Garretson Forge & Farm Open House
Garretson Forge & Farm 4-02 River Road, Fair LawnGarretson Forge and Farm, listed on the National and New Jersey State Historic Registry, is one of the oldest historic sites in Bergen County, New Jersey. Settled in 1719, this Dutch Colonial homestead was home to six generations of the Garretson family. Their homestead remains a rare surviving example of a simple farming life that […]
East Jersey Old Town Village open for visits
East Jersey Old Town Village 1050 River Road, PiscatawayEast Jersey Old Town Village comes alive Wednesday through Sunday with historical interpreters presenting the trades and crafts of the 18th and 19th centuries. Visit reconstructed and replica early American Raritan Valley structures at East Jersey Old Town Village for a view into life in the region’s farm and merchant communities. Buildings include the Indian […]
Guided Historic Education Tour at Washington Crossing State Park
Washington Crossing State Park Visitor Center 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, TitusvilleTwice-monthly tours by the Historic Preservation and Education Committee of the Washington Crossing Park Association (WCPA). About this event Stop 1: Washington Crossing Visitor Center Museum Welcome & Tour Overview. View film: “Ten Crucial Days: The Road to Liberty” Swan Historical Foundation Collection – an introduction Lloyd Garrison painting of Washington Crossing Stop 2: Sullivan […]
William Trent House open for visits
Trent House Museum 15 Market Street, TrentonThe William Trent House Museum is open for visitors Wednesdays through Sundays, 12:30PM to 4:00pm. Visitors can see how the garden has been redesigned to include plants that New Jersey’s native people would have grown or gathered in the wild and those that enslaved Africans would have cultivated for their own use and for the […]
Princeton Battlefield Tour
Princeton Battlefield State Park 500 Mercer Street, PrincetonSpend a Sunday afternoon at the Princeton Battlefield State Park and learn more about the Battle of Princeton, a battle that ended the “ten crucial days” of 1776-1777. Walk in the footprints of Washington’s troops and listen to exciting narratives of soldier and civilian experiences. Your tour is led by an approved Historical Interpreter. Following […]
Schuyler-Hamilton House Open for Tours
Schuyler-Hamilton House 5 Olyphant Place, MorristownThe Schuyler-Hamilton House, also known as the Jabez Campfield House, was built in 1760 on the eastern edge of the small village of Morristown. In 1765, a young doctor, Jabez Campfield, purchased the attractive four-bedroom home. He and his bride, Sarah Ward, lived in the house for fifty-six years, until 1821. Dr. Campfield served as […]
Hardenbergh Hikes through History: New Jersey’s Artist and Ornithologist at Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage
Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage 71 Somerset Street, SomervilleHardenbergh Hikes through History: New Jersey's Artist and Ornithologist at Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites 71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ 08876 [email protected] (908) 725-1015 Sundays at 3pm, August 1, August 8, August 22, August 29, September 1, September 22, and September 29. Explore the Jersey Dutch roots of New Jersey's turn-of-the-century […]
