On East Avenue (U.S. 40) at School Lane, on the left when traveling west on East Avenue.
U.S. President Warren Harding 1922
U.S. President Warren G. Harding was traveling by car from Penns Grove to Atlantic City on May 12, 1922 when he stopped briefly in Woodstown and addressed a local crowd at the Woodstown Public School. New . . . — — Map (db m157199) HM
On W Broadway (New Jersey Route 49) at Oak Street, on the right when traveling west on W Broadway.
Esther “Hetty” Saunders was a remarkable woman of color who began her life in the early 1790s as a slave in Delaware. In 1800, her father saw an opportunity to escape to freedom with his children, crossing the Delaware River into . . . — — Map (db m36431) HM
On Locust Island Road, on the right when traveling south.
The exterior of the Hancock House is an outstanding example of the patterned brick houses that once dotted the landscape of Salem County, NJ. Modeled after the seventeenth-century building traditions of the Quakers’ English homeland, masons used . . . — — Map (db m21703) HM
On North Main Street (New Jersey Route 45) just south of Marlton Road (County Road 636), on the left when traveling north.
The Old Red House AKA Samuel Shivers House
The Samuel Shivers House is one of the finest examples of Southern New Jersey 18th century timber frame architecture. It is a survivor, escaping the ravages of time, rot, fire, vermin and change of . . . — — Map (db m153950) HM
On East Water Street, on the right when traveling east.
Joshua Huddy is celebrated as the Patriot hero of the Toms River Blockhouse Fight, but few know about his colorful past. Huddy was born in 1735 in Salem County, New Jersey. He was the oldest of seven brothers. Although he was raised in a . . . — — Map (db m139186) HM
In 1638, the New Sweden Company financed a group of Swedes and Finns to travel to the New World to establish a colony for trade with the Native Americans and to learn about the land. These early settlers traveled up the Delaware River, entered the . . . — — Map (db m88581) HM
On Lambert Street, on the right when traveling east.
Construction of the building began in 1856 and it served as a school from 1857-1925. The upper floor housed the high school,
accessible through the door on the front right side of the building and led to the stairway to the second floor. . . . — — Map (db m244298) HM
Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
Geology Hall
1872
This brownstone structure was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, the great-great-grandson of Rutgers’ first president. The building served as home to . . . — — Map (db m10017) HM
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