<h1>Little Rocky Hill, South Brunswick, and Franklin Townships. A Summary.</h1>
Notable history of school, A.M.E. church, Frank Ragany, and 1937 property map.
Ceil Leedom
300 dpi pdf of letter size paper research documents
<h1>Little Rocky Hill News Clippings</h1>
Collection of articles pertaining to person, places, and events pertaining to Little Rocky Hill
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<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">At 63</span>, Local woman, pageant beauty. Article about Dequilla Pritchett, of Kingston talks of her second runner up win in the Ms. New Jersey Golden Girl Pageant.</li>
<li>Sheriff Sale of Property of Ishmael and Elizabeth Berry, circa 1853, of Little Rocky Hill.</li>
<li>1960 South Brunswick Resolution for Liquor Licenses.</li>
<li>Storm Prevents Serious Fire Following Gas Pipeline Blast. Date unknown.</li>
<li> 1953 Kingston Fire Truck - Playing ROle of Water Wagon - Greeted With Gratitude by Water-Starved Little Rocky Hill Residents.</li>
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Ceil Leedom
300 dpi digital scans of letter and legal size paper copies in pdf format
Little Rocky Hill, New Jersey
Little Rocky Hill, Mount Zion AME Church, Lenape
Ceil Leedom, Douglas Miller
khsnj.org
2019
pdf
The Road to Monmouth Battlefield Project
The Continental Army from Lambertville, New Jersey to
Englishtown, New Jersey on June 21 - 28, 1778
These pages describe the route of the Continental Army from Lambertville, New Jersey to
Englishtown, New Jersey on June 21 - 28, 1778
The project seeks to review all historical data relating to the march of 11,000 troops across the state, in
preparation for the 225th anniversary of the event.
The project was inspired by the work of Garry Wheeler Stone, PhD, who researched the general route,
and got me interested
Charles Dieterich
February, 2020
pdf
Morning Gathering at Kingston Deli
Breakfast group, July 21, 2021 Gordon, Karl, John, and Bob
Charles Dieterich
20210721
JPG, 3264x1836
Still Image
Brooks Manor Hotel and Grill undated menu
Brooks Manor, Main Street, Kingston, NJ
Scan of a menu from the 1930s or 40s for Brooks Manor, a hotel which became Good Time Charley's and then Charlie Browns, and then Palace of Asia (2022)
Charlie Dieterich
Sharon O'Donnell Hansen
early to mid twentieth century
text
Brooks Manor Menu scanned 11/22
Union Line Hotel undated menu
Taverns, Inns, Hotels and Restaurants of Kingston, New Jersey
A booklet menu for the Union Line Hotel in Kingston, New Jersey.
Charlie Dieterich
Sharon O'Donnell Hansen
D and R Canal Drawings and Map 2022-2023
Mechanical drawings of Canal and Map of area
Photos of Displays in Kingston Lock Tenders House 2022 on canal side wall.
Drawings printed from Library of Congress collection
Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, and Canvass White. Delaware & Raritan Canal, Drawbridge, Lock & Tollhouse, Delaware & Raritan Canal, Heathcote, Middlesex County, NJ. New Jersey Heathcote Kingston Middlesex Middlesex County, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/nj0579/.
<h3>Stryker Family, 1930's, Kingston, New Jersey</h3>
A video produced by Gerald Stryker from the Kingston Historical Society's Archives
Digitization of DVD in KHSNJ Library
Gerald Stryker
DVD
1930
DVD
Old Kingston Photographs
Several years ago I met the grandson of the builder of 9 Euclid Av, he was burying his mother’s ashes, in Kingston’s Presbyterian Cemetery. After leaving cemetery, he drove to Euclid Av just looking from his car. I was working outside and asked if he needed help, so we met and exchanged email adrs.
Rick Houck lives in Delaware & has been having some health issues… but he occasionally sends emails. His GF Ernest Stout was a local builder; he built 9 Euclid for his in-laws… the Okesons. 60 years later, Marcia and I bought 9 Euclid from the Okeson’s daughters. Rick used to visit his maternal greatgrandparents at 9 Euclid and had fond memories there.
Yesterday Rick sent 3 pictures relating to Stouts & Okesons. I offer them below, in the same resolution offered to me… w/o any cropping or enhancement.
1st, the Okeson farm on Ridge Rd. I wasn’t aware of this, but appears Charles & Elizabeth(?) Okeson, were quite successful farmers… the house is so nice! Rick offered, It's on the heavily treed section near Rt 1 & it was his GreatGrandfather Okeson's farm. Rick’s GM Bethenia Stout grew up there, as well as Viola… the Okeson’s two daughters.
2nd pix 9 Euclid ca.WW-II (I’ve dated the rear of the car… left edge of pix, a 1940 Plymouth). Rick explicitly said, it was their “retirement” home, built 1914. Viola never married, she lived there 60 years… first with her parents… then by herself (tho she did have boarder there, at least at one period of time).
In the pix you can already see a few missing slates on the roof. The roof ‘died’ because steel nails (not copper!) were used during WW-I. When one nail-pair rusts out the slate slides down… then slates below fail.
When we bought Euclid, there were dozens of missing slates, with resulting leaks! Having a new roof put on was the first thing we had done -I deemed continuing damage was killing the house. (I ‘hated’ throwing away all that red Vermont slate but didn’t have luxury of time to dwell on, eg, carefully stripping all the slate, using what was left that was good on front, & doing rear in asphalt shingles. [sigh]
The 3rd is the Stout house on Main St, right behind 9 Euclid. This appears to be the present “Kingston Wellness” building. I presume (but don’t know), the Stouts ran their business from this house.
Jeremy Pollack