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Historical Markers and War Memorials in New Brunswick, New Jersey
Location of New Brunswick, New Jersey
▶ Middlesex County (206) ▶ Mercer County (286) ▶ Monmouth County (241) ▶ Somerset County (159) ▶ Union County (112) ▶ Richmond County, New York (116)
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| Near Somerset Street at George Street. |
| | Here Early December 1776 Alexander Hamilton (Graduate of King’s College) with his Battery of horse artillery covered the ford of the Raritan delaying the advance of the British across the river while Washington withdrew through Princeton to . . . — — Map (db m10010) HM |
| On College Avenue at Somerset Street, on the right when traveling south on College Avenue. |
| | Rutgers The State University of New Jersey ---------- Alexander Johnston Hall 1830 ----------Alexander Johnston Hall, the second oldest building at Rutgers, was designed by Nicholas Wyckoff in 1830 to provide a home for the Rutgers Preparatory . . . — — Map (db m62727) HM |
| | Congregation Anshe Emeth was founded October 11, 1859. It was the first incorporated Jewish congregation in Middlesex County, and the fourth in New Jersey. The congregation, which followed American Reform liturgical practices, built New Brunswick’s . . . — — Map (db m94036) HM |
| | (Inscription on the grave marker is illigible)
(Bronze Tablet) In Memory of Brigadier General Anthony Walton White
An officer of the American Army of the Revolution. A member of General Washington’s staff. Washington, Lafayette, and Kosciuszko . . . — — Map (db m94019) WM |
| On George Street (County Route 672), on the left when traveling west. |
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Built about 1735 and occupied until 1774 by Anthony White whose wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis Morris, and whose son was General Anthony White.
Owned and occupied from 1774 by General William Burton of the British Army.
Owned by the . . . — — Map (db m8979) HM |
| | Buccleuch Mansion was built circa 1735-1739 by Anthony White for his bride Elizabeth, daughter of New Jersey Royal Governor Lewis Morris. Their son, Anthony Walton White, who was born and raised here, was an aide-de-camp to George Washington and an . . . — — Map (db m94010) HM |
| | Christ Church, founded in 1742, was entered onto the National Register of Historic Places in July 28, 1989. In 1776, the third public reading of the Declaration of Independence was made from the foot of the church tower. Funding for the Exterior . . . — — Map (db m94014) HM |
| | Christ Church Parish was organized in 1742 through the efforts of the Society for the Propacation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts-Samuel Seabury First Bishop in America 1754 Rector 1757-Abraham Beach active in the organization of the Episcopal Church . . . — — Map (db m94018) HM |
| On Somerset Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Gift of Class of 1924 in memory of Victor W. Simons, USNR August W. Lentz, Jr., USN Basil D. Gallagher, AUS died in World War II 1949 — — Map (db m62731) HM WM |
| On George Street south of Liberty Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here in 1791, at what was then the end of George Street, stood College Hall, the second home of Queen’s College, now Rutgers University. The first home of the college with its grammar school, 1771-1791, was at the north-east corner of Albany and . . . — — Map (db m62694) HM |
| On Easton Avenue at Park Blvd., on the right when traveling west on Easton Avenue. |
| | Howitzer taken from Cabanas Fortress Havana Harbor, Cuba 1898 — — Map (db m15769) HM |
| | Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
Daniel S. Schanck Observatory
1866
The Daniel S. Schanck Observatory, a two-story edifice which includes a revolving roof and a rear wing connected by a passageway, was . . . — — Map (db m10068) HM |
| Near Somerset Street at George Street. |
| | 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 |
| On Livingston Avenue at Morris Street, on the left when traveling south on Livingston Avenue. |
| | Built by Henry Guest, 1760, of local stone. Thomas Paine once stayed here briefly. Relocated in 1925, became Art Center in 1940. — — Map (db m8956) HM |
| Near Somerset Street near George Street. |
| | Kirkpatrick Chapel, designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh (great-great-grandson of the first president of Rutgers, also the architect of Geology Hall), was built as a chapel and library. The library was removed in 1903, thus increasing the seating . . . — — Map (db m10016) HM |
| On Landing Lane, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Erected by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Middlesex County
Michael Welsh Director
Geo H Blakeley Consulting Engineer
Penn Bridge Co
Builders Beaver Falls PA
Landing Lane Bridge is a three span, haunched deck girder structure. It . . . — — Map (db m109273) HM |
| | To the memory of the men of Rutgers College
Who fought for the cause of independence in the American Revolution
This tablet is placed by the
New Jersey Society
of the Sons of the American Revolution
on the 150th anniversary
(November 10, . . . — — Map (db m10071) HM |
| On Lipman Dr, on the left when traveling west. |
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In 1901, Edward B. Vorhees established here the country's first academic Department of Soil Chemistry and Bacteriology. Early studies by Jacob Lipman, Selman Waksman, Robert Starkey, and René Dubos explored microbial roles in the nitrogen cycle, . . . — — Map (db m99308) HM |
| On Albany Street (New Jersey Route 27) at Burnet Street (New Jersey Route 18), on the right when traveling west on Albany Street. |
| | Settlement begun about 1680 by Dutch and English received from George II city charter as New Brunswick in 1730. This highway was an Indian trail to the falls of the Delaware and the Minisink Trail to Navesink crossed it here. It became the Great . . . — — Map (db m62691) HM |
| On George Street at Liberty Street, on the right when traveling south on George Street. |
| | Erected by the people of New Brunswick in memory of the brave soldiers and sailors who fought in the defence of the Union during the War of the Rebellion Williamsburg • Antietam • Fredericksburg • New Bern • Atlanta • Gettysburg • Winchester • . . . — — Map (db m62714) WM |
| On Albany Street (New Jersey Route 27) at Neilson Street, on the left when traveling west on Albany Street. |
| | Under the rooftree of the Inn which occupied this site General Washington tarried when in New Brunswick ----- On the adjoining square upon the arrival of the express rider the Declaration of Independence was acclaimed by all loyal citizens on July . . . — — Map (db m8954) HM |
| On Easton Avenue at Park Blvd., on the right when traveling west on Easton Avenue. |
| | The city of New Brunswick, N.J. erects this memorial to her three sons who perished on the U.S.S. Maine February 15, 1898 in Havana Harbor, Cuba --------------- Frederick Lawrence Jernee William Henry Robinson John Henry Ziegler Back of . . . — — Map (db m15768) HM |
| On Albany Street at Easton Avenue on Albany Street. |
| | Date 1903
William H. Brown, Engineer
The New Jersey Railroad, chartered in 1832, was completed between Jersey City and New Brunswick in 1835. On January 2, 1836, the first train, a new locomotive named "The New Brunswick" traveled down from . . . — — Map (db m95769) HM |
| Near Somerset Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m62695) HM |
| On Seminary Place, on the right when traveling west. |
| | On this high ground the 7th Regiment of the British Army had its camp and a redoubt while General Howe and his troops occupied New Brunswick December 1, 1776 to June 22, 1777. At the edge of the hill above the river a battery of the American Army . . . — — Map (db m41468) HM |
| On George Street south of Liberty Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Honoring Middlesex County recipients of “The Purple Heart” our nation’s oldest military medal 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 . . . — — Map (db m62736) HM |
| On Somerset Street at George Street, on the right when traveling west on Somerset Street. |
| | Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
Queen’s Campus
1809
Queen’s College (now Rutgers University) opened for instruction in 1771 in a tavern known as “the Sign of the Red Lion” on the corner of . . . — — Map (db m10013) HM |
| On Somerset Street at College Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Somerset Street. |
| | Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
Queen’s Campus
1809
Queen’s College (now Rutgers University) opened for instruction in 1771 in a tavern known as “the Sign of the Red Lion” on the corner of . . . — — Map (db m10040) HM |
| | [Upper Right Hand Marker]:
“Expediens est seminaria verae
sophiae ericere”
XXX MAI MDCCLV
Queen’s College
Founded by Royal Charter 10, Nov. 1766
Fixed its third site by the erection of this . . . — — Map (db m10069) HM |
| On Albany Street (New Jersey Route 27) at Neilson Street, on the right when traveling east on Albany Street. |
| | “ Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty ” --------------- Marking the route taken by Washington from Philadelphia to Cambridge to assume command of the Patriot Army in 1775 --------------- Placed here by The New Jersey . . . — — Map (db m62692) HM |
| Near Somerset Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey --------------- In memory of the men and women of Rutgers who were innocent victims of the terrorist attcks September 11,2001 Paul A. Acquavina RC ’94 • Evan J. Baron NCAS ’81 • David O. Campbell RC . . . — — Map (db m62733) HM |
| On Lipman Dr, on the left when traveling west. |
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Martin Hall
Cook College
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
1936-1952
Here, in Martin Hall, Selman A. Waksman and his students isolated antibiotics produced by actinomycetes, most notably streptomycin, the first effective . . . — — Map (db m99305) HM |
| Near Livingston Avenue (County Route 171) south of Liberty Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | 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 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 |
| | The Raritan Indians lived in this valley. Indian trails from the Hudson to the Delaware and from the mountains to the sea crossed the river near here.
Henry Hudson discovered the Raritan in 1609 and the English settled at Piscataway in 1667. . . . — — Map (db m66977) 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 |
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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 |
| Near Hamilton Street near George Street. |
| | 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 |
| On Hamilton Street east of College Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| Near Somerset Street near College Street. |
| | 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 |
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