Stillwater Township Sussex County NJ – 1872
Complied and Edited by: Edward A. Webb 1872 STILLWATER TOWNSHIPThis township is contiguous to Warren County, which forms it southern border. It is wedge-shaped, its apex pointing due north towards […]
Mary W. Dixon Library and Museum
Source: excerpts from a small booklet promoting the Mary W. Dixon Library and Museum. The booklet is circa 1979 MARY W. DIXONLIBRARY and. MUSEUM Many happy and busy hours were […]
Windfall Galvanizes Stillwater Historical Society
Veteran philanthropist of historic preservation, Ken Woodcock, has pledged a donation of $30,000 to the Historical Society of Stillwater Township (HSST) to be paid in three annual installments beginning in 2021. It is the largest financial commitment that the non-profit volunteer organization has received in its forty-year history.
Stillwater Parades Into Fall
The Historical Society of Stillwater Township invites everyone to celebrate fall at its 15th annual Fall Festival on Saturday, October 9, 2021.
Grist Mills in Stillwater and Fredon: A Survey (2007)
Grist Mills in Stillwater and Fredon: A Survey (2007) by Rob Jacoby I. Introduction Water-powered mills in rural areas were the catalyst for the industrial revolution in America, and they […]
Donation Covers a Range of Stillwater’s History
Donation Covers a Range of Stillwater’s History Dr. Edward Cosgrove, lifetime member of HSST, donated a large collection of Native American artifacts, Stillwater photos and vintage postcards to the Society. […]
Shafer Grist Mill History by Rob Jacoby
Shafer Grist Mill History by Rob Jacoby (2007) I. Property Description The Stillwater Grist Mill is a superlative example of 19th century American mill design and is an important representation […]
HSST Receives Three-Year Grant from Kenneth Woodcock
Remembering Trout Brook. When Ken Woodcock was seven years old, his father took him fishing on Trout Brook, a pristine stream traversing the property of family friends in Middleville. The child was mesmerized by this unfamiliar and dreamy world: the sounds of the water splashing over rocks and winding through a dense and mysterious forest. This weekend fantasy would be repeated for the next few summers and inspired a lifelong reverence for the world of nature. As he grew taller, the young man began to develop a sense of duty to protect that beauty.
Talk and Tour of Bonnie Brook Farm
The house on Bonnie Brook Farm was built in 1791 by Peter Wintermute
whose family was among the earliest European settlers in Stillwater in the 1740’s. Dr. Peter Lubrecht is a leading authority on the history of New Jersey’s German immigrants and has published prolifically on the cultural and military history of this hearty population of pioneers. A descendant of German immigrants himself, Dr. Lubrecht will share his extensive knowledge about the role they played in the development of our own neighborhood here in Stillwater Township.
Latest Accession
This exquisite bed-size quilt, almost a century old, was the handiwork of Helen Campbell
and the Swartswood Ladies’ Aid Society. Mrs. Campbell arrived in Swartswood in 1929 to
teach in the one-room schoolhouse on Route 521 continued teaching for the next
three decades. Many thanks to Debbie Campbell for donating this treasure, among other artifacts,
including a memoir written by her mother.