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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NX4_salem-county-office-building_Salem-NJ.html
1798 Small brick building for County Clerk. 1804 Surrogate's addition built on northeast side. 1850 Design for new building by Philadelphia architect Gordon Parker Cummings. 1853 County Clerk & Surrogate building completion 36 x 48 Evidence of two…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NX3_old-courthouse_Salem-NJ.html
1692 First Courthouse probably of logs. 1706 Earliest Court minutes known. 1735 Second Courthouse built facing Market Street. 1817 Courthouse expanded for $772,582. 1819 Election defeated moving County seat. 1908 Main entrance added facing Broadway
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NVL_old-pittsgrove-presbyterian-church_Elmer-NJ.html
Formally organized in 1741, through services had been held as early as 1720. The old church was built in 1767. School here came to be called "Pittsgrove College", because of number of students prepared for college by the ministers.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NVJ_pittsgrove-church_Elmer-NJ.html
Founded in 1741, first Presbyterian Church in present Salem County. Its boarding school was important in the 1780's.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NVI_new-johnson-hall_Salem-NJ.html
Built in 1806, was the residence of Col. Robert Gibbon Johnson, historian, agriculturist and champion of "New Jersey tomatoes."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AVW_finns-point_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Near Here300 years ago and later lived the first colony of settlers of Finnish blood upon this continentTo their memory and to the love of freedom and justice that they handed down to their descendants this tablet is erectedJune 30, 1938________Ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18D4_finns-point-rear-range-light_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
The Finns Point Range lights served as a point of entry and exit for maritime traffic between the Delaware Bay and River. In 1950, after the Army Corps of Engineers dredged the channel to 800 feet wide and 40 feet deep, the Finns Point Rangelights…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18D3_finns-point-rear-range-lighthouse_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Property of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Guided ships through the upper Delaware Bay from April 2, 1877 to March 22, 1950. Through the efforts of private citizens coordinated by the "Save the Lighthouse Committee," the 115-foot iron tower w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13JK_pole-tavern-cannon_Elmer-NJ.html
The Cannon Il Lugano which was forged in Naples in 1763 weighs 800 Pounds. Il Lugano was used in battle against the Austrians. Napoleon who visited Italy once in 1796 and again in 1800 dragged the cannon over the Alps and Eventually back to France…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10P3_gettysburg-address_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Address by President Lincolnat the dedication ofthe Gettysburg National CemeteryNovember 19, 1863.? ? ? Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the propositio…