900s.

B46-14 Saxtonville Tavern [c.1820-35]
Circa 1820-1835. [See 'Taverns' and 'Raven Rock Historic District'.]
Oldest [middle] section - fireplace lintel dendrodated to 1820

23 Raven Rock Rd.
1802 datestone/c.1815 addition
Hammond - 1709 John Reading > Asher Mott
James Woolverton > Charles Woolverton
1794 Darius [David] Everitt
1814 John Woolverton
1910 Jewish Ag & Indus Aid Soc
1918 Joseph & Hellen Berkowitz
1926 Abraham Karpoff
1938 Charles H. LeRoy
1947 Paul & Margaret L. Whiteman
1950 Charles LeRoy & wife
1959 Lloyd B. & Barbara Wescott
1982 John R. Connolly & Ivan G. Ashby
1851 & 1860 - J. Woolverton
1873 - C.S. Woolverton
1902 - Chas. Woolverton

* B51-17 Woolverton-Johnson-Emmons [c. early & late 1800s]
12 Federal Twist
The center section of this house is its earliest part, c. 1800-1820. It retains the cookhearth fireplace, but has lost its winder staircase. The left section is c.1820-30. The bay to the right front is late 1800s, and the far right addition is 20th century. This house was in the extended Johnson family for a hundred years.
early ownship:
Moses Quinby
1805 John Wilson
1844 Ambrose & Nancy Barcroft > George Johnson
1873 Samuel Kugler > Charles Johnson > Sarah R. Johnson
1929 Ella R. Emmons
1949 Arleigh M. & Ethel B. Emmons
1970 Richard & Nancy Miller
1980 Dorko / Hidden Valley Nursery
Hammond - Peter Fretwell
1851 -
1860 -

* B57-13 Hunt Farmstead & Mill
82 Sandy Ridge Rd.
Circa first quarter 19th century. Four-bay ground barn with additions. Unique gunstock-post wagon shed.
Hammond - 1701 Richard Bull & Samuel Green
1851 Cornell map - J.P. Hunt's Gr Mill
1860 Philadelphia - F.H. Hunt/J.P. Hunt & mill
1873 Beers map - F.H. Hunt/J. Bearder
from Evan Godown
1792 - Samuel Hunt
1825 - John P. Hunt
1852 - Edward H. Hunt
1875 - Charles Marshall
1877 - John & George Marshall
1880 - George Marshall
1894 - John Lair
1895 - Jeremiah Snyder
date? - Burris Snyder
1912 - John Stryker
1922 - Mary A. Stryker
1928 - Edward C. Brown
1961 - John L. & Eva A. Brown
1971 - Stewart B. Kean
[See also: B57-14]

B59-10 Seabrook Holcombe House [early 1800s - demolished]
144 Seabrook Rd.
Circa 1820-1830 with later 1800s front addition. Demolished by the state in 2007 when added to their Green Acres program.
Hammond - 1701 Edward Kemp & John Reading
1851 - no notation
1860 - A.B. Holcombe
1873 - B.A. Holcombe
1902 - L.T. Warman

* B59-11 Richard Holcombe House [1808/1811/late 1800s]
Dendrodated to 1808 [middle section] and 1811 [west section - confirms datestone]. Evidence in cellar of an earlier structure.
Also referred to in later years as 'River View Farm'.
Includes later farm outbuildings.
Hammond - 1701 Edward Kemp & John Reading
1851 - Estate of J. Holcomb
1860 - J.C. Holcombe
1902 - B.A. Holcombe
The property was in the Holcombe Family throughout the 18thC; therefore no deeds were recorded. The family retained ownership for all of the 19thC as well.
Recorded deeds are as follows:
John C. Holcombe to
1886 Benjamin A. Holcombe
1898 Hervey S. Holcombe
1898 Lydia Holcombe
1911 Sarah A. Ireland
1950 Barclay W. Fox
1971 Michael J. Stavola

218 Sandy Ridge-Mt. Airy Rd.
House has early single-room east section; later west section dates in the third quarter of the 1800s. There may have been an interim section in the back that ultimately was joined to the other two sections.
1701 William Biddle [1500 acres]
1707 Jacob Godown [200 acres + 30 acres from John Reading in 1718]
> Evan Godown
1779 Andrew & Lavinia Larison [111 acres] L 200
?? John & Phebe Dennis [“Dennis Mill”] - no record of buying land
> sold to Samuel Holcombe
1803 Samuel Holcombe [119 acres] $2666.66
1822 John & Elias Covenhoven $4000
> Joseph Lair by will
1905 Alavesta Grammes [110 acres] $2000
1915 [Jan] Michel Pleva
1915 [Dec] Philip Levitan
1916 Thomas H. Brown
1917 Little Homesteads Co.
1919 Alexander Fields
1929 Joseph L. Sylvester
1932 John R. Browne [sherrif’s sale]
1932 Sam Denecko
1938 Frank Wallis
1954 Sayre Bigelow
1976 John Kuhlman [54 Acres]
1851 Cornell map - “W. Lear, Mrs. Holcomb, Washington’s Encampment , S. Holcomb’s G. Mill” [W]
1860 map - “ J. Laire, B. Blackwell, Alexsocken Mill”, plus 2 unlabeled bldgs upstream [W]
1873 Beers map - “J. Lair” plus 3 other > B. Blackwell [W], G.Mill, & miller’s hse [both E]

* B61-8 [incorrect number] Dennis Mill & dwelling
Alexauken Creek Rd. [West Amwell]
SEE: B61-7 for original ownership of this land
Information in the 1979 H. Co. Sites survey had this property numbered incorrectly. It is in West Amwell, not Delaware Township. Early ownership says 'Dennis Mill & Dwelling'. The mill is now a ruin, but the miller's house remains to the east of the mill.
Note this is not the same as the Samuel Holcombe Mill near the intersection of Alexauken Creek Rd & Sandy Ridge-Mt. Airy Rd which is now gone.

Possible early 19thC structures
[*] SEE: 1979 HCo. Sites Survey for further information.

* B13-4 Furman/Rittenhouse [c.1830]
151 Locktown-Sergeantsville
Hammond - Nathan Allen
1851 - A.B. Rittinhouse [sp]
1860 - A.B. Rittenhouse
1873 - W.M. Rittenhous[e]
Powles Amerman
1778 John Furman
1832 Edward Furman [heir]
1845 Andrew Rittenhouse
1873 Wilson Rittenhouse
1877 Peter R. Britton
1885 Theodore Johnson
1893 Isaac Smith
1906 George Smith
1948 William D. Smith
[gap here?]
1960 Winifred Conley
1960 Wyn & Ent, Inc.
1962 Dee Stevens

310 Sergeantsville Rd.
Hammond Haddon? [MG]
Cornell B Shop [blacksmith]
Philadelphia no name
Beers W. Sheppard
Nathan Worman
1824 Samuel Buchanan
1833 Asher Fulper
1834 Samuel Buchanan
1844 William Shepherd
Mansfield Shepherd [son?]
1898 Andrew Dalrymple
1941 Adam O. Robbins
1941 Andrew Dalrymple
1944 Thomas Corson [by will]
1964 William Booream

Hammond - 1712 Thomas Lambert
Cornell - ?/M. Larew
Philadelphia - A. Williamson
Beers - C. Wilson
Arthur Gray
1803 - Cornelius Williamson
1808 - Bernice Hoppock
handed down by wills - Mathias Williamson
1930 - Amy Search
1930 - John Joseph Whelan
1959 - Ludwig Alvater

28 Upper Creek Rd.
Hammond - 1712 William Biddle
Cornell - no name
Philadelphia - S.S. Ent? [buildings at creek?]
Beers - W. Fisher
pre 1848 John Smith [had property before 1828 when he wrote will]
1844 John Ent [& Mary Ent]
1849 John S. Ent
1865 Jesse Smith
1867 William J. Fisher
William Hewitt?
1884 Jonathan Ent
1895 Isaac Smith
1912 Charles Hewitt
1931 Asanath Doremus [Raymond]
1944 Margaret Gangloff
1952 George Alexion
1956 James Forest
1958 Robert Suelflow

22 Sanford Rd.
Hammond - 1712 Charles Woolverton
1851 - no listing
1860 - J. Smith
1873 - J. Smith
William Hann
1833 Joseph Smith, Jr.
1888 Jacob K. Wilson
1893 Emma R. Hewitt
1903 Jacob B. Smith
1905 Joseph D. Wilson
1914 Anton Schwerthoffer
1919 Frank Kish
1922 John H. Flack
1925 Frank Kish [sheriff sale]
1940 Alva Shaw
1943 Frank Kish
1944 Eleanor Thorn
1965 Chester A. Williams, Jr.

81 Sandbrook Headquarters Rd.
Hammond - 1712 Thomas Lambert
[missing last line]
?? John Fox
1791 Jacob Fox [+ Isaac & Eve Godown]
1828 Asa Moore
1859 Jonathan Rake
1859 William Aller
1886 Charles E. Stevens
[gap?] Mildred H. Yasumas
1935 Edwaga Bachulis
1963 Yasumas family
Cornell - A. Moore
Philadelphia - W. Aller
Beers - W. Aller

50 Britton Rd.
Hammond – 1714 John Cook
1851 – no name
Edward Taylor
1784 Henry Moore
1815 John Moore Sr. [by will]
1849 Jacob C. Johnson
1871 Daniel J. Moore
1886 Justus L. Moore
1904 Daniel B. Ege
1904 Lewis Cronce
Theodore Naylor
1915 Sanford Butler & others
1915 H. Britton
1946 Paul F. Walter
1948 Anton L. Stahl
1955 Peter Lehner
1968 Martin M. Adams

* B26-25 Rea [probably 1830s]
82 Britton Rd
Hammond - 1712 Haddon?
1851 - H. Moore
1860 - H. Moore
1873 - H. Moore
George Rea
1839 - Elizabeth Rea
1841 - Isaac Voorhees
1844 - Derrick A. SutphinHiram Moore
1907 - Sulzberger/Benjamin/Jaretski
1907 - TJAIAS
1911 - Solomon Berkowitz
1913 - Sam Berkowitz
1915 - Charles A. Mager Jr.
1925 - Juliana Panyik
1938 - Lenore Vaughn-Eames
1938 - Wilhelm H. Bennet
1939 - Beatrice Bennet
1956 - Caroline J. Cole

54 Yard Rd.
Hammond - 1714 John Cook
1851 - W. Hice
1860 - W. Hice
1873 - N. Hice
Richard Rounsavell
Freegift Rounsavell
Isaac Stout
1798 - Jacob Godown > John Godown
1832 - Wm Hice
1877 - Wm H. LaRue
1883 - Samuel F. Fauss
1904 - Wm Huff
[gap?] John Nees
1920 - Henry Morgenthal
1923 - John Sedody
1924 - Rudolf Weber
1943 - Basile Pierino
1945 - Leeson Mather
1951 - Jacob Chantz
1952 - Andrew D. Hunt
1960 - Paul L. Haines

106 Yard Rd.
Hammond - Richard Fenimore
1851 - W. Sergeant
1860 - J.T. Sergeant
1873 - W. Sergeant
William Sergeant
John T. Sergeant
1883 - Alexander Higgins
1906 - Fred Zielsdorff
1913 - Edward D. Stair
1920 - Elizabeth Burmester
1948 - John & Caroline Burmester
1966 - Ferdinand Thommisser

67 Strimples Mill Rd.
Hammond - 1712 Walter Clark > William Allen > Nathaniel Britain
1851 - H. Wood
1860 - W. Wood
1873 - W. Wood
Jacob Kyple
1798 Robert Nailors
[gap]
1870 Wesley J. Wood
1892 Watson E. Kugler
1894 Newbury Hager
1908 Lester C. Kise
1909 William J. Williams
1914 Edwin Carman
1920 Rinehold Hienitzsch
1922 Edwin Carman
1923 C. Herbert Kerr
1924 Clara H. Venth
1927 Phoebe M. Kerr
1931 Lucile Nicholson
1960 John K. & Lucile Nicholson

42 Kingwood Stockton Rd.
Hammond - William Rittenhouse
Joseph Rittenhouse [no record of this deed]
1833 Samuel Woolverton
1856 John Stockton
1863 George W. Sharp
1910 Mary V. Sharp
1920 Ewald A. Wagner
1923 John Nebersky
[Farmers’ Co-op – Assoc. of Vineland Inc.]
1963? Peter Nebersky
1851 - A. Wolverton
1860 - A. Stockton
1873 - J. Hunt

B53-3 Ent-Bodine [c. early 1800s]
906 Sergeantsville Rd.
Hammond - 1702 John Reading
1851 Cornell - B. Bodine
1860 Philadelphia - B. Bodine
1873 Beers - B. Bodine
1795 - Daniel Ent
1804 - Daniel Ent
1825 - John & Elias Conover
1827 - Benjamin Bodine
1851 - William & Cornelius Bodine
1854 - Benjamin Bodine
1876 - Samuel R. Bodine > William Bodine
1883 - Samuel R. Bodine
1946 - Gilbert C. Palphreyman & wife
1949 - Oliver C. Errico

* B53-13 Warman-German [c.18th-19thC]
94 Worman Rd.
Banked house with walk-in cellar; early 1800s or possibly earlier. Barn.
Not indicated on Cornell, Philadelphia or Beers maps.
1827 - Jacob Warman [sp]
1850 - Joseph Wright
1868 - John Sipes
1873 - James Salter
date? - Sarah Ann Sipes
1879 - Patrick Moonen
1892 - Daniel D. Sperling
1918 - Charles Wagner
1919 - Joseph L. German
1927 - David E. German
1960 - Laura E. & David E. German
1972 - Laura E. & Grace German
date? - Mary Tolmie

Hammond - 1701 Richard Bull & Samuel Green
1851 Cornell map - not shown
1860 Philadelphia - C. Stillwell
1873 Beers map - W.A. Huff [sp]
from Peter Ent >
1804 - Robert Sharp
1833 - William Sharp
1850 - Robert Sharp
1853 - Tobias Shadinger
1855 - David Howell
1857 - Charles Stillwell
1861 - Ezekiel Everitt
1880 - Mary H. Hoff
1908 - Ambrose Griffith
1915 - George Ent?
1917 - Mary H. Bodine
1941 - Gilbert C. Palphreyman
1957 - James Henderson
[see also B55-7]

16 Buchanan Rd.
Hammond - 1701 Benj. Field > John Way > Caleb Farlee
1851 Cornell map - A. Hagaman
1860 Philadelphia - A.J. Hagaman
1873 Beers map - A.J. Hagerman
land from John P. Hunt >
1861 - John Bearder
1890 - John B. Poulson
1920 - Russell Hoagland
1921 - S.L. Sharp/Joseph Nellen
1935 - NY Joint Stock Land Bank
1936 - Harry G. Tappen
1940 - Harry B. Cuthbertson
1948 - J. Martin Stangl
1959 - Harry Goodman
1963 - Patricia & Helen Goodman
1967 - Louis Calabria
1968 - Stewart B. Kean
[See B57-13]

* B58-13 Barber [early 19thC]
180 Lambertville Headquarters Rd.
Hammond - 1701 Benjamin Field > John Way > Caleb Farlee
Samuel Barber
1848 Samuel C. Barber
1901 Mary E. Barber
1902 Alvin Hortman
1914 Isabel & Charles W. Harrison
1917 Katharine A. McGee
1917 Walter Van Hoven
1923 Octavia Ross
1924 Walter Van Hoven
1924 Mary Kusant & others
1936 George Kusant & est. [reserving 1 acre for Barber Cemetery]
Maps:
1851 - J. Barber/S. Barber
1860 - J. Barber/S.C. Barber
1873 – J. Barber/S.C. Barber

* B59-23 Anderson-Conrad-Deats [c.1800-40]
14 Brookville Hollow
Hammond - John Reading
Cornell - H. Deats saw mill
Philadelphia - H. Deats & saw mill
Beers - H. Deats & relocated saw mill?
John Emley > David Chambers > Noah Hixson
1784 Abner Hixson
1794 John Anderson
1799 Jonathan Conard
1807 Thomas Horn
1811 Peter Rockafellar
1815 J. Cavanagh, W.Prall, J. Lambert
1830 Daniel Butterfoss
1851 Hiram Deats
1896 William Phillips
H.A. Phillips & others
1936 Otto Klein
1938 Mary E. Miller
1938 Otto Klein

9 Lambertville-HQ Rd.
Hammond – Robert Dimsdall
1873 - G. Mellick
Joseph Lambert
1800 John Lambert
1828 David Johnes
1830 Gershom Lambert
David & Gershom L. Melick
1867 Gershom L. Melick
1875 Peter N. Todd
1896 Edward M. Wilson
1927 Cora S. Matthews
1953 Charles C. Jr. & Julia M. Huffman
1973 Robert C. Meyer

70 Hamp Rd.
Hammond – 1701 William Biddle
1851 - Mrs. Holcombe?
1860 - S. Holcombe
1873 - S. Holcombe
James Gano
1791 Isaac Larew
1803 Daniel Larew [by will]
1830 Thomas T. Holcombe [messuage]
John V.C. Barber
1864 Solomon Holcombe
1879 Frank R. Titus
1933 George H. Titus [father]
1942 George V. Titus
1946 George V. Titus
1973 Deltus Corp.
1973 Edward Albert Peters

Structures 1820-1840
These structures have been researched and the information is on file at the Delaware Township municipal building.

B2-6 Prall Kessler [c.1830s]
Route 29
1873 - Kessler & Co.
1902 - J.W. Smith

B10-4 Rittenhouse-Risler [Edna Horn] gone
129 Upper Creek Rd.
Demolished c. 2014.
Also known as the Edna Horn House. Circa second quarter of the 1800s. A two-story, four-bay frame house with a one-bay two-story addition to the west and a lean-to addition to the back.
Hammond - 1743 Ralph Brock [241 acres]
1734 - William Rittenhouse
1767 - Peter Rittenhouse
1791 - Elisha Rittenhouse
then by will to: John T. & Keturah Rittenhouse Risler [100 acres]
1862 - Stacy Bray Risler [62 acires]
1851 Cornell - not shown
1860 Philadelphia - not shown
1873 Beers - S. Risler

80 Locktown Sergeantsville Rd.
Servis-Romine House - c. 1825-50
1815 - Issac Servis
1847 - Asa Romine
1851 map - A.Romine[s]
1873 map - A. Romine
1984 survey - Kail

* B25-7 Rake Farmstead [c. early 1800s?... gone]
83 Sandbrook Headquarters Rd.
Lost to fire in the early 21st century.
Hammond - 1712 Thomas Lambert

Original section [center] 1822 (interior carving with initials I.W.);
second section [east] 1833 (datestone with initials I.W.).
Originally part of the 1665-acre tract of Charles Woolverton. Part of a 140-acre tract of William Hoaglnad mortgaged in 1774. Deeded by Thomas Lequear to John Waterhouse in 1822. Poultry farm established by Charles H. Cane in the early 20th century.
Hammond - 1774 William Hoogland
1851 - J. Waterhouse
1860 - R.W. Allen
1873 - J. Melick
1902 - J.A. Melick

96 Federal Twist Rd.
This house had two front parlors and still retains its kitchen with cookhearth fireplace at the back of the first floor. The second floor had two bedchambers (one with a fireplace), which were combined into one room early in the 21st century. The addition to the right was also done at that time.
Hammond - Richard Bull/John Ladd/John Jobes?
1851 - J. Worrick
1860 - J. Wight
1873 - J. White

B31-9 Wolverton-Opdycke [c. mid-1800s]
[See Rosemont Rural Agricultural District for details.]

B34-1 general store & dwelling [Fisher 1830]
Erected in 1830 by Henry H. Fisher as a general store. [Date on east gable "May 1830".] Adjacent ice house; eventually connected to store by a small building which was probably a storeroom. South addition appears to have been a dwelling. Now a complex of connected stone buildings that is the Sergeantsville Inn. Stone wall & hitching post.
Burned March 2015. Documentation done at that time concludes the following. [Detailed research report on file at town hall.]
EAST (original) section – c. 1820-30
CENTER section – c. 1830+
SOUTH section – c. 1840
WEST addition – after 1850
1712-14 Daniel Robins
Isaac, Job and Elisha Robins [sons]
1737 - Amos Thatcher
1798 - Daniel Thatcher [son]
1800 - Jonus Thatcher [cousin]
1808 - Sarah Thatcher [wife]
1818 - Jonus Thatcher Jr. [son]
1830 - Henry H. Fisher [Amos Hoagland/A. H. Cook]
1864 - William Lawshe
1868 - John Farley Shepherd
1899 - Edward Shepherd [son] > Israel Polt Shepherd [brother]

Circa 1820-40. [Determined to be closer to 1840.]
Hall & parlor plan with cookhearth fireplace; winder to two bedchambers on second floor. Much embellished circa 2000.
Hammond - 1722 Daniel Robins > Amos Thatcher?
1873 - G.H. Fisher

244 Lambertville Headquarters Rd.
Circa 1820. Fireplace datestone 1840. [See also outbuildings.]
Hammond - Samuel Green
Samuel Greene
David Covenhoven
1781 - John Covenhoven
1818 - John & Elias Conover
1832 - Henry Lawshe
1851 - B. Higgins heirs
1860 - Lawshe

6 Quarry Rd.
This house dates to c. 1830-40. It is the location of a common water source that has been shared by several of the neighbors for generations.
Nathaniel Saxton
Peter Dilts
Van Camp[en] family
1815 James McAtlee
1831 William & James Opdyke
1894 John McAlone
1903 George Arnwine

Probably c. 1820-30. Its large fireplace, chimney, and winder staircase have been removed, and its front exterior was covered with stone in the later 19th century.
For early ownership record, see C.S. Johnson Store [divided from this property in 1985].

B46-7 Johnson-Feeney [c.1830-40]
This house dates to c. 1830-40. Stoves had replaced fireplaces by this point. But charming winder staircases remained.
Wesley & Sarah Johnson
1864 William & Ellen Feeney
1881 Hannah Morris
1883 Rachel Leffeven
1902 George Robinson

Hammond map - Francis King
1851 Cornell map - A. Holcomb
1860 Philadelphia - P. Rockafeller
1873 Beers map - Paxson
from Peter Rockafellow >
1865 - William Bodine
1866 - Cornelius Bodine
1872 - George Young
1873 - Lewis Paxson
1917 - Helen W. Blaisdell
1920 - John G. Neis
1925 - Silas H. Pierson
1961 - Virginia Errico
date? - King

12 Grafton Rd.
Original section c. 1820; middle section c. 1840; third section later 1800s.
Hammond map - Francis King / John Routlidge / John Brearly [1715]
part of Anderson tract [unusual strip parcels]
1851 map - not shown
1860 map - not shown
1873 Beers - J. Romine
[ ? ] Sarah Romaine [two tracts]
1878-9 Samuel Willson [two tracts transferred]
1882 Samuel T. & Victoria L. Willson
1918 Susan Haines
1936 Susan Haines family > Ira & Gladys Haines > George W. Haines
1936 James W. Millard
1945 John B. & Helen Cubberley [named it ‘White Oak Farm’]
1958 [ ? ]
1963 Waugh [changed access to Grafton Rd. c. 1965]
[ ? ] Dodd
1985 Elizabeth Gooding [subdivision of land]
2005 Susan Robichaud [changed name to ‘Paper Rd. Farm’ fr ‘Meadow Ridge’]

Structures 1840-1860

* B12-31 Labacker-Lair-Bodine [c.1850]
191 Locktown Flemington Rd.
Three-story stone house is c.1850. Possible earlier section.
Land size [135 acres] has not changed since early acquisition.
Hammond: Cornelius Stevens
executor transfer from William Branson
1762 - Christopher Labacker
1807 - Wm. Lair Sr.
1830 - William Lair from heirs of Sr.
1873 - David Bodine & Robert T. Heath
1896 - Robert H. Eick & Wm. W. Bodine
1899 - Wm. W. Bodine
1908 - Raymond R. Hurley
1919 - Wm. B. Smith
1965 - Peter Tomalesky
1966 - Floyd Evans
1851 Cornell map - W. Lear
1860 Philadelphia - W. Lair/S. Bodine
1873 Beers map - Bodine Bros.

B19-29 Nixon-Sherman-Opdyke [c. mid-1800s]
8 Hewitt Rd.
Hammond - 1733 Charles Woolverton > 1770 Isaac Woolverton
1862 - William J. Fisher to Charles Todd; 158 acres December 8, 1862
1864 - Charles Todd to Israel C. Sherman dated April 2, 1864; 100 acres as the main tract, and a lot of 5.75 acres besides
1884 - James E. Sherman to Charles Opdyke conveyed 72.82 acres;
1879 - Israel C. Sherman to James E. Sherman, dated March 31, 1879
1851 - no notation
1860 - H. Nixon
1873 - I.C. Sherman
1902 - Gnos. Opdyke

43 Locktown Sergeantsville Rd.
Earlier house burned in early 21stC.
1740 Thomas Gordon
1779 Franklin Gordon [son]
Othniel Gordon
1803 John H. & Thomas Gordon [by will]
1840 David Moore
Hiram Moore [by will]
1845 Derrick A. Sutphin
Daniel Butterfoss
Samuel Butterfoss [by will]
1879 Lambert T. Warman
1881 Wm Bowen
1881 Henry Weber
1899 John Stryker
1910 James Culberson
1913 Henry Fisher
Sara Fisher [by will]
1851 Cornell J. Sergent [sp]
1860 Philadelphia D. Butterfoss / C. Worrick
1873 Beers D. Butterfoss / ?C. Warrick?

* B25-13 Arnwine-Opdycke [1846]
51 Lambert Rd. [119.5 acres - unchanged since 1767!]
House has been dendrodated to 1846.
Stone cottage dendrodated to 1866.
Main barn dendrodated to 1835. East wing to 1838. West wing to 1852-3.
Hammond - 1712 Thomas Lambert [728 acres]
Cornell - Carle?
Philadelphia – J. Carrell
Beers – J.A. Carrell
1712 - Thomas Lambert
Jacob Arnwine
1767 John Opdycke [sheriff’s sale]
1775 Elizabeth Arnwine [daughter of John Opdycke]
1830 John A. Carrell [farm, plantation]
1897 Wilson B. & Sarah M. Cline
1907 Israel L. Niece
1910 Jonathan H. & Lillian Conover
1927 Paul Kurzenberger Sr.
2023 Charles & Ravenna Taylor

1 Lambert Rd
Hammond – 1712 Thomas Lambert
1760 Rockafellar?
1809 ? Carrell
1868 James Carrell
Julia Carrell [daughter]
1882 Francis Carroll [sp]
1885 Edward P. Conkling
1889 John L. Ferguson
1931 John L. Ferguson > William Wean [sheriff]
1932 Hinrich Jan Schipper
1935 Joseph Fedrich
1937 Victor & Alvah Lea
1938 Noelvic Enterprises Inc.
1941 Alvah O. Lea
1944 Mabel H. Lott
1944 Victor & Alvah O. Lea
1965 Anton Fersch
Although in Carrell ownership, it must have been leased to the following:
1851 map - J. Hummer
1860 map - F. Reeve
1873 map - R.L. Abbott

B32-31 Swallow-Reading [c. mid-1800s]
Circa 1855-60. Cellar cookhearth fireplace. Much of original fabric gone.
Hammond - 1712 Jonathan Wilson
1860 - J.W.Salter
1873 - J. Hampton
1902 - Lucy Hampton

156 Lower Creek Rd. Circa 1840-60.
Embanked barn; burned & upper part rebuilt.

B46-5.01 C.S. Johnson Store [c. mid-1800s]
The bungalow here now was built on the foundation of an earlier structure, probably dating to the mid 1800s. It is shown on the 1873 Beers map as the C.S. Johnson store, also identified by some sources as a post office. That building burned down in 1876.
For early ownership record, see Opdyke House [divided from this property in 1979].

B46-8 Williamson House [c.1860]
This house dates to c. 1860 with its two chimneys servicing stoves rather than fireplaces. The facade was rearranged in the late 20thC and the entire house was succoed. The small building to its left is a root cellar.
William Williamson was a shoemaker in the 1870s.

B46-10 Health-Updegrove House [c.1860]
This house dates to c. 1860. It was one of the last houses to keep the classic hall & parlor plan with two front doors, and the last to keep its outhouse. The Updegrove family owned this house for much of the 20th century.
Jacob Hunt
Andrew Price
1819 Peter Dilts
1839 Elijah Heath
1857 Charles Health
1867 Aaron Barcroft
1870 James Barcroft
1924 Kimbel/Alvin/Williaml Kerr
1945 the Updegrove family

B46-13 Lake-Colligan House [c.1840-60]
This house probably dates to c. 1840-60, although there is some photo documentation of earlier construction. The right section is earlier than the left, with a 21st-century addition to the far left.
It is named for an early merchant, Jonas Lake, and for the Colligan restaurant family who owned the famous Colligan Inn [now the Stockton Inn - see Stockton].
On 1851 Cornell map & 1873 Beers map.
1743 - Isaiah Quinby [300 acres]
1810 - Jonas Lake, merchant [3 acres]
1816 - Nathan Price ["corrective deed" 1823]
1838 - Bartholomew Sergent [through Charles Angel]
1855 - George Huffman
1860 - Marcellus Colligan
through 1946 - the Colligan family

B49-1.02 Johnson Tenant House [c.1840-60]
Dating from c. 1840-60, this house was always a part of the Johnson Farmstead that adjoins it and was used primarily as a tenant house.
In the 1950s it was moved back from Route 29 to save it from destruction. The addition to the right was done in the late 20th century and a pent roof was added to the facade at that point.

107 Raven Rock Rd.
Circa 1840-45, this house has two formal front parlors, each with a fireplace, and a kitchen with cookhearth at the back of the ell. There are two large bedchambers above, both with fireplaces. The interior has much of its original fabric intact.
John Reading
1873 Joseph H. Reading
1894 Anderson Reading
1920 Lewis G. Wilson
1920 Larison Reading
1921 Nicholas Butkewitz
Anne Disalvi
1970 Don Shuman
1970 Round Valley Farms, Inc.
1972 James A. Horn
1972 Albert W. Van Duzer
Cornell J. Reading
Philadelphia J. Reading
Beers J.H. Reading
1902 A. Reading

B53-2 J.B.Case Farmstead [c. mid-1800s]
House is mid 1800s; wonderfully intact. Several early barns & outbuildings.
Hammond map 1701-02 - John Reading &/or John & Wm. Dimsdale
1851 Cornell J. Case
1860 map J.B. Case
1873 Beers C. Bodine
1682 Robert Dimsdale & Nicholas Lucas, Proprietors
John Lambert
1750 Valentine & Susannah Ent
? Elisha & Anne Holcombe
1830 John & Ury Mason
1834 David Rake & wife, Ury Mason
1839 Joseph B. & Anna Case
1868 John & Rachel Dilts
1871 Rev. George & Elizabeth H. Young
1872 Cornelius Bodine
1906 Lambert & Jennie M. Moore
1930 John E. & Mary I. Bush
1935 Granville Dilts
1978 Jay Hoff

* B59-31 Holcombe [c. mid-1800s]
36 Brookville Hollow
Cornell - not listed
Philadelphia - M. Holcombe
Beers - ?H.Deats?
Owners:
Anne Holcombe
1848 Allison Holcombe
1853 Anna Holcombe
1878 Augustus Holcombe
1881 Pembroke L. Hunt
1913 Laura E. Purves
1920 Raymond Parent
1921 Phillip J. Schaub
1927 Katherine Munday/AnnaCarney
1936 F.H. Burdette Co.
1939 Anna C. Sharp
1939 Myrtle M. Burdett
1946 Ray L. Williams
1948 Clinton K. Hughes
1950 Anna M. Woodhouse
1968 Anna M. & John H. Woodhouse
1974 Louis J. Horvath

80 Brookville Hollow
1847 or possibly earlier from deed notes
Hammond: Benjamin Field to John Way [700 acres] > ? to John Reading?
Thomas Wilson
1803 Nicholas Bacon
1814 John Fauss [already living on land]
1817 William Mitchell [“messuage”]
1851 Cornell: G. Rittenhouse
1860 Philadelphia: G.W. Rittenhouse
1873 Beers: F. Kitchen

Possible mid-19th structures
[*] SEE: 1979 HCo. Sites Survey for further information.

18thC Butterfoss Farmstead [private property]

* B1-3 Clark Farmstead [1840?]
Hammond John Emley
Cornell no name
Philadelphia E. Allegar
Beers no name?
William Clark
1840 Charles Bartles
1873 Sarah & Ezra Allegar
1876 John Hampton > Mary A. Hampton [widow]
1914 Thomas Hampton
1920 August Kehlbeck
1923 Joseph Brinich
1927 Otto Hartnagel [sheriff sale]
1935 Otto Hartnagel [sheriff sale]
1935 Fred Davis > Helen Davis
1968 Leo Nemeth
1973 John Zagorzyck

* B11-13 Rittenhouse [1840]
16 Old Mill Rd.
Hammond - 1743 Ralph Brock
Cornell - T. Miers
Philadelphia - T. Myres
Beers - S&G mill
Elisha Rittenhouse
1801 Thomas Opdycke
1818 Andrew Bray
1818 Elisha Rittenhouse [mill lot]
1847 Tunis Myers
1871 Anderson Bray
1897 Elizabeth Dilts
1899 Rebecca Pegg
1910 Edwin Leidy
1910 Agnes Becker
1914 Mary Thornton
1931 Britton Everitt
1938 Helen Rudd
1947 William & Mattie DeNike
Cornelia Peterson [by will]
1976 Henry R. Griffiths

230 Locktown Sergeantsville Rd.
Hammond Nathan Allen
Cornell no name
Philadelphia G.Heath
Beers J. Cline
Joseph West
1868 John Cline
1905 Samuel Risler
1963 William Workowski
1968 William Workowski [Jr.?]

74 Pine Hill Rd.
Hammond Nathan Allen
Cornell A. Bray?
Philadelphia A. Bray?
Beers Mrs. L. Dalrimple
Phillip Gordon
1830 John Hice
1849 Garret Bellis
1857 Jacob C. Johnson
1857 Lucinda & Peter Dalrymple
1904 Maxwell Snyder
1939 Othmar T. & Yvonne L. Beyer
1959 Henry Traina / Susanne Traina
1970 Rachael Traina

B17-28 & 30 stone ruin [age unknown]
Route 523 at Ferry Rd.
A charming ruin - formerly part of a large farm complex that occupied the entire northeast corner of this intersection. Originally a farm outbuilding; later probably used as a small dwelling. The original house and most of the farm outbuildings (in the now heavily treed triangle of land) were lost in the 1950s.
1851 Cornell - M. [Margaret] Larew
1860 Philadelphia - Mrs. Buchanan
1873 Beers - G. [George] Buchanan

Hammond 1712 - Charles Woolverton
Cornell J. Ent
Philadelphia J.K. Ent?
Beers Mrs. L Dalrimple
John Smith
1844 John Ent [& Mary Ent]
1853 John S. Ent
1890 John C. Snyder
1911 Cornelius Post
Samuel H. McGill
White, Adoniram, Judson
1920 August Winter
1924 Samuel Finkelstein
1928 Helen Governale [Charles Nielson]
1931 Lorenz Sondergerd
1932 Pearl & William Watson
1951 John J. Zangel
1969 Eric Rodin
1971 Edward Tindall

91 Ferry Rd.
George Rittenhouse
1834 John Dilts
1870 Charles Wilson
1875 Rebecca K. Barcroft
1877 Sarah Venable
1927 Alex & Rose Bachardy
1978 Rose Bachardy
Cornell – W. Wilson
Philadelphia –
Beers -

* B25-13 Arwine-Opdycke [1846]
51 Lambert Rd. [119.5 acres - unchanged since 1767!]
Hammond - 1712 Thomas Lambert [728 acres]
Cornell - Carle?
Philadelphia – J. Carrell
Beers – J.A. Carrell
1712 - Thomas Lambert
Jacob Arnwine
1767 John Opdycke [sheriff’s sale]
1775 Elizabeth Arnwine [daughter of John Opdycke]
1830 John A. Carrell [farm, plantation]
1897 Wilson B. & Sarah M. Cline
1907 Israel L. Niece
1910 Jonathan H. & Lillian Conover
1927 Paul Kurzenberger Sr.
2023 Charles & Ravenna Taylor
House has been dendrodated to 1846. Main barn swing beams date to

B25-13 Arnwine-Opdycke-Kurzenberger-Taylor

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* B27-37 Moore [mid 19thC]
45 Britton Rd.
Hammond - 1714 John Cook
Edward Taylor
1784 Henry Moore Sr.
1815 John Moore Sr.
1849 Jacob C. Johnson [homestead farm]
1870 Peter Buchanan
1871 Daniel J. Moore
1886 John P. Moore
1886 Justus L. Moore
1904 Daniel B. Ege [sheriff sale]
1904 Lewis Cronce
1915 “sale among heirs”
1915 Harry Britton
1946 Paul F. Walter
1948 Anton L. Stahl
1955 Peter Lehner
1968 Martin M. Adams
Cornell - not shown
Philadelphia - W. Moore
Beers - D.J. Moore

Hammond map - William Rittenhouse
homestead farm of Lott Rittenhouse
sheriff sale – heirs of Lott Rittenhouse
1818 Joseph Howell
by will to Benjamin Howell [son]
1825 Ambrose Barcroft [fr Geo. W. Rittenhouse]
1834 Ambrose Barcroft
1849 James Dean [messuage farm]
1889 William H. Everitt [part of larger tract]
Sarah Hoppock
1910 Jewish Ag& Ind Aid Society
1921 Joseph Boletsky
1925 August & Helen Ambrosat
1963 Edward J. Hilton, Sr.
1851 Cornell J. Dean
1860 map J. Dean
1873 Beers J. Dean

* B34-9 Browne-Green-Maresca [mid-late 1800s]
Mid-late 1800s house; possible earlier section? Early outbuildings which include springhouse, barn, wheelwright shop, tannery [probably moved].
Hammond map - 1772 Daniel Robins
1851 Cornell - R. Bonham/W.shop
1860 map - J.D. Bowne/W.S.
From Evan Godown >
1813 - Robert Bonham
1851 - John D. Browne
date? - Bartolette E. Browne
1866 - Elias D. Browne
1868 - Charles Green
1886 - James C. Green
1894 - Austin Green & Joseph G. Moore
1895 - Saloma Green
1914 - Edward T. Venable
1954 - Salvatore Maresca
1955 - Emil Maresca

* B38-3 [Hoagland-Green] Case [c.1830-50]
1 Severns Way
Hammond - 1722 Daniel Robins
1851 Cornell - P. Green
1860 Philadelphia - S. Hoff
1873 - C. Green
From lands of Jonas Thatcher >
1832 - Amos Hoagland
1843 - Andrew Hoagland
1844 - Henry H. Fisher
1847 - Peter Green
1860 - Jacob Hoff
1868 - Charles Green
1886 - Lewis Case
date? - Dayton S. Case
1960 - Edna Peterman > Estella R. & Dayton S. Case
1967 - Siegfried Braun
1971 - Sherwood G. Walters

69 Sandy Ridge Rd.
Hammond - 1701 Richard Bull > Samuel Green
1854 - Cornelius L. Hunt
1862 - Samuel A. Wallace
1868 - Rachael Rittenhouse
1882 - Elizabeth Lambert & Edward Rittenhouse
1884 - John D. Olmstead
1888 - George W. Olmstead
1892 - Amy Swallow
1905 - Rebecca Bacorn
date? - Lizzie E. Hunt
1927 - George R. Bacorn
1965 - Charles Bacorn
1860 Philadelphia - C. Hunt
1873 Beers - C. Hunt

* B38-12 Hunt [mid 19thC]
Hammond - 1701 Richard Bull > Smauel Green
From John P. Hunt
1848 - Sandy Ridge Baptisit Church
1916 - Wm. D. Wolverton
1918 - Emma A. Voorhees
1922 - Wm. Wolverton
1941 - George H. Kusant
1853 Cornell map - Parsonage
1860 Philadelphia - Parsonage
1873 Beers - Dr. Roycel

Hammond - 1722 Daniel Robins
Frederick Fering
1831 Cornelius H. Anderson
1876 Howard Wilson
Louisianna Wilson [by will]
1913 James Anderson
1920 Frank Freisinger
1953 Frank Eisenbeil
1963 Cane Poultry Farm, Inc.
1964 Siegfried Braun
1971 Friederick L. Braun
1973 Rose E. Smith & Kara Braun
1973 William H. Campbell
1975 Gordon Darling
Cornell -
Philadelphia - G.M. Anderson
Beers – C.H. Anderson

* B42-7 Wilson-Rittenhouse [mid 19thC]
19 Buchanan Rd.
Hammond - 1701 Benjamin Field
Abraham Deremer
1791 Rev. Abraham D. Wilson
1828 William & Cornelius Wilson
1838 Cornelius Wilson
1844 Wilson B. Rittenhouse
Judson & Martha D. Rittenhouse
1944 Mabel H. Lott
1944 Bertrand R. Buchanan
1963 Foster Dilts est.
Cornell - W. Rittinhouse [sp]
Philadelphia - W.B. Rittinhouse [sp]
Beers - W.B. Rittenhouse

* B45-8 Moore [1842 datestone]
14 Sandbrook Headquarters Rd.
Part may be earlier? Former dwelling to north.
Hammond - 1712 John Dennis
Gideon Moore
1840 Jacob D. Moore
1843 Asa Moore [messuage –farm] > Gideon Moore
1911 Albert W. Servis
1912 C.L. Ewing
1912 Albert W. Servis
1913 Samuel W. Wyckoff
1914 Woodford M. Copp
1919 Ida Servis [excepting 2 graveyards]
Albert W. Servis
1936 Anthony Popiel
1962 Leon Popiel & others
Cornell - Asa Moore
Philadelphia - A. Moore [2nd house indicated]
Beers - A. Moore [2nd house indicated]

Hammond - John Brearly
from Jacob Housel >
1835 - Eliza Ann Rosswell
1868 - Wm. H. Fell
1876 - Jacob Bowlby
1881 - Richard Everitt
1888 - Charles L. Fell
1953 - Austin Davison
1851 Cornell map - S. Scarborough
1860 Philadelphia - R. Rounsevell [sp?]
1873 Beers - J. Fell Est.

27 Grafton Rd.
Hammond - John & William Dimsdall
Cornell - not shown
Philadelphia - shown, but no name
Beers - not shown

[See B55-6 for earlier ownership.]
1855 - William T. Godown
1865 - John Moore
1870 - George W. AC Lundy
1871 - Rev. Gorge Young
1872 - Simeon Meyers
1878 - Mary Meyers
date? - Elizabeth Hunt/Catherine Everitt
1899 - William Sharp
1905 - William E. Vaughn
1912 - Jeremiah S. Slack
1923 - Elsa Gordon
1929 - Florence Wilton > John H. Bray
1935 - Frederick E. Steward
1936 - Lewis M. Parker > Frederick E. Steward
1946 - Kathlyn Wolfe
1951 - William Mills 3rd
1961 - H.M. Royal 3rd
1851 Cornell map - R. Sharp
1860 Philadelphia - R. Sharp
1873 Beers map - E.S. Phillips

Cornell - not listed
Philadelphia - L. Everitt?
Beers - Mrs. Holcombe? [2]
William Wilson
1799 Garret Van Dolah
1851 Charles B. & Henry Everitt
1875 Martha E. Moore
1878 George A. Everitt
1892 Henrietta P. Pierce
1897 T Centennial Building & Loan Association
1906 Frank E. Pierce
1915 Albert L. Harrison
1922 Gottfried Huber
1932 C. Graham Smith
1965 John A. Baky
1969 George Carroll

Hammond – Frances King of Amwell
James Romine
1878 Sarah Romine
1879 Samuel t. Willson
1918 Susan K. Haines
1936 James W. Millard
1945 John B. & Helen M. Cubberley
1958 Ronald N. Rutenburg
1960 Leonard F. Fellman
1963 Jean M. Smith
1963 Thomas Skeuse
1963 Robert H. Dallas
1965 Charles Hufnagel
1967 Gerard J. Reddington
1970 Angelo J. Loreneoni
Cornell J. Romines
Philadelphia not shown?
Beers J. Romine

* 58-8 Taylor-Wilson-Hoppock [c.1830-50]
199 Sandy Ridge-Mt. Airy Rd
Hammond – 1701 William Biddle
William Taylor
Jacob & Samuel Taylor
1827 David Wilson
1858 Susan M. Wilson
Jonathan Hoppock [nephew]
1940 George F. Aberle
1948 Adelaide & George F. Aberle
Cornell - D. Wilson
Philadelphia - Wilson & Hoppock
Beers - Mrs. Wilson/J.H. Hoppock

Rt. 29 & BVH Rd
Williamson
1843 Garret Wilson
1876 Hiram Deats
1876 William V. Wilson
1881 Sarah E. Snook
1895 Thomas & Ezekial Everitt
Elizabeth Parent
1922 Emil Johnson
1923 Elizabeth Parent
1933 Henry Beutelman
1949 Benner E. Hunt
1950 George & Emily Shepherd
1964 John Marczyk
1969 Robert H. Pattorson [sp]
Cornell - G. Wilson
Philadelphia - G. Wilson
Beers - G. Wilson

164 Sandy Ridge-Mt. Airy Rd
Hammond – Benjamin Field > John Way
1824-1863 Robert Dilts
1868 Abraham S. Little
1883 Anderson Reading
1894 William R. Stevenson
1933 Matuey Balabanuk
1945 Elmer Kurzenberger
Cornell - R. Dilts
Philadelphia - R. Dilts
Beers - A. Little

4 Hamp Rd.
Hammond – 1701 William Biddle
Samuel Barber
1848 Samuel C. Barber
1848 David Innes
1854 Manrice Cowdrick
Mary E. Cowdrick [devised by family]
1907 J. Clifton Lambert
1912 Henry H. Mayham
1913 George Kopezynski
1920 J. Clifton Lambert
1923 Theodore Kitchen
1926 George J. Bacso
1927 Theodore G. Kitchen
1927 Katherine B. Hooven
1942 James Hooven
Ralph Hooven
Maps:
1851 - D. Ennes [sp]
1860 - M. Cowdrick
1873 - Cowdrick estate

* B62-6 Lambert-Mellick [c.1830-50]
133 Seabrook Rd.
Hammond - 1701 Robert Dimsdall
Joseph Lambert
1800 John Lambert
1828 David Johnes
1830 Gershon Lambert
Gershon S. Mellick [by will]
?1870? David Mellick
1868 Hiram Young
1869 Samuel B. Hudnet [sheriff’s sale]
1869 Ephraim P. Snook
1872/1884/1888 Snook, Gershon Lambert & Achsah D.Young
1888 George P. Wilson
1908 Joseph Phillips
1925 NCPOA [National Camp Patriotic Order of Americans Corp.]
1960 Frank Federici
1968 Helen Federici
1851 map - D.Mellick
1860 map - D. Mellick
1873 map - G.P. Wilson

56 Lambertville Headquarters Rd
Hammond – 1701 Robert Dimsdall
See B62-12 for early ownership
Gladys E. Funk
James B. Hooven
1966 David F. Moore [1st tract]
1971 David F. Moore [2nd tract]
1971 Jeffrey J. Minton
Cornell - A. Lambert
Philadelphia - G.& J. Lambert
Beers - T. Housel

1984 survey - further research needed

These will be added as they are researched and dates confirmed. Lists of these structures can be found in the 1979 Hunterdon Co. Sites Survey and the 1984 Delaware Township survey.

Benjamin Larison Farmstead

B54-1 Benjamin Larison house
Dwelling is c. 1874. Out-kitchen is c. first quarter of 1800s. Wagon shed is circa house date. Large chick coop houses stained-glass business. [According to Snell, Larison lived on the family farmstead across the road from 1828 to 1874; then built this house.]
Hammond map - John Reading / Richard Bull
Samuel Green
[?Charles Sergeant?]
1851 Cornell map – W. Ent
1860 Philadelphia – W. Ent
1873 Beers – shown with no name
[?Andrew Larison?]
from Benjamin Larison >
1886 - Cornelia Jane Larison / Lucy A. Larison / Hannah E. Larison
1910 – Hannah E. Larison [daughter of Benjamin]
1914 – Benjamin L. Johnson [nephew]
1938 – Robert S. Johnson & Hannah L. Johnson [son & daughter of Benjamin Johnson]
1941 – Karl Harter
1968 – Mary W. Palmer
[Peter Joseph divided house from barn in ?date?]

B54-1 out-kitchen

B54-1.03 Larison barn
Circa 1890s frame bank barn with ell [1899 datestone] has been divided from the main property and is now a residence.
Foundation remains of an undetermined rectangular structure at southeast corner of barn.
[For ownership record, see house.]

18thC barns & outbuildings

B2-8 M Woolverton barn
The earliest part of this barn complex dates to the late 1700s.

B25-13 Arnwine-Opdycke barn
Main barn dendrodated to 1835.
East extension of main barn to 1838.
West extension of main barn to 1852-53.
This barn was built before the extant house [dendrodated to 1846].
And before the stone cottage to the east of the house dendrodated to 1866.

B25-16 Lambert barn
Circa 1770-1790. Dendrodated to 1797.
Four-bay ground barn.
1851 - J. Carle
1860 - J. Carrell
1873 - J.A. Carrell
1902 - N. Lambert

* B31-1 John Opdycke mill [c. mid-late 18thC]
Probably mid to late 18thC. This small structure, now a cottage, started life as an early mill on the lands of John Opdycke.
John Opdycke to:
1833 - Charles S. Reading
1882 - John D. LaRue
1895 - Charles E. Hewitt
1905 - Israel P. Shepherd
1911 - Edward C. Brown
1921 - Katie L. Bennett
1936 - Louella B. & Edward H. Gelvin
1975 - John D. Potter Jr.
c.1985 - Hugh Cosman
Hammond - Wilson or Medcalf?
1851 Cornell - C. Reading
1960 Philadelphia - M. Redding
1873 Beers - JM Hoppock

B32-33.01 Tunis Case barn
Revolutionary War era or slightly earlier; English.

B34-9 [Marasca] Wheelwright Shop
[See also 1820-30 Maresca barn and 1830 Maresca spring house.]
1851 - R. Boman W. Shop
1860 - J.D. Bowne W.S.
1873 - BS. Sh.
1902 - G. Green

B41-14 HEADQUARTERS MILL
1735 built
1754 grist mill enlarged or replaced
1779 gristmill & sawmill
1789 single mill
1802 gristmill
1815 mills & distillery
1820 grist & plaster mill, stone mill & distillery
1828 mills & distillery
1830 flour, feed & plaster mill; grist mills
1851 gristmill
1860 gristmill
1877 gristmill rebuilt by John A. Carrell;
adjacent sawmill - steam to power both
1929 mill idle

B46-1 Quinby barn
The main barn for the Isaiah Quinby Farmstead (established in 1743) dates to the late 18th or early 19th century.

B49-1A out-kitchen, spring house
The out-kitchen/springhouse that sits down the hill from the dwelling has provided water for the stone houses on both sides of the road for most of their exisitance.

19thC barns & outbuildings

B21-2 [Fisher] barn
Circa 1860 standard PA forebay with swing beam.
1860 & 1873 - D. Butterfoss

B25-18.01 [Lambert Rd.] barn
Circa 1825. Three-bay ground barn.

B28-2.02 [Columbo] barn
Circa 1820 bank barn.
1851 - C. Sherman
1902 - I.C. Sherman
Hamaker (local oral history of early 20th century)

B28-2.02 [Colombo] smokehouse/out-kitchen
Circa 1850.
1851 - C. Sherman
1902 - I.C. Sherman

B32-31 Reading springhouse
Circa 1840-45. Possibly also used for sleep quarters.
1851 - J. Reading
1873 - J.H. Reading

B32-31 Swallow-Reading barn
Circa 1855. [See Swallow-Reading House]

B34-9 [Maresca] barn
Circa 1820-30 2 1/2 bay ground barn with swing beam.
[See also 1780-1800 Maresca wheelwright's shop and 1830 Maresca spring house.]
1851 - R. Boman W. Shop
1860 - J.D. Bowne W.S.
1873 - BS. Sh.
1902 - G. Green

B34-9 [Maresca] spring house/storage room
[See also Maresca wheelwright shop 1780-1800 and Maresca barn 1820-30.]
1851 - R. Boman W. Shop
1860 - J.D. Bowne W.S.
1873 - BS. Sh.
1902 - G. Green

B43-13.01 Lawshe-Higgins outbuildings
Spring house & root cellar; first half of 19th century.
[See also Lawshe-Higgins house.]

B49-1 George Johnson barn
Date in east gable of 1840. Standard PA forebay with closed forebay.
(George) Johnson (1840) datestone
Initials GJ & HJ etched in wagon doors
Mrs. G. Johnson (1873)
Henry Johnson (1902)
A.& Dick Schuck? (1947 incription)

B49-1 Johnson outbuilding
Circa 1840. Combination: summer kitchen, springhouse, smoke house, washroom.
[See also George Johnson 18th-century house & barn of 1840.]

B51-9.05 J & M Woolverton barn
Datestone on east gable end: "J.& M. W. 1850". Standard PA forebay with closed forebay.

B51-17 Asher Johnson barn
Date: 1848-9. Plaster inscription with date on interior of north foundation wall.
1860 - G. Johnson
1873 - C.S. Johnson
1902 - Howard Johnson

B56-19 [Locandro] barn

1979 'Hunterdon Co. Sites of Historic Interest'
Listing and descriptions of early properties in Delaware Township.
This can be found in book form by the above title. More extensive information is available at the office of the Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission in Flemington.

B1-15 Barn

B3-13 Laning Farmstead / 18thC*

B4-1 [early stone]

B4-2 [stone/frame; center chimney]

B5-11 Shessler-Rockafellow Farmstead

B6-2 Tenant

B6-7 Risler-Bearder [wide pent]

B6-13 Dwelling/Barn

B6-15 Cane Farmstead [stone]

B7-3 Rounsaville / c.1730

B10-6 D&B [stone]

B11-11 [stone/stable/spghse]

B11-13 Rittenhouse

B12-1 [stone]

B12-24 [stone/barn/spghse]

B12-31 Labacker-Lair Farmstead [stone/ barns]

B13-4 Furman

B13-22.2 Hice-Gordon [stone]

B16-1 Miers Farmstead [barns]

B17-26 Gray-Williamson ruin

B18-21 Smith [stone]

B18-22 Smith-Ent Farmstead [stone/barns]

B19-9 Calvin-Wright Farmstead [stone/barn]

B19-13 Hann [stone]

B19-17 Sharpenstine Farmstead / 1740

B20-2 Rittenhouse [stone]

B20-4.2 Bordon Farmstead / 1789 [stone/barns]

B21-2.1 Gordon Farmstead [barns/outbldgs]

B21-3.2 Wilson Farmstead [stone/tenant/barns]

B21-7 Opdycke [stone]

B22-1 [stone/barns/outkit/spghse]

B22-3 Fisher-Everitt Farmstead [barns]

B25-7 Rake Manor House [forge/barn/outbuildings]

B25-8 Fox-Moore [stone]

B25-13 Arnwine-Opdycke Farmstead [barn/spghse]

B25-18.1 Kline [stone]

B26-20 Taylor-Moore Farmstead [barns]

B26-25 Rea [stone]

B27-17 Godown Farmstead [stone/barns]

B27-20 Holcombe Farmstead [stone/barns]

B27-21 Farm [stone/barns]

B27-37 Moore Homestead Farm [*barn complex*]

B28-6 Sawmill

B30-31 / c.1800 [stone/outbldgs]

B30-32 Barn [stone]

B30-35 Nailor-Sergeant Farmstead [barn/outbldg]

B31-1 Opdycke Farmstead [stone/barn]

B31-2 Salter Farmstead [barns/spghse]

B31-3 Housel-Reading Farm [barns/outbldgs]

B32-11 Rittenhouse Farmstead [stone/barns/smokehse/etc]

B32-13 Rittenhouse Farmstead [stone/barns]

B32-32 Case [stone]

B32-33.1 Case-Webster

B33-4 Wilson-Lambert Farmstead [stone/barn]

B33-8.1 Howell [stone]

B33-15 Fisher-Housel Farmstead [stone/barn/outbldgs]

B34-8 Gordon Farmstead [stone/barns/spghse]

B34-9 Browne-Green Farmstead [barns/blksm]

B34-22 Opdycke-Sergeant [stone]

B34-24 Laren Farmstead / 18thC [stone/barns/spghse/smokehse]

B34-24.1 Laren Farmstead/c.1780 [barn]

B38-3 Green Property

B38-3.1 Green

B38-9 Hunt

B38-12 Parsonage/c.1850 [stone]

B38-13 Sandy Ridge Baptist Church

B38-19 Sergeant Farmstead [stone/barn]

B38-23.1 Anderson Farmstead [barns]

B42-3 Kitchen-Maxwell Farmstead [barns]

B42-5.2 Deremer-Wilson

B42-7 Wilson-Rittenhouse [spghse/outbldgs]

B43-13.1 Covenhoven Farmstead [spghse/outbldgs]

B45-8 Moore/c.1842 [stone]

B49-1 Farmstead/c.1780

B51-5 Reading Farmstead/18thC [stone barn/stables]

B51-9 Mount Amwell [Reading] 1787

B51-11.1 Reading Farmstead [stone/barn/spghse/smokehse]

B51-13 Hankison [stone/outkit/smkhse

B51-17 Wilson-Wolverton Farmstead [stone/barns]

B51-20 Farmstead

B53-3 Ent Farmstead [stone/barn ruin/outbldgs]

B53-4 Housel [stone]

B53-13 Bodine Farmstead [barn/outbldgs]

B54-1 Larison Farmstead [stone/barns/outkit]

B55-2.2 Butterfoss Farmstead [stone/barns]

B55-3 Sharp Farmstead [barn/spghse]

B55-7 Shadinger [stone]

B56-3 Vandolah Tenement [stone]

B56-16 Rockafellow Farmstead [stone/barn]

B57-9 Vandolah Farmstead [stone/outbldgs]

B57-13 Hunt [shop]?

B58-8 Taylor [stone] / Tenement

B58-13 Barber Farmstead [stone/barn/outkit/spghse]

B59-11 Holcombe Tract/1811 [stone]

B59-19 Williamson

B59-23 Anderson-Conrad Farmstead [barn/smkhse]

B59-31 Vandolah Tenement [stone]

B60-1 Dilts Farmstead [barns]

B60-9 Lambert [stone/outbldgs]

B61-8 Dennis Mill - Dwelling [both WAm&DT?]

B62-1 Barber Farmstead [barn]

B62-4.1 Gano-Larew Farmstead [barns]

B62-6 Lambert-Johnes [brick]

B62-12 Lambert Farmstead [stone/barns/smkhse]

B62-12.01 Lambert/Barn

Preserved Properties
[additions pending]

color codes for map
brown - agriculture
green - open space
lt green - pending
dk green - recreation, public access
gray - preserved, no public access
purple - historic
red - township owned

new

B19-26.01 Lee-Lau [pending]

B25-8 Ianniciello

B25-18.02 Roving Wheel

B25-23 Roving Wheel

B29-4 US Agrinova [ck]

B39-19 Bellsflower

B45-3 Martin Maresca [pending]

D&R Canal

Fisher, H.

Christopher

Wiley

Walker

Schenck

Evans, F.

Plesher

Fisher, C. & R.

Fisher, H. & H.

Cline

Gilde

Newbaker

Milano

Johnson, R

Covered Bridge

Cosman

Cemetery

Klink

Howrey

Jones

Henderson

Central Jersey

Detention Basin

Rosenborg

Wheaton

Timko

Sayles

Hilltop Farms

Thorpe

NJDEP

Barbiche

Bodine

Richards

Evans, L. & J.

Peters

Pearson/Horner

Smith

Johnson, A

Finkle

Well site

Municipal Bldg

Higgins

MyBen

Davis

Cook

Snevily

Ling/Bulger

Hilton

Jarboe

Johnson, C(estat

Jurasek

Abraitys Pine

Johnson, E.

Mummey

Brodeen

Lovenberg - done

Zachar

Yard - done

Cifrese

Haberle

Country Side

Dodds

Wescott Preserve

Johnson, L.

Public Works

Hackl

Nonnenmacher

Skeuse

Copeland - done

Weingart/Spitaln

Rading

Connolly/Ashby

Cyktor [done]

Spolar

Caffrey

Knipe

Stavola

Trap Rock

Teeter/Rigney

Locandro

Juniper LLC

Sarah Dilts Park

Kean

Faigle

Aaron

Michalenko

Foley

McAloan

Schuck

Lackemacher

Moore/Cramer

Koplowitz

Thompson Land

Van Houten

Lang

Mornan

Jungblut

Kenny

Paulik

Locktown Stone Ch

Fishkin

MacCormac

Kleinhans

Hodanish

Goldberg

Robertson

Straub MullerLLC

Wiseman

Maurer/Pronsky

Macak

Mitchell

Leicester

Soyne

Bruce

Emmons

Pauch

Serg'sville Park

Cooper

Marion

Danese

Guilloud

Pyskaty

Dugger

Glashoff

Micek

Tackett

Village Walks [see also 'History Hikes']

Covered Bridge [see Historic Districts]

Headquarters [see Historic Districts]

Raven Rock [see Historic Districts]

Rosemont [see Historic Districts]

Sand Brook [see Historic Districts]

Sergeantsville [see Historic Districts]

Brookville [see Historic District COE 2023]

Brookville

Sandy Ridge [core of proposed historic district]
PLEASE NOTE: Some of these hikes require permission from property owners.

Sandy Ridge

Sand Ridge history hike

Sandy Ridge Church

Sandy Ridge Cemetery

18thC Van Dolah farmstead [private property]

site of hexagonal one-room school

site of later school

Mid-19thC farm [private property]

site of former tannery

18thC Sharp farmstead [private property]

Locktown [being considerd as an historic district]
So named after an 1839 dispute between conservative and reform-minded members of the village's early church, each attempted to install locks on the church to keep the other group out.
Land first owned by Daniel Rittenhouse, a cooper [built barrels of all sizes] and distiller. His land, part of which was in Kingwood Township, extended to the center of what is now Locktown. He opened a tavern on the corner, later known as the Locktown Hotel. In 1805 he leased a small lot on the north end of the village for a schoolhouse and in 1819 gave an adjacent lot for the Baptisit church.
[see Locktown info @ www.goodspeedhistories.com ]

Lear-Bodine-Evans Farmstead
A rural historic district - COE 10/16/2003

Locktown Stone Church - 1819
Congregation organized in 1742 in Baptistown. A log cabin & a later frame church preceded this 1819 building.

Locktown Baptist Cemetery

Locktown Presbyterian Church
Established sometime after 1828. Formerly Locktown Christian Church.
The Locktown Christian Church was organized between 1829 and 1832 as a result of revival meetings held there shortly before. The church erected in 1832 was replaced by the present structure in 1866.

Locktown Presbyterian Cemetery

C. 1851-60, perhaps earlier. Chicken coop & English barn.

Locktown School
Dated 1866. Now converted into a dwelling. According to Snell, this stone structure replaced the original frame schoolhouse built in 1804 to the north of the Baptist Church.

Circa 1851-60; possibly earlier. Wagon house or small barn.

wagon house

Locktown General Store
Mid 19th century. Sheds.

Locktown Hotel
Mid 19th century. Formerly the Rittenhouse Tavern.

C. 1851-60. Wagon house.

Locktown Grange
"Erected and dedicated Feb. 1, 1879". Probably enlarged late 19th-early 20th century.
The Locktown Grange survived to the end of the 20th century.

Church Parsonage

Locktown Creamery
1881/1883?
The Creamery converted milk from the surrounding farms into butter and cheese which was then shipped to cities like Trenton & Philadelphia. The skim milk and whey were sold back to the farmers for hog feed. This particular creamery operated until the 1930s.

Prallsville Historic District
[See the borough of Stockton/Prallsville for further information.]

Prallsville Industrial Historic District (Smith's Mills)

Prallsville Mills c. 1710
There was probably a mill here as early as 1710. John Reading's daughter, Mary, married Daniel Howell of Bucks Co. PA. He presented his daughter and her husband with a tract of land about a mile square on the south side of the Wichecheoke Creek and constructed a gristmilll and a sawmill for them, the first establishment of that sort in the area.
In 1733, Daniel Howell bequeathered the grist and saw mills to his two eldest sons, Daniel Howell, Jr. and John Howell. In 1750, Daniel Howell Jr. sold the mill property to Charles Woolverton. The Howells and Wolvertons ran the mill until 1794 when it was purchased by John Prall Jr. Prall expanded the milling operations and added a store with a post office.
The next successful owner was William L. Hoppock. He sold the mill in the 1870s and shortly afterwards it burned down. The new owner, Lemuel O. Kessler, rebuilt and later sold to Stout Stover who built the present mill in 1877. It was later run by J. W. Smith's Sons, the last millers in Prallsville.

Woolverton Saw Mill
Woolverton's ownership 1765-1773?
[See Prallsville Mills for further information.]

Linseed Oil Mill
[See Prallsville Mills for further information.]

Smokehouse
Later served as a bunkhouse for stonecutters. And finally as an office for quarry operators.

George Smith House
Last miller for the Prall complex. 1914-1946

Prall Quarry

John Prall Jr. House - 24 Risler St.
This house was built in 1794 by John Prall Jr..
1873 - Kessler & Company
1902 - J.W. Smith

Prall Kessler - 22 Risler St.
Circa 1830s.
1873 - Kessler & Co.

Letetia Prall's house
Daughter of John Prall, Jr.

Prall General Store
Store built by John Prall, Jr. was the general store and first post office for Prallsville.

Stockton Historic District
[See the borough of Stockton/Prallsville for further information.]

Stockton
Stockton - Named for Navy Commodore and U.S. Senator Robert Field Stockton, grandson of the signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Incorporated April 14, 1898 when separated from Delaware Township.
The ferry began operation in the beginning of the 18th century. The village was formerly known chronologically by the following names:
Reading's Ferry c. 1700
[Daniel] Howell's Ferry c. 1731
Robinson's Ferry
[Joseph] Howell's Ferry
Mitchell's Ferry
Centre Bridge c. 1813
Centre Bridge Station

Stockton Historic District boundaries
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Ferry House - 1746
Built by Benjamin Howell in 1746 and enlarged by him about 1750. Leased by him for a time to Joesph Roberson in 1771. Then leased to his son Joseph on his retirement in 1785.
[Naylor]

Reading's Ferry c. 1700
Later:
Howell's Ferry [Daniel] c. 1731; [Benjamin] 1746
Roberson's Ferry c. 1771 [see Naylor]
Mitchell's Ferry c. 1792 [see Naylor]
Prior to 1710, John Reading established a Delaware River crossing on land he purchased from the Lenape Indians. In 1710, the citizens of Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, petitioned their governor for a road "to begin at the side of the river Delaware opposite to John Reading's landing" and continue on to Philadelphia. John Reading envisioned that the road would continue on the Jersey side of the river all the way to New York City. Reading's ferry operation was at the site of the present day Ferry Street in Stockton Borough.
John Reading's daughter Mary married Daniel Howell. Mary's dowry included the ferry tract, which then became know as Howell's Ferry. In 1746, Howell's son Benjamin received from King George II a patent to operate the ferry.

Woolverton Inn

Sharp & Lambert Store
First store in Stockton. In 1842 Col. John Sharp built the stone house. Daniel Sharp & Gershom Lambert opened a store in the building.
[Naylor]

Center Bridge

D&R Canal lock
Construction started on the canal in 1830; built mostly by Irish immigrant laborers.

Pennsylvania Railroad
Functional by 1859. Last passenger train was in October 1960.

Stockton Inn
Formerly called Colligan's Inn. [provide more info]

Stockton School
Built in 1872. This two-room school is the only remaining one in New Jersey.

Pine Tree Chicken Hatchery
In 1892, Joseph Wilson created a live baby chick shipping industry from the smalll rows of chicken houses formerly located in this area.

History Hikes [see also 'Village Walks']
PLEASE NOTE: Some of these hikes require permission from property owners.

Along the Alexauken Creek
PLEASE NOTE: some of these hikes require permission from property owners

Holcombe Heritage Hike
[Indian site locations are very approximate.]

#1 [3 miles]

mouth of Alexauken Creek

#1 JOHN HOLCOMBE HOUSE -1756 [PRIVATE]
General George Washington made his headquarters here on two occasions during the Revolutionary War.

#2 HOLCOMBE HOUSE - 1711
The 1711 date for the middle section has not been proven. The east section dates to the 1750s; the west section to the late 19th century.

[Indian] river village site

[Indian] river camp

#3 HOLCOMBE HOUSE - 1808/1811 [PRIVATE]
Holcombe House - middle section 1808/ west section 1811 [possibly an earlier structure here]
includes farm outbuildings

former burial ground

#4 B.A. HOLCOMBE HOUSE - late18th/19th
Late 18th-early 19thC & mid-19thC - demolished by Green Acres in 2007

[interior all private property - permission required]

old roadbed

stone bridge

[Indian] campsite

Delaware encampment area [4 miles]

W. Amwell - Mt. Airy vicinity [4 miles]

W. Amwell [3+ miles]

Along the Lockatong Creek
[SEE: New Jersey Conservation Foundation maps.]

NJCF trails [3.5 miles]

Along the Wickecheoke Creek
[SEE: New Jersey Conservation Foundation maps.]

Historic Bridges Tour

D304 - wooden truss
Known as Green Sergeant's Bridge or just Sergeant's Bridge. Now a covered wooden truss bridge, built in 1872 on the foundation of Samuel Opdycke's mid 18th-century bridge. Rebuilt and strengthened in 1961. Only remaining covered bridge in New Jersey.

Date unknown. Single-arch; 4'6" span. Builder not known.

contemporary

concrete w. datestone

concrete with datestone

Landmarks Driving Tour

Saxtonville Tavern
Circa 1810 [land purchased with a building cited], 1820 [oldest section dendrodated to 1820] & slightly later west section].
Listed in the Historic American Buildings Survey of the 1930s as follows:
Dec 25, 1743: John & Catharine Howell deeded to Isaiah Quimby of Amwell Township, Hunterdon County a 300 acre tract of land which Catharine had received by the will of her father, John Ladd.
December 19, 1801: George Wall purchases 75 acres from Isaiah Quinby "with all and singular the houses, outhouses, stables, etc." Then six days later, on December 25, 1801, Moses Quinby purchased same from George Wall.
1810: Saxton purchased the 15-acre tavern land from Moses Quinby with all and singular the building and improvements. No record is shown of Quinby operating a tavern prior to that point.
May 1 1836: sold to Richard Bennett of Amwell Township, for $1100, "all that certain Tavern House, lot of land" etc. of 11 acres, having some 459 frontage on Bull's Creek.
March 1848: sold to Bernard Rogan of Tinicum Township, Bucks County, PA, for $2000, describing it as "all that certain Tavern House and lot of land" of all acres, same as above.
December 31, 1866: the heirs of Bernard Rogan, deceased, conveyed to Ruth S. Bray of Saxtonville for $1200 "All that certain Tavern House and lot of land..." , being the same 11 acre tract.
March 28, 1874: the same 11 acres to Thomas McAloan of Kingwood township for $750, in which the house is not described as Tavern.
[Post Script: It remained in the McAloan family for over 125 years before being sold to the state in 2007.]
1850 Cornell map: J. Holcombe Hotel
1873 Beers Atlas: R. Bray Est.

RR-Rosemont Bridge [2013]

Farm of Lloyd Wescott

Daniel Bray Gravesite

Cross Keys Tavern

Town Hall [2013]

The Velodrome

Locktown Baptist Church

Rev War encampments [2014]
On October 6-7, 1777 New England Regiments camped nearby en route to reinforce Washington's Army near Philadelphia.
On June 20-23, 1778 the 12,000-man Continental Army camped in this area above Alexauken Creek prior to the Battle of Monmouth.
This discovery is the result of recent and on-going research in the area. The mill ponds and remains of the 18th-century mill have been located. Further investigation is planned.

Washington's Troop Movements

From Flemington, NJ to PA via Coryell's Ferry.
From Diary of a Common Soldier in the American Revolution by Jeremiah Greenman.

From PA to NJ via Coryell's Ferry, then to Mt. Airy, and on to the Battle of Monmouth via Rocktown, New Market [Linvale], Furman's Corner [Marshall's Corner], and Hopewell.
Diary of a Common Soldier in the American Revolution by Jeremiah Greenman.

suggested alternate route
From biography of John Hart. This proposed route was through Snydertown and into Hopewell via back roads. Recent research [2014] has proved this was probably not the route taken.

Coryell's Ferry to Ringoes
Topographical overlay of area.

Washington's Amwell Encampments

earliest land owner - William Biddle

William Biddle lands - 1701 [1500 acres]

William Biddle - 1701 [1500 acres]

Alexauken Creek
Folklore has it named for a pioneer hunter and trapper - Alias [alternately Alex/Elias/Ellis] Hawkins/Sauken/Hocking. There probably was no such person.
Hammond map?? - "Alias Hocking"
1749 Evans map - "Aliabhoking"
1812 Lewis map - "Ahabhocking Cr."
1851 Cornell map - "Alexsocken"

Holcombe-Jimison House
Circa 1711 to mid 1700s.
East section dendro-dated to c.1750s.
Earliest [middle] section, possibly 1711 or 1730s
West section dates to late 1800s.
May have housed some of Washington's officers.
Now part of the Holcombe-Jimison Farm Museum.

John Holcombe House
Dendrodated to 1756. East section later.
Located at Coryell's Ferry [see Lambertville for additional information], this house was General George Washington's headquarters on several occasions.
It was thought to have been built by John Holcombe, the earliest settler in the area. However, the dendrodating puts it beyond John's lifetime and was therefore built by his son Richard, who entertained Washington here on several occasions.

Richard Holcombe House - early 1800s
Oldest (middle) stone section dendrodated to 1808.
West section dendrodated to 1811, confirming its datestone.
Includes later farm outbuildings; some now gone.
In spite of the accurate dendro-dating to the early 1800s, there is remaining evidence in the cellar that an earlier structure probably stood on this site.

Washington's Encampments
According to the diary of an army soldier, Washington's men camped on two different occasions in the vicinity of Mount Airy. The first time was on October 6th-7th of 1777 when the troops were headed down to Coryell's Ferry and over to Pennsylvania. The second time was June 20-23, 1778 when those troops crossed back into New Jersey and camped for three days while awaiting Washington to continue their march to the Battle of Monmouth.
Recent [2014] research indicates that the encampment in 1778 involved all of Washington's army who, after crossing from Pennsylvania, marched to the Mt. Airy location before moving on toward Monmouth via Rocktown, New Market [Linvale], Furman's Corner [Marshall's Corner], and Hopewell.
1860 map of New Jersey - State Geological Survey
[Diary of a Common Soldier in the American Revolution, 1775-1783 - Edited by Robert C. Bray & Paul E. Bushnell]

Area of Washington's encampments [approximate]
Conjecture as to size & shape. Would have had to support approximately 12,000 troops & equipment. Probably covered the area between the indicated map location [at the red flag] to the Old York Rd. Would have included the large stream area that is the Alexsauken Creek watershed to provide water. There were several mills in the area that help supply food.
1860 New Jersey Geological Survey

Queen's Road - from Mt. Airy to encampment site

Holcombe Store

"New Church" - 1754
2nd Presbyterian Church of Amwell - current church built in mid 1800s

S. Holcombe Mill
[1851 Cornell map] This mill was probably not in existance during the Revolutionary War.

J Runkel's Grist Mill
[1851 Cornell map]

Larason's Mill

Amwell village [Mill Brook / Clearwater Rill]

Ringoes-Amwell provisions
On October 6-7, 1777, when Washington's troops were marching from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, they drew provisions in the old village of Amwell [also called Dawlis Mills or Spring Mills] before camping in the vicinity of Mt. Airy.
[Diary of a Common Soldier in the American Revolution -
Jeremiah Greenman]

1851 Cornell map - area

March to Monmouth - June 1778

Coryell's Ferry [Lambertville]

Old York Rd. in Hunterdon

3.3 miles

Queen's Road [encampment]

1.5 miles to Ringoes

Ringoes Tavern

John Anderson Tavern

Gulick Rd.

Ringoes to Rocktown

Rocktown to New Market [Linvale]

Woodsville Rd.

Hopewell Rd.

Furman's Corner [Marshall's]

8.0 miles to Furman's Corner [now Marshall's Corner]

Lee's proposed battlefield

Stony Brook

Stoutsburg

Provenceline Rd.

Hopewell Township - 18thC structures on march

John Stillwell House - c. 1750

Wilson-Hunt Farmstead - c. 1740

Samuel Furman House - c. 1725

stone schoolhouse - c. 1745

Blackwell's Mills [Moore's Mills]
First mill by Philip Ringo in 1717.

Deacon James Hunt Farmstead - c. 1750

Baptist Meeting House - 1747/1822
Original building 1747. Later building 1822.

John Hart Farm

Widow Eaton House - c. 1750
Oldest part c. 1750.
Issac Eaton's Grammar School

Benjamin Stout House - c. 1740
Back portion c. 1740.

Andrew Stout House - c. 1750

"Hunt House" - GW HQ
Washington's Headquarters June 23-24, 1778
[Really the Stout estate]