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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QN8_smithville-lower-village_Eastampton-Township-NJ.html
H.B. Smith's machinery warehouse was the largest structure in the lower village. It stood across the main road from the Smithville railroad station. The construction of new houses on Forest Avenue in the lower village took place in 1886. These ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QN7_smithville-historic-district_Eastampton-Township-NJ.html
A model industrial village was built here for the H.B. Smith Machine Company.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QN6_historic-smithville-park_Eastampton-Township-NJ.html
Village on the Rancocas CreekThe industrial history of this site goes back to the days of the early colonists who set up sawmills and gristmills, harnessing the natural power of the Rancocas Creek. In the 1830s, the Shreve Brothers, Jonathan and S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QN5_an-industrial-village_Eastampton-Township-NJ.html
H.B. Smith purchased the old village of Shreveville in 1865 and renamed it "Smithville." The map of Shreveville, which accompanied the notice of sale, depicts three rows of houses. Shortly after Smith purchased the property, he razed the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NV2_home-of-col-joseph-borden-2nd_Bordentown-NJ.html
Home of Col. Joseph Borden 2nd. Son of the founder of Bordentown. Patriot, Statesman, Soldier, Judge. Restored after burning by the British 1778.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NV1_patience-lowell-wright_Bordentown-NJ.html
Patience Lovell Wright was America's first professional sculptor and a self-appointed Revolutionary War spy. A native of Bordentown, she lived in this house after her marriage to Joseph Wright in 1748. She learned from her sister, Rachel, how to s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NV0_bordentown-military-institute_Bordentown-NJ.html
Founded in 1881 "Rather Be Than Seem" dedicated 19 October 1996 by the BMT Alumni Association to the memory of the Cadets and Faculty of the Bordentown Military Institute which stood on the site from 1881 to 1972. BMT was an institutio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NUZ_bordentown-military-institute_Bordentown-NJ.html
(Top Panel) "Old Main" was the administrative and academic center of the Bordentown Military Institute, which stood on this site from 1881 to 1972. BMI and "Old Main" stood as a testimonial that God, duty, honor and country are…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IDS_history-millstone-park_Mount-Holly-NJ.html
1771 - 1822   -   Samuel Clark and Butler Atkinson                     Cabnet Makers1822 - 1829   -   Alexander A. Young                     Sold Tinwear and Stoves                        He also printed "C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IDR_john-woolmans-tailor-shop-2nd-friends-meeting-house_Mount-Holly-NJ.html
On this site stoodJohn Woolman's Tailor ShopHere he probably "tended shop andkept books" in 1740 when a lad of 20.He bought the property in 1747, anddeeded it to his mother,Elizabeth Woolman in 1753. ***************The secondFriends Meet…
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