At the Historic Courthouse on Main Street in Flemington, NJ, there is a collection of art works in oil, acrylic, pastel, oil pastels, watercolor, and photography of historic locations through Hunterdon County by members of Art Venture NJ. The closing reception will be on January 10, 2025 from 4 PM to 8 PM. All of …
2023 Paint en Plein Air and Photography Raritan Township NJ
Proud this year to have organized the Paint en Plein Air and Photography project of historic farmsteads and homesteads of Raritan Township NJ in celebration of the Township's 185th Anniversary. A collection of beautiful artworks and photographs by local artists was the product of this project. 2023 Raritan Township Calendars of the artwork from the artist participants …
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Carman Cemetery
Headstone of Elijah Carman at the new Open Space, Raritan Township, located at 52 Sergeantsville Road, Flemington, NJ. One of two Revolution war veterans buried at this site. Addition unmarked headstones lie in a row with the Carman headstone. The headstone of Jesse Pettit, also a Revolutionary War veteran. can be found a short distance …
April 12, 2023
Historic Outbuildings Throughout Hunterdon county, I frequently come across a striking property, sometimes closeby or in the distance. It is frequently a component of the messuage that takes my breath away. It never seems to matter the time of day or season of the year. The remembrances of the past, going back 2-3 centuries.
Historic Markers – Raritan Township
Spring 2022 – Update
I'm finishing up a book, rather, a photo journal, on root cellars in Hunterdon County. It has been a long, tedious exercise, full of ups and downs along the way. Now it is full of beautiful photographs of vintage structures. thanks to the property owners willing to share they historic outbuildings. I expect the final …
Franklin Township Smoke Houses
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 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 …
Springhouses in Hunterdon County 