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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DHF_colonia-memorials-a-war-memorial_Woodbridge-Township-NJ.html
Colonia Memorials. . Colonia Memorial . In honor of those who from Colonia have served their country . Historic Memorial Triangle Park . 1950 . . In honor of the brave men and women who lost their lives in the service of their country. Korea …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DHE_colonia-triangle_Woodbridge-Township-NJ.html
Colonia Triangle. . . Site of Jones sawmill . Grist mill built 1682 by Jonathan Bishop . Library built 1939, bricks from Savage estate. . Colonia town meeting place
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CKF_st-james-roman-catholic-parish_Woodbridge-Township-NJ.html
St. James Roman Catholic Parish . First mass, 1683 . School opened, 1890 . Church relocated from Upper Main Street, 1924 . New church dedicated, 1968 .
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CJQ_devonshire_Woodbridge-Township-NJ.html
Devonshire . Family home of Will & Eva Rollinson . Farm until 1923 . Social center for "The Colony" . Restored 2013 . 1917 .
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C6C_adath-israel-synagogue_Woodbridge-Township-NJ.html
Adath Israel Synagogue
Congregation Adath Israel Synagogue served Woodbridge's Jewish community from 1907 until its 2006 merger with Congregation Neve Shalom of Metuchen. The Conservative congregation first High Holy Days services were celebrated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-999b7_perth-amboy-totenville-ferry-slip_Perth-Amboy-NJ.html
The site of ferry service to Staten Island from colonial times to 1963
Restored to the 1904 period in 1998
Joseph Vas, Mayor
City Council
Peter J. Jimenez, president
Joseph Misewicz Robert J. Sgromolo Frank M. Sinatra David A. Szalagyi
Ela…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZEE_the-historic-community-of-raritan-landing_Piscataway-Township-NJ.html
A small port town called Raritan Landing thrived here between 1710 and 1870. Centered on the intersection of River Road and Landing Lane, Raritan Landing grew to include approximately 100 people and some 70 structures by the 1740s.During the Revol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VHB_selman-waksman-and-antibiotics-historical_New-Brunswick-NJ.html
Martin Hall
Cook College
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
1936-1952
Here, in Martin Hall, Selman A. Waksman and his students isolated antibiotics produced by actinomycetes, most notably streptomycin, the first effective pharma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VHA_milestones-in-microbiology-historical_New-Brunswick-NJ.html
In 1901, Edward B. Vorhees established here the country's first academic Department of Soil Chemistry and Bacteriology. Early studies by Jacob Lipman, Selman Waksman, Robert Starkey, and René Dubos explored microbial roles in the nitrogen c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T8E_the-appleby-devoe-memorial-library-historical_East-Brunswick-NJ.html
Built on an indian camping ground, this library faces the route of America's first steam train.
Across the river, stage coaches once plied their way from South Amboy to Burlington. In 1778 Washington's troops passed near the library site on the…