There is a sign on River Road, Franklin Township, that marks a Smoke House dated 1789! And indeed, there is one right there. It is a small stone smoke house, roughly 6'x6', in a field near the South Branch of the Raritan River. Preservation was apparently a project of the Eagle Scouts, as noted on …
Franklin Township Summer Kitchen and Smoke House
Today's search for vintage outbuildings takes me to the NJ Ag Experimental Station, Rutgers University. I had long noticed the stone building not far from the road. It is large, 1.5 stories tall and apparently in excellent condition from what I could see from the road. With permission, I photographed the building, inside and outside. …
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Raritan Township Summer Kitchen and Smoke House
On a sunny Sunday morning, I was a guest at an amazing Angus farm in Raritan Township. Far off the road, the property is a sprawling River-Friendly working farm with a beautiful historic stone house with several impressive stone outbuildings. The property is included in the township Historic Site Survey of the 1970s. The owners …
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Franklin Township Outbuildings
I have a list of historic outbuildings in Franklin Township NJ, Hunterdon County, given to me by a generous local historian but have not had the opportunity to scout the locations for imaging all of the sites. This is due to bad weather - mostly rainy weekends! But I have recently added to my photo …
Raritan Township Combination Outbuilding
I drive along Route 31 in Hunterdon County often, daily, in fact, for many years now. Never have I noticed a spring house or any historic outbuilding along the highway. This weekend, however, my husband pointed one out to me! And several other buildings as well. I pulled up to the spot as close as …
Raritan Township Outbuildings
There is a property in Raritan Township of Hunterdon County NJ that always catches my eye. Many times in all kinds of weather, I just have to stop and gaze at the beautiful barn and landscape, much to the chagrin to the motorists behind me. I noticed that there were several outbuildings hidden by trees …
My Photo Essay of Hunterdon County
I noticed my first spring house (photos above and below) in Delaware Township about 8-9 years ago. It is on a small narrow country lane, one that I drove down every day for several years on the way to work in our lab/offices in Rosemont, NJ. I never noticed it until one day there was …
