The THSSH Archives contain a wonderful record book from The Somerset Water Company with the original stock certificates issued by this early public utility and its successor, the Bedminster Water Company.  Seventy-six beautifully engraved certificates are filed alongside their issue stubs.  See certificates and catalog record including name index.  High-quality images are available on request. 

The house at 70 North Finley at the corner of Ridge Street in Basking Ridge has more history than most.  The 1873 Beers Atlas of Somerset County shows it belonged to D. A. Minard (Dayton A. Minard), an investor who owned lands near the new Basking Ridge railroad station. The Rev. Peter S. Dagnault, the

The team was formed in October 1938, largely from former or current Bernards High students from Bernardsville and Bedminster who wished to participate in organized hockey.  The club joined the New Jersey Hockey League which had teams from Lake Hopatcong, Mt. Tabor, Rockaway, Morristown, and Fairfield.  The Bernardsville club went 5-7 during the 1938-39 season. 

If you missed the recent March to Yorktown event at the Brick Academy, all is not lost.  The video of the July 6th panel discussion is now available at: Watch as historians Dr. Robb Haberman and Dr. Robert Selig describe the 700-mile trek of over 4,000 French soldiers from Newport, RI, to Yorktown, VA; their

Millionaires with mansions weren’t the only people who created postcards featuring their homes.  Frank and Myra Boppe of Basking Ridge had this colorful one made sometime around 1913.  The house was probably built around 1900 and is still standing at 36 North Maple Avenue. The Boppes bought the house and farm which they called “Glenside”

The non-stop traffic and the general hustle and bustle of modern life swirl around the small historic cemetery next to the Pluckemin Presbyterian Church. Most of us rush by in cars without taking any notice. But men, women and children who helped create and shape New Jersey and our country as a whole inhabit that

The Hillandale mansion was designed by architect Grosvenor Atterbury for George Rudolf Mosle and completed in 1906.  The main mansion measured 130 feet by 45 feet and was constructed of stone, brick and steel with a tile roof. Notice the “roof tree” on the ridge placed by workmen for good luck. The estate totaled 620

The Bernards Fife and Drum Corps, Bernardsville, NJ, was organized on July 16, 1906 and posed that year for this photo, possibly before a parade.  The date is supported by a note on the reverse by Edwin S. Spinning, fire company president, who also identified the building on the right as Bernardsville’s first firehouse.  The

Somerset County (NJ) opened the Lord Stirling Manor archaeological site to the public on Saturday, June 21. William Alexander (1725-1783), known as Lord Stirling, was an American general during the Revolutionary War and owned the large estate in Basking Ridge (along Lord Stirling Road).  The county is partnering with Monmouth University and Hunter Research to

New to our Online Collections are the local listings from the Somerset County (NJ) Firemen’s Association Directory for 1937. The members and officers from the following Somerset Hills volunteer fire companies have  been indexed: –Basking Ridge Fire Company–Bernardsville Fire Company–Union Hook & Ladder Company (now Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department)–Liberty Corner Fire Company–Peapack Valley Fire Company