Excavations in 2023 at the Coffee House in the Madisonville section of Bernards Township uncovered stone walls, which may be foundations from earlier structures. Parts of the Coffee House, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, are thought to date from the 1780s or before and may have been moved to their current
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Basking Ridge Fire Company No. 1 hosted its annual carnival Aug. 6-7, 1915 and used a real picture postcard to advertise the event. The Moline fire engine, shown here in front of the old Maple Avenue school (now Bernards Township Library), was purchased in 1911.
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On June 26, 1944, architect Peter P. Dupay (1900-1985) obtained a building permit for an addition to a residence on Sixth Street in Basking Ridge.[1] But where was Sixth Street? And if Basking Ridge had a Sixth Street, where were First through Fifth? The answer is provided by an 1891 map[2] showing what was called
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Just off Pond Hill Road in Bernards Township, NJ, is a lonely monument dedicated to the memory of Frederick W. Schmidt (1865-1926) who owned the nearby Millington Quarry (opened 1895). In 1966, his heirs and the quarry donated 15 acres of land along the Passaic River, which is now Schmidt Park, and erected the monument.
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An early picture postcard of the railroad trestle between Millington and Lyons addressed to Mrs. John Boyle in Liberty Corner. The card has an undivided back which indicates it was printed before 1907, when the post office allowed a divider to separate a message from the address. Mrs. John Boyle was Lydia Annin Boyle (1827-1907),
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Mount Vernon was the name of an area in northern Bernards Township (now the Borough of Bernardsville, NJ). It stretched from Lloyd Road, where there was a little settlement at the junction of Hardscrabble Road, north to the Mendham border. In the 1840s, a school called Mount Vernon School was built on the north side
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Mount Airy Road at intersection of Lake Road, looking north toward Whitenack Road. Prior to Interstate 287 which opened in 1966, Mount Airy was a country road. Photo by Norman Hankinson, c.1955.
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In 1907, the Basking Ridge Free Public Circulating Library, forerunner of the present Bernards Township Library, was located at 25 South Finley in the Ira Pruden house, now home to Ridge Italian Comfort Food restaurant. A bowling alley in the basement generated income to cover library expenses. Prior to that, the Christopher Barkalow House, 31
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The intersection of Pill Hill Road and Mount Airy was once called Oak Stump Corner and has a rich history. [1] On the northwest corner in Bernardsville was the long-time home of the H. W. Alward construction company. Founded by Henry W. Alward (1905-1971), the company provided employment for many in the area, and its
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Read about Reuben Freeman, a 19th-century African-American resident of Liberty Corner in the May 2024 issue of Inside the Brick Academy, the THSSH newsletter. Born free of slave parents, Reuben was required by law to serve the Annin family for 25 years. Click the link below and scroll to Page 3 to read full article.
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