This building was erected in 1830 to house the grammar school known later as Rutgers Preparatory School. Contributions from the citizens of New Brunswick and the Trustees of Rutgers College financed its construction.
Rutgers Preparatory . . . — — Map (db m208918) HM
Listed in The New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places 2005
Restoration work funded in part by a grant from the Garden State Historic Preservation rust Fund, administered by the New Jersey Historic Trust, State of New Jersey . . . — — Map (db m208915) HM
Here, in Martin Hall, Selman A. Waksman and his students isolated antibiotics produced by actinomycetes, most notably streptomycin, the first effective pharmaceutical treatment for tuberculosis, cholera, and typhoid fever. They also isolated . . . — — Map (db m99305) HM
Planted in appreciation of the gift from the people of Tsuruoka, Japan, given in memory of the victims of 9/11 and as an expression of the friendship between New Brunswick and Tsuruoka.
New Brunswick and Tsuruoka signed a Sister . . . — — Map (db m208906) HM WM
In memory of SSgt. Frank Z. Molnar United States Armywho was killed in action in Kontum Province Republic of Vietnam on May 20, 1967. SSgt. Molnar was awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of . . . — — Map (db m62713) HM
The oldest Catholic congregation in Middlesex County. St. Peter's was founded in 1829 by Bishop John DeBois of New York in a humble brick building on Bayard Street. The current stone Gothic Revival structure was designed by prominent architect of . . . — — Map (db m188171) HM
Previously known as "Reade's State Theatre," "B.F. Keith's State" and "RKP State Theatre," the theater opened on December 26, 1921, with vaudeville acts and the silent movie White Oak. It was the largest theater in New Jersey at the time. When the . . . — — Map (db m218972) HM
On November, 6 1869, on this site once known as College Field, Rutgers College hosted the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, in the first intercollegiate football game. The Rutgers team, then known as The Queensmen, defeated . . . — — Map (db m168341) HM
were held in November of 1771
at a former tavern
The Sign of the Red Lion
located at the northeast corner of
Albany and Neilson streets
Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804)
graduate of the College of
New Jersey (Princeton) . . . — — Map (db m192414) HM
The Indian Trail from the Delaware at Minisink to the sea at Navesink passed through the ravine nearby. In this vicinity before 1680 was the cabin of Cornelius Van Langeveldt (Cornelius Longfield), first settler of New Brunswick. On this land . . . — — Map (db m95771) HM
Also known as the "Kissing Bridge," this favorite landmark was donated to Douglass College by the Class of 1926. Restored in the 1970's and again in 2001. Its original purpose was the span the ravine dividing the original campus from the land given . . . — — Map (db m95770) HM
The Reformed Dutch Church founded Queens College in 1766 in New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1784 as a professorate in New York City. In 1810, the Seminary relocated to New Brunswick, at which time its 1st professor, . . . — — Map (db m168344) HM
From 1811 to 1856 students preparing for ministry in the Reformed Church in America received their theological education in Old Queens.
Erected on the occasion of the Bicentennial of New Brunswick Seminary
1784-1984 — — Map (db m10072) HM
Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
Van Nest Hall
1847
Originally two stories, Van Nest Hall was designed by Nicholas Wyckoff. Two nineteenth-century student literary societies, Peithessophian and . . . — — Map (db m10019) HM
This plaque honors Will, an enslaved black man who worked to lay the foundation for the Old Queens building in 1808. In recognition of Will’s labor and the role of slavery in Rutgers’ early history, the walkway from Hamilton Street to the entrance . . . — — Map (db m165148) HM
Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
Winants Hall
1890
Designed by New York City architect Van Campen Taylor (Rutgers College, Class of 1867), Winants Hall was Rutgers’ sole dormitory until 1914. It is named . . . — — Map (db m10018) HM
Designed in 1890 by architect Van Campen Taylor, a member of the Class of 1867. Winants Hall was Rutgers' first dormitory. It is named for Garret E. Winants, a college trustee and philanthropist who donated $75,000 for its construction. In the late . . . — — Map (db m208914) HM
In 1779, a system of 23 alarm posts was established throughout the State. These alerted local militia to assemble at predetermined locations. In Old Bridge, a hill west of Higgins Road was used as one of these signal posts. The exact nature of the . . . — — Map (db m93889) HM
Primary seacoast lights were located to warn mariners of their proximity to land, the presence of navigational dangers, and to help set their course. By 1852, however, lighthouses and lightships often looked so much alike that it was difficult to . . . — — Map (db m43452) HM
You are standing where Perth Amboy’s history began. This is the place called Ompoge, meaning ‘point.’ The Lenni Lenape used these beaches for thousands of years before any European settlers arrived. In 1651, it was deeded by the Lenni Lenape to . . . — — Map (db m25116) HM
Home of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, the oldest active corporation in New Jersey.
Founded 1684 — — Map (db m208975) HM
This tree, a slip from the original Cambridge Elm under which General Washington took command of his army, is planted to the memory of George Washington by the Ompoge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. — — Map (db m224185) WM
Original portion erected in accordance with an Act of the Provincial Assembly 1713 Capitol of the Province and the State of New Jersey 1713 - 1790 Courthouse of Middlesex County 1713 - 1793 City Hall of Perth Amboy 1718Rebuilt 1766-67 Enlarged and . . . — — Map (db m76798) HM
This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of New Jersey by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder Secretary of the Treasury As the inspirational symbol of the United States Savings Bonds Independence Drive from . . . — — Map (db m224123) HM
Kearny Cottage, in addition to being the home of United States Navy Commodore Lawrence Kearny, was also the home of his mother, Elizabeth Lawrence, who was a celebrated poet around the time of the Revolutionary War and afterward. She published her . . . — — Map (db m93933) HM
Near this site enslaved Africans disembarked at Perth Amboy, the principal port in eastern New Jersey. During colonial times, numerous slave ships such as the Catherine, William, Africa, and Sally were present in the Raritan Bay, sending their . . . — — Map (db m184553) HM
Built by the colonial proprietors of East Jersey in 1762, with bricks which were brought from England.
Occupied first by Frederick Smyth, Chief Justice of the colony. Then, in 1774, by William Franklin, who was appointed Governor by the . . . — — Map (db m7888) HM
First Metizo chronicler of the Americas. Author of famous "Comentarios Reales" and "La Florida del Inca"
From the people of Peru to the City of Perth Amboy, NJ on the occasion of the Bicentennial Anniversary of the Independence of Peru . . . — — Map (db m209017) HM
Founding father of the Dominican Republic
January 26, 1813 - July 15, 1876
His passion for education, his leadership, honesty, faith and patriotism make him an inspirational role model for our youth.
Padre de la . . . — — Map (db m208981) HM
Lifelong home of Commodore Lawrence Kearny, the sailor diplomat responsible for initiating relations between the United States and China.
Always known as "The Cottage'. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m93936) HM
Kearny Cottage is a two-and-a-half story clapboard and shingle frame structure featuring a gabled “catslide” roof. The front porch is an addition from the Victorian era, newly restored. The original louvered shutters have been restored . . . — — Map (db m93940) HM WM
Site of a 1680s Colonial MarketDubbed "The Market House" this building was erected in the early 1740s to store and sell produce and imports.The "Bill of Rights" Commemoration Arch was erected in 1989 to commemorate Perth Amboy as New Jersey's First . . . — — Map (db m76795) HM
St. Peter’s is the oldest parish in the state. Founded in 1698 when the Bishop of London sent the Rev. Edward Portlock to be its’ minister. Chartered in 1718 by King George I. Used as a barracks for British troops in 1776. Here the colonial . . . — — Map (db m7901) HM
Called “Ompoge” by Indians, “Ambo Point” by settlers. Built as capital and port of East Jersey, 1683. “Perth” was added for Lord Perth. — — Map (db m7896) HM
During the French and Indian War (1754-63) British troops were initially quartered (housed) in private residences. After a wave of protests from the colonists, the Provincial Assembly in 1758 authorized the construction of barracks, for 300 men . . . — — Map (db m93944) HM
Site of First Ratification of the United States Bill of Rights. Prior to 1790, it served as New Jersey's Colonial and State Capital. The oldest public building in continuous use in the United States. The first African American voted here under the . . . — — Map (db m76799) HM
The site of ferry service to Staten Island from colonial times to 1963
Restored to the 1904 period in 1998
Joseph Vas, Mayor
City Council
Peter J. Jimenez, president
Joseph Misewicz Robert J. Sgromolo Frank M. Sinatra David A. . . . — — Map (db m105761) HM
In commemoration of the Scottish passengers on the ship Henry and Francis which sailed from Leith Scotland on September 5, 1685 with 200 Scotts seeking refuge and religious freedom. A great many suffered and died during the 15 week . . . — — Map (db m209012) HM
Additions placed in 1808 ------------------------- Built of British-imported brick by the Colonial Proprietors of East Jersey. Home of the last royal Governor of New Jersey, William Franklin in 1774. Became a British military headquarters during . . . — — Map (db m84189) HM
Dedicated to the recipients of this
oldest military decoration
“The Purple Heart”
My stone is red for the blood they shed. The medal I bear is my country’s way to show they care. If I could be seen by all mankind maybe peace will come in . . . — — Map (db m209023) WM
Boating is a popular activity on Raritan and Sandy Hook bays. These waters provide both shelter from and access to the Atlantic Ocean. Over the past three centuries, maritime traffic in the Raritan Bay – New York Harbor area has increased . . . — — Map (db m43453) HM
Organized, 1698, St. Peter’s is New Jersey’s oldest Episcopal Parish. Royal charter, 1718. Churches on this site in 1722 and 1852. — — Map (db m7899) HM
The Surveyor General's Office was constructed between 1852 and 1854 to house the Headquarters of the Board of Proprietors of East New Jersey as well as the Office of the Surveyor General. The Board of Proprietors owned land grants that were sold . . . — — Map (db m208979) HM
The "Bill of Rights Arch" erected and dedicated November 20, 1989, is in tribute to the importance of New Jersey, as the first state to ratify the "Bill of Rights," and also to the proud role the City of Perth Amboy, as the First Capitol of New . . . — — Map (db m76780) HM
This piece of land has always been called the Bluff, meaning a hill with a broad, steep face. This site’s history suggests another meaning for bluff – to hoodwink. It was here that a delaying tactic permitted an escape, that a fugitive found . . . — — Map (db m25112) HM
For close to a century this antiquated 400lb. converted locomotive wheel has been a symbol of courage, pride and valor to the men of the firefighting profession. Coveted by many fire companies throughout the years, it has been secretly buried - . . . — — Map (db m223861) HM
They fought as Allies during World War II, on land and sea and in the air The Battle of Britain 1940-45 Narvik, Norway 1940 Convoys to Murmansk 1940-43 Tobruk, North Africa 1941-42 Monte Cassino, Italy 1944 The Invasion of Normandy 1944-45 . . . — — Map (db m76784) WM
From 1683 until 1859, this site was Perth Amboy’s transportation hub. It was the maritime equivalent of our cloverleaf junction. At this interchange – known as “Long Ferry,” to distinguish it from the shorter ferry to Staten . . . — — Map (db m43449) HM
Here lies the body of Thomas Mundy Peterson first negro voter in the United States under the fifteenth amendment at an election held in Perth Amboy March 31, 1870. A devoted churchman and good citizen. Member of a committee to revise the city . . . — — Map (db m84530) HM
Built n 1871, this was the first public school building in Perth Amboy. The original eight-room school, which was doubled in size in 1905, exemplifies the best class of public school building erected in New Jersey in the years after the Civil War. . . . — — Map (db m93943) HM
Behind this bunker are inscribed the named of the men and women from Perth Amboy who served our country to secure our freedom, some paid the Ultimate Sacrifice and some remain Missing In Action. The City of Perth Amboy erected this monument so . . . — — Map (db m209020) WM
Commemorating the first game of
college football ever played
Rutgers and Princeton
Met on the Rutgers Campus
November 6, 1869
Rutgers 6 Princeton 4 — — Map (db m165875) HM
Beginning about 1720 a port named Raritan Landing existed at Landing Lane, the head of navigation on the Raritan River where seagoing sloops with a draft of five feet could come at high tide. There were docks at the waterfront; and warehouses, shops . . . — — Map (db m221260) HM
During their occupation of New Brunswick
and Perth Amboy in the first half of 1777, the
British often sent foraging parties to the farms
throughout this area. They took what they wanted
(food, supplies, tools, animal feed) against
the owners . . . — — Map (db m169935) HM
A small port town called Raritan Landing thrived here between 1710 and 1870. Centered on the intersection of River Road and Landing Lane, Raritan Landing grew to include approximately 100 people and some 70 structures by the 1740s. During the . . . — — Map (db m105050) HM
The Jewish Agricultural Society founded an agri-industrial community here in the 1930s on land purchased by Gabriel Davidson. Backed by the Baron deHirsch, the program enabled Jewish families to poultry farm while maintaining jobs in New York and . . . — — Map (db m165715) HM
Elsie, a purebred Jersey cow with enormous
brown eyes was chosen to be the
advertising symbol for the Borden Company.
This became one of the best known and most successful
icons in the history of American marketing.
Elsie was featured at . . . — — Map (db m36922) HM
Plainsboro community leaders petitioned the State Legislature to grant the community incorporation as an independent township in 1919. This was successfully achieved in May of that year. Plainsboro School, the community’s first four-room . . . — — Map (db m93845) HM
A grist mill, a saw mill and a fulling mill known as Scudders Mill was located on Old Harrison Street 500' from this spot. The mill has been destroyed and Harrison Street relocated, intersecting U. S. Route 1.
Built by Josiah Davison between . . . — — Map (db m36923) HM
750 Cliff Road
Site of former refinery and catalytic
cracking unit
Processed 70,000 barrels of oil per day
Employed 217 when closed in 2013
1957 — — Map (db m208859) HM
Port Reading Fire Company No. 1 District 2
First firehouse circa 1905
New firehouse during
Bowtie Redevelopment 1969
Port Reading First Aid Squad 1970
Addition 2002
Est. 1904 — — Map (db m224942) HM
The reading room building was constructed in Sayreville in 1883 by the Sayre and Fisher Company for use as a library and a hall. The first floor hall was used for meetings, sales promotions and employee functions. Later it was called Sayreville Hall . . . — — Map (db m93892) HM
The Coastal Group, developers of the adjoining property have restored this brick water tower circa 1875 and have dedicated same to the borough in honor of those immigrants that were employed by the Brick Works and who through their toil, labors . . . — — Map (db m93911) HM
Chartered in 1848, the United Methodist Church was the first religious congregation in the part of South Amboy that would be incorporated as Sayreville in 1876. Methodism came to this area through a circuit rider—a minister on horseback . . . — — Map (db m93914) HM
The contents of this
Time Capsule
are presented
to the residents of Sayreville, New Jersey
in 2076 from the
residents of Sayreville, New Jersey
in 1976
Mayor John E Czernikowsky
Councilmen
Kenneth W. Buchanan, Sr. • Alvin W. . . . — — Map (db m5181) HM
Queen Anne Style
Alfred H. Cowles - - Inventor
and Chemical Engineer
Edwin Cowles - - inventor of
Classifiner and Cowles Pulper
1896 — — Map (db m191210) HM
Ballard family home
Lawrence Ballard died serving in WWI
Clark family home since 1921
Horatio D. Clark
Active in Sewaren Civic Association
Daughter, Kay Clark Burns
1895 — — Map (db m191204) HM
Prominent Resident & Businessman
of Sewaren
President, Boynton Lumber Co.
Commodore, Sewaren Land
& Water Club
Son of C.W. Boynton
1895 — — Map (db m192507) HM
Est. 1913 by Sewaren
History Club and Civic Assoc.
Current location since 1960
Originally built as
Christian Science Church
1920 — — Map (db m192501) HM
An explosion of tremendous violence occurred at approximately 7:26 pm on Friday, May 19, 1950, at the Pennsylvania Railroad Pier No. 4 (Powder Pier) at the foot of Augusta Street, South Amboy (across inlet). This event was the result of the . . . — — Map (db m93916) WM
The South Amboy Post Office was located here in 1912. From this post office the First Air Mail Delivery Flight in New Jersey was undertaken. This event was the brainchild of Assistant Postmaster Edwin Roddy, also a member of the South Amboy’s . . . — — Map (db m93915) HM
St. Mary’s parishioners built the school nearby at great sacrifice and dedicated it to Mary, Mother of God, in 1903. St. Mary’s served ten surrounding parishes during peace-time, wars and other catastrophes.
This marker placed in 2002 calls out . . . — — Map (db m93913) HM
For 53 years, Thomas Titus and his descendants farmed this plot of land. Once an enslaved person, his remains lie here in an unmarked grave, as if keeping watch over the old farmstead.
Gerardus Beekman, the slave holder, was a member of the . . . — — Map (db m173417) HM
The First Baptist Church, the oldest religious institution in South Plainfield, was founded by local Baptists in 1792 as the Samptown Baptist Church. The first church building was constructed in the same year outside the colonial hamlet of Samptown . . . — — Map (db m93972) HM
Left: Patrolman Richard H. Conklin Badge #23 October 11, 1944-January 21 1972-After completing his tour of duty with the military, Conklin became a member of the South Plainfield Police Department on November 13, 1967. On January 21, . . . — — Map (db m93976) HM
The first European settlers in this area were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers), who came from the regions around the cities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen in Scotland. Encouraged by the East Jersey Board of Proprietors, they made their homes . . . — — Map (db m93984) HM
Site of an early colonial burial ground associated with the hamlet of Samptown. This place was chosen by local Baptists to be the location of the meeting house of the newly formed Samptown Baptist Church in 1792.
The first church building was . . . — — Map (db m93988) HM WM
Dedicated to the memory of South River's first and second graduates of the US Naval Academy
Classes of 1953 & 1957
Commander Leo J Cannon USNR Ret
Major Matthew M Cannon USAF Ret
who resided on this site. — — Map (db m95751) HM WM
In memory of all those
of
South River, N.J.
who served in the spirit of self sacrifice
enrolled themselves in
the service of their country
1914 • World War • 1919
Died in Service
Wislently Boncarewicz • Conrad Schmitt • Frank . . . — — Map (db m5194) WM
A grateful community holds these names in honored memory. They gave their lives in World War II and the Korean War for our way of life. Grant them Eternal Rest.
World War II
Charles Anasiewicz •
Milton Armstrong •
Stephen E. Balazs • . . . — — Map (db m5344) WM
General George Washington from his field headquarters here in Spotswood, New Jersey signed the order to Court Martial General Charles Lee for failure to obey orders at the Battle of Monmouth.
June 28, 1778 — — Map (db m167186) HM