East Jersey Old Town Village (also spelled East Jersey Olde Towne Village) is an open-air museum located in Johnson Park in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Village is a collection of Raritan Valley area historic buildings and includes original, reconstructed, and replicated 18th and 19th century vernacular architecture typical of farm and merchant communities of Central Jersey.[1] It is home to a permanent exhibition about Raritan Landing, an 18th-century inland port once located just downstream on the river.[2] Since 1989, the Middlesex County Office of Arts and History has had responsibility for the village.[1]
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Village entrance sign in 2014 -
Courtyard view of the Smalleytown Schoolhouse and the Six Mile Run House
 Courtyard view of the Indian Queen Tavern, the New Brunswick Barracks, and the Runyon House | |
  Location within Middlesex County, New Jersey | |
| Location | 1050 River Road Piscataway, New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°30′50″N 74°28′36″W / 40.51389°N 74.47667°W |
Buildings and original location
edit| Name | Image | Date | Original location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church of the Three Mile Run | 
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1703 | New Brunswick | A 1970s replica of a no longer extant 1703 Dutch Reformed church. The "footprint" of the original building can be seen in the still existing cemetery (along with many early grave markers) in New Brunswick on Route 27 at Hampton Road.[3][4][5] |
| Jeremiah Dunn House | 
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c. 1750 | Piscataway[6] | Reconstruction |
| Pound House | 
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1743 | Piscataway[7][8] | Also known as the Fitzrandolph House. |
| Indian Queen Tavern | 
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ca 1729 | New Brunswick[9][10] | |
| New Brunswick Barracks | 
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1758 | New Brunswick | A 1970s replica of a portion of a 1758 military barracks located on George St in New Brunswick and destroyed by fire in 1796.[11] |
| Runyon House | 
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ca 1755 | Piscataway[12][13] | |
| Six Mile Run House | 
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c. 1760 | South Brunswick[14] | Moved from the Six Mile Run area in 1979. |
| Smalleytown Schoolhouse | 
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1803 | Warren Township | |
| Elias Vanderveer House | 
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c. 1745 | Pluckemin | Reconstruction.[15] |
| Farley Blacksmith Shop | 
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c. 1850 | New Brunswick[16] | |
| Williamson Wheelwright Shop | 
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18th century | North Brunswick[17] | |
| Runyon Wagon House | 
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c. 1840 | Piscataway |
See also
edit- List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
- Cornelius Low House
- Metlar-Bodine House
- Ephraim Fitz-Randolph House
- Road Up Raritan Historic District
- Monmouth County Historical Association
- Meadows Foundation (New Jersey)
- New Bridge Landing
- Six Mile Run
- Jacobus Vanderveer House - brother of Elias Vanderveer
References
edit- ^ a b "East Jersey Old Town Village". Middlesex County,NJ.
- ^ "Raritan Landing". Middlesex County. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Church of the Three Mile Run". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ "First Reformed Church of New Brunswick". First Reformed Church of New Brunswick. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ "First Reformed Church". New Jersey Churchscape. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
- ^ "Jeremiah Dunn House". Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ "Pound House". Middlesex County, NJ.
- ^ Dudley, William L. (March 29, 1929). "Friendly Families: The Fitz-Randolphs". The Story of the Friends in Plainfield Including A History of Early Quaker Families. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
Nathaniel Fitz Randolph was the oldest son of the largest and most influential family in this part of the colony before the Revolution. The founder of these distinguished people in America was Edward Fitz Randolph, of England, who came to America in 1630. Nathaniel, eldest of ten children, was born at Barnstable, Mass., in 1642. He and his immediate descendants were the only members of this prominent family belonging to the Friends. It is thought Nathaniel joined the Society at his marriage in 1662. After removal to the neighborhood of Woodbridge, N.J., Nathaniel filled all the local and county offices. In 1704 his house was opened for weekly meetings of the Friends. He died in 1713.
- ^ "Indian Queen Tavern". Middlesex County, NJ.
- ^ "Indian Queen Tavern" (PDF). Raritan Millstone Heritage Alliance.
- ^ "New Brunswick Barracks". Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ "Runyon House". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ "Runyon House". Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- ^ "Six Mile Run House". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ "The Vanderveer House". Middlesex County, NJ.
- ^ "Farley Blacksmith Shop". Middlesex County, NJ.
- ^ "Williamson Wheelwright Shop". Middlesex County, NJ.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Jersey Olde Towne Village.
- Official website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-458, "Jeremiah Dunn House", 4 photos, 10 measured drawings, 3 data pages, supplemental material
- HABS No. NJ-715, "Farley Blacksmith Shop", 7 photos, 4 data pages, supplemental material
- HABS No. NJ-875, "Indian Queen Tavern", 6 photos, 1 photo caption page
