| New Jersey (Warren County), Belvidere — Belvidere |
| | Major Robert Hoops had a store and mill here in the 1770's. "Mercer" became Belvidere in 1791. It became a river trade center in the 1800's and finally the county seat in 1825. — Map (db m26105) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Belvidere — The Shoe Tree |
| | Barefoot country folk sat under this tree to put on shoes before going to worship across the village green. — Map (db m25990) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Blairstown — The Old Mill — Built in 1825 |
| | Acquired by Blair Academy in 1903
Blair Lake & The Falls completed in 1906
The Old Mill and other sites at Blair Academy have been placed on the State and National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m21468) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Carpentersville — Carpentersville |
| | Named for the first settler, Jacob Carpenter who emigrated from Switzerland about 1748. A ferry was operated between here and Raubsville, PA. By the mid 1700's there was a gristmill here and a general store through the 1800's.
In 1854, Carpentersville became a station for the Belvidere-Delaware railroad.
Jacob Carpenter left many descendants who built several of the fine homes still standing in the area. — Map (db m17019) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Changewater — Revolutionary Army Route |
| | Route of Revolutionary Army in their retreat across New Jersey after the Battle of Long Island 1776 — Map (db m19142) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Delaware — Delaware Village Historic District |
| | Listed on the State & National Registers of Historical Places 2004
John I. Blair founded Delaware Village in the 1850's as a station on the newly built Warren Railroad in a rural neighborhood first settled circa 1740. While the station was demolished decades ago, the brick general store erected by Blair in 1860 survives and still houses the US Post Office. On Clarence Street stands the now-vacant Episcopal Church, built in 1869 to replace an earlier stone church at nearby Ramsayburg destroyed . . . — Map (db m26115) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Finesville — Finesville |
| | Finesville began as Chelsea Forge, ca 1751, a charcoal - iron forge on the Musconetcong River.
Philip and John Fine, brothers of German descent purchased the forge in the late 1700's, built a dam, and soon after built an oil mill, gristmill and sawmill. The gristmill burned but was rebuilt as a paper mill and later became the Tayloe-Styles knife factory. — Map (db m17885) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Finesville — Hunts Meadow |
| | Patriot Edward Hunt settled here on his father's 600 acres of land prior to 1772.
In 1778, 60 cavalry horses belonging to the Continental Army were wintered here and "returned in spring in excellent condition".
Before the revolution, Edward began digging the millrace here. It is 8/10 mile long and once powered a sawmill and the gristmill that became the Reigel Paper Co. — Map (db m17887) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Finesville — Seigletown |
| | In 1793, Benjamin Seigle, a captain of the militia during the revolution purchased land here & built a home & a pottery, and produced items of red clay known as Seigleware.
The Seigles built a gristmill, clovermill & blacksmith shop. They owned a hematite mine and were also farmers. The pottery operated for more than 100 years. — Map (db m17884) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Franklin Townsip — The Concrete Mile — New Jersey's First Concrete Road |
| | NJ's first concrete highway built in Franklin Township, 1912 with cement manufactured at Thomas A Edison's Portland Cement Company, in New Village — Map (db m26676) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Greenwich Township — General William Maxwell — In Honor of |
| |
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1733.
His Scothch-Irish parents brought family here to Greenwich Township in 1747.
Never married and died in Hunterdon Co., Nov. 4, 1796 and buried in this churchyard.
Always a Soldier, from Private to General.
With Braddock at Fort Duquesne in 1755 and at Ticonderoga, Quebec
and the Great Lakes in 1775, in provincial congress of New Jersey.
Oct. 23, 1776 Brigadier General in the Continental Army. Fought in Canada, Brandywine, . . . — Map (db m19466) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Greenwich Township — Greenwich Township Veterans Monument |
| | In Memory of
All American Veterans
This memorial honors all American Veterans whon although separated by generations, shared a common, undeniable goal - to valiantly protect our Country's Freedoms.
The memories of these American Veterans will continue to live on whenever and wherever a demopcracy exists.
The American Veteran - forever a sysmbol of heroism, sacrifice, loyalty and freedom. — Map (db m19467) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Greenwich Township — Old Greenwich Cemetery |
| |
This tablet is dedicated
to the memory of
the Revolutionary Patriots
buried in
Old Greenwich Cemetery
——————————
[Column One]
Joseph Beavers •
Spencer Carter •
John Innes •
Robert Kennedy •
William Kennedy •
William Kinney •
John Maxwell •
Robert Maxwell
[Column Two]
William Maxwell •
Benjamin McCollough •
John Patterson •
Cornelius Powelson •
Peter Smith •
William Smith • . . . — Map (db m19465) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Hazen — First Presbyterian Church of Oxford |
| | Resolution
On motion by Mrs. Dickey, seconded by Mr. Miller the following resolution was unanimously adopted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Warren at a meeting held March 9, 1994.
Resolution honoring the membership of the First Presbyterian Church of Oxford, past and present, for their contribution to the cultural and historical richness of County Warren.
WHEREAS; as early as 1729 there assembled, in the area known today as Hazen, in various homes, the residents . . . — Map (db m26679) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Johnsonburg — Johnsonburg |
| | Johnsonburg Historic District
Settled 1740
Trading, stagecoach stop, early farming and milling settlement.
Known in 1753 as Logg Gaol, First Seat of Sussex Co.
New Jersey & National Historic Place designation achieved in 1991. — Map (db m26079) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Johnsonburg — Logg Gaol |
| | A log jail here was the first public building of Sussex County, 1754-56. Village later adopted the name of Johnsonburg. — Map (db m25997) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Kennedys — Shackletown |
| | This was once part of the area known as Kennedys, but when the Lehigh Valley Railroad came through in the 1850's, a foundry was built at the foot of Silver Hill to cast the shackle bolts for the coupling-links that were used to fasten the railway cars together. — Map (db m17881) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Mt. Bethel — Pioneer Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury |
| |
Founded the
Mt. BETHEL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
in an old log church on this site
FRIDAY MAY 10, 1811.
On Thursday May 9, 1811 Bishop Asbury stayed at Halls Mill (now Asbury) with Col. William McCullough. He preached there in the barn. Then on Friday May 10, 1811 he came to Mt. Bethel and stayed with James Egbert Esq. whose home was directly across the street. James and Rachel Egbert are buried in this cemetery. As early as 1800 Methodist meetings were held in the Egbert home. In . . . — Map (db m18965) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Oxford — Company Store |
| | Oxford
Industrial Historic
District
Site #14
The brick "L" building was
built in the mid 1800s and
was the third location of
the company store. — Map (db m20219) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Oxford — Foundry |
| |
Oxford
Industrial Historic
District Site #5
Foundry
Produced train car
wheels in the mid
1800s. — Map (db m20222) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Oxford — Grist Mill |
| |
Oxford
Industrial Historic
District
Site #3
Grist Mill
Built in 1813, Became the
Colonial Methodist Church
in 1913. — Map (db m20223) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Oxford — Oxford Furnace #1 |
| |
Oxford
Industrial Historic
District Site #4
Oxford Furnace #1
Construction started
in 1741, first blast
in 1743, blown out in 1884. — Map (db m20441) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Oxford — Oxford Furnace Memorial |
| |
In memory of Veterans
who served honorably
in the Armed Forces — Map (db m20226) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Oxford — Oxford House / Wall Street |
| |
Oxford Industrial Historic
District
Site #13
Oxford House/
Wall Street
Oxford House has been an
inn since the middle 1850s. — Map (db m20225) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Oxford — Shippen Manor — 1754 |
| | Built by Joseph and Wm. Shippen, owners of Oxford Furnace. Served as iron company residence for 200 years. A state and national historic site. — Map (db m20220) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Oxford — Shippen Manor |
| |
Oxford Industrial
Historic District Site #1
Shippen Manor
Built by Joseph & William
Shippen, Gentlemen Landowners,
Circa 1754. — Map (db m20221) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Port Murray — Mansfield Township Veterans Monument |
| | Dedicated in honor of the sacrifices made by the men and women of Mansfield Township who served in the armed services on the United States in all wars. — Map (db m19144) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Port Murray — Morris Canal — 1824 - 1924 |
| | National Register Landmark
Inclined Plane
No. 5 West
Nearby informational marker (see photo #2):
Main Street canal store sits on the N.W. bank of the canal. Reputedly built by Moore Furan in 1836. Notice the loft openings (center bldg.) with batten doors enabling cargo to pass directly to canal boats.
A boat yard and basin located approx. 100 yards N.W. of Main Street, a lime kiln just S.W. of canal at Main Street, and bridge abutements just west of Main Street still survive. — Map (db m19145) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Riegelsville — Riegelsville Historic District — Named in 1876 — Farming, Milling and Trade Route |
| | First known as Shank's Ferry in the 1700's. A ferry was established here across the Delaware River. It became known as Riegel's Ferry and the first bridge was built circa 1837. In 1854 a railroad station was built with the stop named "Musconetcong" — Map (db m16749) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Springtown — Pohatcong Township Vietnam Memorial |
| |
In Lasting Memory Of
Pfc. Robert Franklin Bacon
A Company 1st Battalion 5th Calvary 1st Air Calvary Division.
Killed in Binh Duong Province, Republic of South Vietnam. Born 7/3/45. Died 7/17/68.
Cpl. Albert Shiller
C Company 3rd Battalion 47th Infantry 9th Infantry Division.
Killed in Dinj Tuong Province, Republic of South Vietnam.
Born 7/15/47. Died 4/2/68.
Pfc. Arthur Mortimer Rowe
F Company 2nd Battalion 1st Marines 1st Marine Division.
Killed in Quang Tri . . . — Map (db m19464) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Springtown — Springtown |
| | The many springs flowing here attracted early settlers by the 1750's, and several mills were built along the Pohatcong Creek (some still stand).
In 1825, the Inn At Springtown became a stagecoach stop on the Trenton-Easton Road.
In 1881, the newly named Township of Pohatcong was directed by the New Jersey Legislature to hold its first committee meeting here. — Map (db m19463) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Warren Glen — Hughesville |
| | By 1765, Philadelphia lawyer, Hugh Hughes had taken possession of the Greenwich Forge which had been flourishing near here since the 1750's using iron from Durham Furnace. The forge did extensive business until after the Revolutionary War.
James M. Long converted the forge to a gristmill which was eventually consumed by fire.
Hugh Hughes also built his home here & it has housed many of his descendants. — Map (db m17883) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Warren Glen — Jersey Central Lines |
| | The Central Railroad of New Jersey mainline crossed here between 1852 to 1976. The CRRNJ was the primary artery of travel to western cities by immigrants entering the United States at Ellis Island and contributed to the suburbanization of Northern New Jersey. It was the first railroad to connect the Port of New York with the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania. — Map (db m16747) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Warren Glen — Pohatcong Township Veterans Monument |
| | Dedicated to the men and women of Pohatcong Township who served in the armed forces.
World War I
World War II
Korea
Vietnam — Map (db m17882) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Washington — Morris Canal |
| | 1824-1924
National Register Landmark
Canal Crossed Here — Map (db m17919) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Washington — Revolutionary Artillery Site |
| | To control King's Highway
1777-78 — Map (db m19726) |
| New Jersey (Warren County), Washington — U.S.S. Maine Memorial |
| | In Memoriam
U.S.S. Maine
Destroyed in Havana Harbor
February 15, 1898
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine
(on the shield)
Patriotism
Devotion — Map (db m19727) |
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