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Belvidere in Warren County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Shoe Tree
 
The Shoe Tree Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Dorine Ruth Emery, December 29, 2009
1. The Shoe Tree Marker
and tree
 
Inscription. Barefoot country folk sat under this tree to put on shoes before going to worship across the village green.
 
Location. 40° 49.576′ N, 75° 4.294′ W. Marker is in Belvidere, New Jersey, in Warren County. Marker is at the intersection of Oxford Street and 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Oxford Street. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Belvidere NJ 07823, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. County Park (approx. ¼ mile away); Court House (approx. ¼ mile away); Warren County Purple Heart Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Warren County Veterans Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Belvidere (approx. 0.4 miles away); John Nicoll (approx. 0.6 miles away); First Presbyterian Church of Oxford (approx. 1.4 miles away); Shippen Manor (approx. 4.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Belvidere.
 
More about this marker. Tree has been allowed to remain, although it is now in the roadway.
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on December 29, 2009, by Dorine Ruth Emery of Washington, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 449 times since then. Photo   1. submitted on December 29, 2009, by Dorine Ruth Emery of Washington, New Jersey. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
 
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