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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UDE_the-water-works-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
For many years the people in and around what was to become Blairstown relied on streams, springs, and hand dug wells as a source of water. That was all going to change. With an ever increasing population of people, cattle, and other domestic stock…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UDD_branigans-pharmacy-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
Blairstown had a doctor but no place in town to purchase prescriptions on a regular basis. In 1872, Daniel Shoemaker, a druggist from Belvidere, started supplying the needs of the people for medical supplies on an irregular basis and in 1876 moved…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UDC_roys-hall-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
The year 1913 was another special one for Blairstown as it witnessed the opening of a theatre. On April 2,1913 Robert Roy and Raymond Smith opened a community hall and theatre named Roy's Hall. The first floor was utilized for dances and similar a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UDB_blairstown-historic-district-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
Blairstown Historic District Incorporated 1845 Early Trading and Commerce Settlement Formerly Known As Smith's Mills 1780 Butts Bridge 1785 Gravel Hill 1825 Blairstown 1839 New Jersey and National Designation 2007
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UC5_first-presbyterian-church-of-blairstown-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
In March of 1839, the citizens of Blairstown (then Gravel Hill) and vicinity convened for the purpose of electing trustees of a Presbyterian church. John I. Blair was made chairman and Dr. John Albright secretary. Prior to this meeting, the practi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UC4_simeon-cook-residence-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
Built prior to 1819, the residence before you is recognized to be the oldest homestead in the village of Blairstown. The longest continuous residents of this place were the Simeon Cooke family who lived here from the mid 1850s until 1927. Mr. Cook…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UC3_dr-john-c-johnson-residence-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
This center-hall Colonial, constructed circa 1850, was the home of Dr. John Couse Johnson and his family. Dr. Johnson was born on October 21, 1828, in Wantage Township, New Jersey. He received his degree in 1850 at the New York College of Physicia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UC2_flatiron-building-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
Early history describes this building as a single structure, which when researched proves to not be entirely accurate. The structure is comprised of two separate entities joined together circa 1889. The first of these, the small rear two-story sec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UC1_the-mill-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
Built in 1818 by William Hankinson the mill is a stone replacement for the Smith's Mills, a grist and a saw mill, built by Benjamin Smith, ca. 1760. Smith's Mills was also the first name of the Village. When Hankinson erected the stone mill traces…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UC0_the-rainbow-confectionery-historical_Blairstown-NJ.html
This building was first known as the Bunnell building, built in the early-to-mid 1870s serving as a confectionery, ice cream and variety shop during most of its years. By 1877, Leslie Bunnell sold his business of dispensing fine French chocolates,…
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