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Post by stffgpr2003 on Jun 7, 2007 14:01:07 GMT -5
FREEHOLD BOROUGH HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION PRESENTS A TOUR OF HISTORIC FREEHOLD The Freehold Historic Preservation Commission will be offering a Tour of Historic Freehold on June 23, 2007. The tour coincides with the Battle of Monmouth Reenactment at nearby Battlefield Park. The tour will begin from the Monmouth County Historical Association located at 70 Court Street, Freehold. There will be up to 3 tours offered, space available, each lasting approximately 90 minutes. The first tour will depart from the Monmouth County Historical Association at 10:30 am. Depending on demand, a second tour will depart at 12:30 pm and a third tour at 2:30 pm will be available. Kevin Coyne, Freehold Borough Historian, will be your guide on each bus tour. Kevin has written several books, his most recent is Marching Home: To War and Back With the Men of One American Town, which is the story of six local Freehold WWII veterans. The bus will pass several points of historical interest in town, and you will be given time to visit a few of the stops. The tour will begin at the Monmouth County Historical Association, and the first stop will be the Monmouth County Courthouse and Columbia Monument. The bus will head past the Court Street School, www.njht.org/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/courtstreetschool.html The bus will take you through several residential neighborhoods, pointing out the different architectural styles found in Freehold; Victorian, Arts and Crafts, bungalow, Sears Cartalog Houses, Colonial Revival. The bus will take you by the Bruce Springsteen boyhood house, the Central Railroad Station and the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, both built in the 19th century. The A&M Karagheusian Rug Mill site will be passed with a description of the manufacturing hub once present in Freehold. The next stop where you can disembark the bus is the Covenhoven House, built 1752-3 which served as headquarters for British General Sir Henry Clinton before the Battle of Monmouth in 1778. ts.rtvpix.com/tour/SC/tour.view.php?utl=SC-1071-XGCW84-01Next, the tour will next take you to Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church, www.njht.org/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/stpetersepiscopalchurch.html which served as a hospital during the Battle of Monmouth in 1778. You can get off the bus to tour the church. From Saint Peter’s, the tour group will move to the Metx Bicycle Museum, www.metzbicyclemuseum.com , and the Grape Beginnings Wine School, www.grapebeginningswineschool.com where participants may enjoy wine tasting. Ticket holders will receive discounted coupons at participating downtown restaurants for the entire weekend. Tickets are $12.00 each and are on sale at the Freehold Borough Hall, 51 West Main Street, Freehold. 8:30 – 4:30 Monday till Friday. For further question please call Mark Skesavage at 732-845-9661. |
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Post by admin on Jun 13, 2007 4:55:08 GMT -5
newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2007/0613/Front_Page/029.htmlTour to visit Freehold's popular & historic sites BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD - History buffs can take advantage of an opportunity to see Freehold Borough's history up close and personal on June 23 when the first Historic Borough Bus Tour is held. The tour, sponsored by the Freehold Borough Historic Preservation Commis-sion, will offer up to three 90-minute tours on a bus that will pass points of historical interest in the borough. The tour was organized by Mark Skesavage, who serves the commission as secretary; Dave Loring, vice chairman of the commission; Dick Dalik; and Kevin Coyne, who is the borough's historian. According to Skesavage, highlights of the bus tour include the Metz Bicycle Museum, Grape Beginnings Wine School, the Covenhoven House, St. Peter's Epis-copal Church, the Court Street School, the former A&M Karagheusian rug mill and the Central Railroad Station. And what tour of Freehold Borough would be complete without a visit to the childhood home of the town's most famous native son, Bruce Springsteen, on the roster? Springsteen's former home on Institute Street is also on the tour. The first tour will start at 10:30 a.m. and, according to Skesavage, depending on demand, a second tour will depart at 12:30 p.m. and a third at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 each and are on sale at borough hall, West Main Street. Included in the price of a ticket are coupons for discounted meals at the Court Jester, Federici's and El Meson. Participants will be given an opportunity to get off (change) the bus and spend time visiting the Covenhoven House, where they can walk around and see life as it was lived in one of the few remaining local structures that predate the Revolutionary War. The Metz Bicycle Museum houses one of the world's greatest bicycle collections, according to Coyne, and participants will have a chance to examine them. Guests will have an opportunity to sample homemade wine at Grape Beginnings Wine School, which is next door to the bicycle museum. Coyne, who will be the tour guide, will describe the unique architectural details and styles of some of the beautiful historic homes in the borough. He will also offer information about the history of certain homes and the people who made their home in those houses years ago. Tourists will see various styles of homes, including bungalows and Sears, Roebuck homes, which according to Skesavage were popular between 1908 and 1940. Skesavage explained that many people ordered their home from a Sears, Roebuck catalog. "The homes were complete and they had everything in them. They would be delivered in boxes with hundreds of pieces by train and then unloaded. Purchasers just needed to hire a carpenter to put it all together," he said. For tickets, call Mark Skesavage at (732) 845-9661.
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Post by leelye on Jun 13, 2007 6:10:22 GMT -5
"And what tour of Freehold Borough would be complete without a visit to the childhood home of the town's most famous native son, Bruce Springsteen, on the roster? Springsteen's former home on Institute Street is also on the tour."
Not to mention Foodtown's Finest AKA The Shopping Cart !! LOL
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Post by leelye on Jun 13, 2007 6:12:33 GMT -5
"Tourists will see various styles of homes, including bungalows and Sears, Roebuck homes, which according to Skesavage were popular between 1908 and 1940. Skesavage explained that many people ordered their home from a Sears, Roebuck catalog." Seriously though....where are the Sears and Roebuck homes in the Borough?  |
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Post by Freehold Resident on Jun 13, 2007 8:34:42 GMT -5
Aisle 6, just past the Craftsman tools, on your left.
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Jun 13, 2007 8:55:19 GMT -5
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Jun 13, 2007 9:02:00 GMT -5
NT dated June 14th '06....
Historic homes can reveal stories of former owners
Freehold Borough residents encouraged to research residences
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO
Staff Writer
PHOTOS BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Derek and Dorothy Munnery, of Schanck Street, Freehold, look through the 1873 Monmouth County Atlas during a presentation on historic home research.
FREEHOLD - It's hard to value something when you don't really know what it is. These words were the subject of a presentation at the Carnegie Library, East Main Street, on June 7.
Learning the value and significance of the homes they live in brought a group of people to the library to listen to Wayne Mason, a member of the borough's Historic Preservation Advisory Committee.
Mason and his wife, Cheryl Wolf, held a workshop to help residents who live in some of Freehold's older homes research the history of their homes. Looking back at the lives of the people who made their homes in the same residence many years ago is interesting work and turns up more than a few really neat facts, according to Mason.
The Historic Preservation Advisory Committee created what is being called a house marker program. The idea of the program is to show pride in one's home and to encourage residents to research their home's history. The markers are carved wooden plaques which display the name of the home and the date it was built.
The 1873 Atlas of Monmouth County by F.W. Beers has been cited as a resource for people who want to explore the history of their homes.
The plaque was designed by local artist and borough resident Leslie Daley. The focal point of the plaque is the striking rendering of the clock tower atop the Monmouth County Hall of Records, West Main Street.
The people who attended the June 7 presentation received information that may make their research more fruitful and hopefully less frustrating.
Mason said a home must be more than 50 years old to qualify for the house marker program.
Committee members are hoping more residents will join the effort to recognize and celebrate the rich collection of old and distinctive buildings in the borough.
"They don't build them like they used to and we must hang on to what we have and make an effort to keep the best of the past," Mason said, explaining that part of the committee's mission is to educate the public. "The program will highlight older homes. "You (the residents) will learn about your house and you'll have a permanent record of your home for anyone who might own your home in the future."
The Freehold Borough Historic Preservation Advisory Committee will present a commemorative marker to residents who research their home and provide information about the structure to the advisory committee.
Committee member David Loring lives on Yard Avenue and was one of the first borough residents to acquire a house marker plaque. He shared some tips and information to make the process easier. Loring said he used copies of old maps. He found his original landowner on the Atlas of Monmouth County, New Jersey, dated 1873.
He began his research in the Monmouth County Clerk's Office where he tracked the deeds to his home. He told attendees that computers have made the search much easier and less time consuming - at least in the beginning of the process, until it is time to go back many decades when deeds and important documents were written by hand in ledgers.
One thing Loring learned about his home was that it had been sold in a sheriff's sale in 1944 for $1,000. He said he wished he had been around to buy it then.
"The Monmouth County Historical Association library and archives on Court Street also has many amazing documents and photos, too," Loring explained. "You may find many things belonging to those who once lived in your house. If you live in an older house, there is probably something in that museum from your house."
Wolf shared research she conducted about the house she and Mason bought on Manalapan Avenue in 1994. She learned that the home had been owned by the Musgrave family for many years. The Musgrave family, a noted family in Freehold, was only the third family to live in the house. Mason said that years ago family members either sold or gave their homes to family members.
She discovered that Ralph Musgrave had been to Antarctica in 1947 when he was in the service.
"How many people at that time had done that?" Mason said.
Tracking further back, Wolf learned that in 1900, according to the census, Forrest Treat, who worked in the shirt factory in town, lived in the home with his wife and their six children.
"He worked in the shirt factory, then moved up, opened a dry goods store and then ended up a shoe salesman," Wolf said.
"It's kind of cool," Mason added. "We have found many interesting facts and information during our research."
The couple narrowed their search to when the house was built to somewhere between 1889 and 1900.
Mason advised his research "students" to consult "A Field Guide to American Houses," which discusses the architectural style of homes and their time periods. He encouraged the attendees to use the book to find their home style and use that as a starting point for their research.
The style and design of a home, the materials used to build it, the type of roof and the design of a chimney are among the details that are helpful in the search for answers, Mason said.
Homeowners who apply for the house marker program are asked to complete an application and provide certain information about their homes. For more information about the house marker program, residents may call Borough Hall at (732) 462-1410
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Jun 13, 2007 9:14:20 GMT -5
Hepburn House A Historical Perspective… The Hepburn House was built by Dr. William Hepburn, a respected physician in the Freehold area, who served on the Township Commission from the late 1800's to the 1900's, and was involved with most of the progressive ventures of the time including the purchase of land for the Carnegie Library. He was an associate and the physician for Governor Joel Parker after the Civil War. The house served as Dr. Hepburn's medical office and home. It was built in the Queen Anne Style with a large polygonal porch, varied styles and sizes of windows, with stained and leaded glass, turned posts, projecting front gable with oriel window and undulating cedar shakes. Many of the rooms have spectacular inlaid parquet floors in varied patterns and woods. |
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Post by fiberisgoodforyou on Jun 13, 2007 9:24:08 GMT -5
The Small Freehold.—In the upland regions of the South, however, and throughout most of the North, the drift was against all forms of servitude and tenantry and in the direction of the freehold; that is, the small farm owned outright and tilled by the possessor and his family. This was favored by natural circumstances and the spirit of the immigrants. For one thing, the abundance of land and the scarcity of labor made it impossible for the companies, the proprietors, or the crown to develop over the whole continent a network of vast estates. In many sections, particularly in New England, the climate, the stony soil, the hills, and the narrow valleys conspired to keep the farms within a moderate compass. For another thing, the English, Scotch-Irish, and German peasants, even if they had been tenants in the Old World, did not propose to accept permanent dependency of any kind in the New. If they could not get freeholds, they would not settle at all; thus they forced proprietors and companies to bid for their enterprise by selling land in small lots. So it happened that the freehold of modest proportions became the cherished unit of American farmers. The people who tilled the farms were drawn from every quarter of western Europe; but the freehold system gave a uniform cast to their economic and social life in America.
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Post by admin on Jun 13, 2007 17:21:58 GMT -5
I moved this thread where I feel it rightfully belongs-- with the Historic Preservation Commission's thread. I know they have been working on this for some time and they had planned on having this during this summer. It is really good, and a credit to them, that this tour is on schedule. When I went to a meeting many months ago ( I need to go to more), they were talking about this then. I moved this thread to acknowledge the hard work that this new commission is doing for our town.
I wish this tour the best success and I hope many of this site's readers will go on the tour.
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Post by admin on Jun 23, 2007 16:37:30 GMT -5
The wife and I had the pleasure of being on the very first tour this morning which had a full bus load of people. It was well worth the money spent.
The Historic Preservation Commission did an outstanding job of putting this event together. Kevin Coyne, the Boro Historian, did most of the talking and he did very well.
For any of you who missed the tour this year, keep it in mind for next year. It is well worth it.
[glow=red,2,300]To leelye, not a shopping cart in sight! [/glow] ;D
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Post by leelye on Jun 23, 2007 19:04:55 GMT -5
The wife and I had the pleasure of being on the very first tour this morning which had a full bus load of people. It was well worth the money spent. The Historic Preservation Commission did an outstanding job of putting this event together. Kevin Coyne, the Boro Historian, did most of the talking and he did very well. For any of you who missed the tour this year, keep it in mind for next year. It is well worth it. [glow=red,2,300]To leelye, not a shopping cart in sight! [/glow] ;D Thanks Brian, Maybe they should think about doing horse and buggy tours !! I think they've done them before ?? As for the shopping carts, let's hope it stays that way !!  Leelye |
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Post by Marc LeVine on Jun 25, 2007 8:39:12 GMT -5
Yes...the short staffed Commission did one hell of a job!
Congratulations!
Marc
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