Colonia Triangle & Colonia Library

Colonia Triangle and Colonia Library. . , The small triangle at the intersection of New Dover and Chain O’ Hills Road originally was the crossroads of two ancient Native American trails and within two miles of an ancient Lenni Lenape campsite. Nearby was Succor Brook, the south branch of the Rahway River., In the spring of 1667, the John Bishop family of Newberry, Massachusetts, arrived as one of the first European settlers. They built the area’s second grist mill on Succor Brook behind what would become the first Colonia Library and the current home of the Iselin Giants., It was through the efforts of Margaret Soule and the Colonia Junto (a civic group of neighborhood residents) that the Colonia Library was opened in 1939. The land for the Triangle and Library was donated by Louella B. Albee, wife of famed orthopedic surgeon Fred H. Albee., The Triangle was first built with Boy Scout assistance with materials by the Junto throughout the 1930s and ‘40s. After World War II, it was re-dedicated as a veterans memorial., More information visit www.wthpc.org , Woodbridge Township Historic Preservation Commission , Mayor John E. McCormac Woodbridge Township 2013