Posts with the label Warren County
Port Murray has a post office that is . . . a trailer.
What is more interesting is what is behind the post office/trailer - an old caboose and abandoned train station.
No more! It is a lovely town with more Victorians per square mile than any other in New Jersey.
This week I will show you the town square and some interesting buildings that surround it. The photo at the top of this post is The Cummins Home, built in 1834 by John B. Maxwell, a Congressman and newspaper editor.
The town square is known as Garret D. Wall Park. It is a very pretty park and is surrounded by interesting homes and churches.
Located on a nearby street is the Shoe Tree Oak.
This tree is about 350 years old and about 15 feet around.
As the sign says:
Barefoot country folk sat under this tree to put on shoes before going to worship across the village green.
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| The First Presbyterian Church of Oxford at Hazen |
The First Presbyterian Church of Oxford at Hazen is located in the the historic Hazen section of White Township, just outside of Belvidere.
It is a small country church sitting on a knoll.
I love old churches with their old graveyards.
This church has a long history in Warren County. According to their website, which was adapted from Snell’s ‘History of Sussex and Warren Counties’:
This is one of the oldest churches in Presbytery of Newton. As early as 1739 there was occasional preaching in the bounds of the congregation. In 1744, Rev. James Campbell preached several times and baptized some children. The Rev. David Brain¬erd, Indian missionary, and Rev. Daniel Lawrence also preached sundry times till the year 1749. At that time the congregation unanimously put them¬selves under the care of the Presbytery of New Brunswick and made application for supplies, and have ever since considered themselves belonging to said Presbytery.
You can read more about the history of the church here.
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| The First Presbyterian Church of Oxford at Hazen |
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| The First Presbyterian Church of Oxford at Hazen |
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| The First Presbyterian Church of Oxford at Hazen |
