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This mill got its power from an artificial pond: the high tide was trapped in the mouth of Cole's Brook by a dam with a special drop-gate, suspended from a horizontal timber. When the tides flowed out of the Hackensack River, the tidal millpond was slowly released through the waterwheel. Sloops pulled alongside the mill at New Bridge Landing.
The Red Mill, on the west, was built c. 1810 and Dunham's Mill, on the east, was built in 1837. [3] The Clinton House is likely located at the site of an earlier 18th-century tavern. [3] [4] The district has three churches. The Presbyterian congregation formed in 1829 and built the current church in 1864. [5]
3.68 Old City Hall. 3.69 Old Eagle Tavern. ... 7.3 New Jersey State Police ... NJ State Historic Preservation Office ID 1693 Old Mill Road NJ State Historic ...
The Howell Living History Farm, also known as the Joseph Phillips Farm, is a 130-acre (53 ha) living open-air museum located north of Titusville in the Pleasant Valley section of Hopewell Township in Mercer County, New Jersey. [3] [4] The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 1977, for its significance in ...
The Rankin family owned and ran the mill until 1962. A steam-powered mill was built to supplement the tide mill in 1872, but it burnt down in 1878. It was replaced by a five-storey building, constructed of brick, which became the mainstay of the business. The tidal pound gradually silted up, but the tide mill continued to be used until around 1951.
Job H. Lippincott (1842–1900), United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey and Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. [23] Chauncey Morehouse (1902–1980), jazz drummer. [24] Jim Saxton (born 1943), Congressman from 1984 to 2009. [25] [26] Beulah Woolston (1828–1886), pioneering missionary teacher in China.
[3] [7] The American House Hotel, also known as the Single Sister Choir, is a two and one-half story fieldstone building started in 1797. [8] Next to it is the American House Annex, also known as the John Schenk House. [3] [9] St. John's United Methodist Church was rebuilt in 1879 at the site of an earlier church. [3]
Everittstown (also known as Everitts Town) is an unincorporated community located within Alexandria Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Everittstown Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.