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SOCIETY HISTORY
Former Tewksbury resident Maude Kenyon founded the Tewksbury
Historical Society on February 19, 1989. The Society is organized exclusively to further research into and the preservation
and dissemination of the history of the Township of Tewksbury, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
The Tewksbury Historical
Society is a not-for-profit organization under the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code 501 (c) (3). The Society was incorporated
as a New Jersey not-for-profit corporation on January 9, 1992 and is a NJ registered charity.
A 15 member Executive
Board governs the Society. This Board is made up of four officers who are elected by the membership for two-year terms and the
appointed chairs of standing committees. This Executive Board conducts all of the Society’s affairs as per the Society’s
bylaws.
2012-2013 OFFICERS
Shaun C. Van Doren-- President
Janet J. Schmidling -- Vice President
Alice F. Walters -- Secretary
Elsie B. Ehmann -- Treasurer STANDING
COMMITTEES/CHAIRS Administration - Antique Show - Lyn Rahenkamp Archivist
- Phil Kane Art Show - Alice Walters & Helen Farrant- co-chairs Barn
Tour - Building - Kurt Rahenkamp Flea
Market - Fred Katnack & Shaun C. Van Doren - co-chairs Garden Tour - J. Miller Craig Hospitality
- Martha Wrede Oral History - Stephanie Koven Programs -
PROGRAMS
& EVENTS
The Society holds a number of meetings, events and programs throughout the year for you to attend
and enjoy.
General membership meetings are held on the 3rd Sunday in the months of January, March, and May, with
a covered dish supper held in November. An informative program is given on the history of Tewksbury or the surrounding
area.
A flea market is held on the Saturday preceding Labor Day. The next Flea Market will be on August
31, 2013.
The Tewksbury Garden Tour, an idea conceived by lifelong Township resident Miller Craig, is the 2nd Saturday
in June of every even year. Ticket holders can visit four gardens around the Township plus a fifth location with refreshments.
The next Garden Tour will be in 2014.
Every odd year in July, the Society, along with the Tewksbury Trail
Association, sponsors a Tewksbury barn tour. Barns include new and old, working and dormant, and those still maintaining livestock.
The next Barn Tour will be held on July 21, 2013.
The Tewksbury Art Show, held annually in October,
is our largest fundraiser with this year bringing our 22nd annual show. It brings many members and volunteers together
to register over 140 artists from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut who enter over 325 pieces of art, all
of which is for sale.
The Tewksbury Antique Show, in its 10th year in 2013, is always
the 1st weekend in December at the Old Turnpike School on Old Turnpike Road (County Route 517) in the Fairmount section of
Tewksbury. Dealers come from the tri-state area. The Show is managed by Bob Lutz and Ellen Katona. All dealers
spaces are sold out months in advance. The 2013 show dates are December 7 & 8.
HEADQUARTERS
Society
Headquarters is located at 60 Water Street in Mountainville. We're in a portion of the old Municipal Building/Mountainville
Meeting Hall, which we lease from the Township of Tewksbury.
Currently our museum is open on select Saturdays and
by appointment. Check the calendar for days and times we're open. The current displays are on the Rockaway Valley Railroad,
the restored Stryker Dollhouse,and original vintage wines from the former Tewksbury Winery.
Call us at 908-832-6734 to schedule an appointment.
| Stryker Dollhouse |
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| An exact replica of the former Stryker Home in Oldwick. Part of the Society's permanent collection. |
| Stryker Dollhouse |
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| An exact replica of the former Stryker Home in Oldwick. Part of the Society's permanent collection. |
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May 19, 2013 - 1 pm - Society Headquarters Program Come hear Tewksbury Historian & Society President Shaun C. Van Doren and Tewksbury Scenic Roads & Bridges
Commission Chairman Harold Wrede give a lecture and slide show on "The Bridges of Tewksbury Township." Refreshments will be served 8th Bi-annual
TEWKSBURY BARN TOUR
Sunday, July 21, 2013
10 am to 4 pm Rain or Shine For more information, click on the Barn Tour Page at the
left
Future Program Dates: Sunday,
November 10 - 5 pm - Covered Dish Supper & Program Save the Dates!24th Annual Tewksbury Art Show and SalePreview Tuesday, October 1, Show October 2nd –
6th | Juried Registration | | September 14th | | Notification of Declined Works | | September 20th | | Receiving: | | September 27th and 28th | | Preview: | | Tuesday Evening, October 1st | | Show: | | Wednesday, October 2nd – Sunday October 6th |
Items for Sale
The Society has the following books and
gifts for sale: Tewksbury Art Show Notecards (scenes of 2001
& 2002 winners) 10 cards & envelopes
newly reduced price of $ 15/pk (Previously $ 20/pk) Churches Notecards 10 cards & envelopes (2 of each of Tewksbury's 5 churches) $ 15/pk Afghans Delft Blue and Cranberry Red $
45 each
Historic Notes on Fairmount, NJ by Freeman Leigh
Softcover - $ 15
Hardcover - $
25 Encyclopedia of New Jersey by Maxine Lurie and
Marc Mappen Hardcover - $ 45 Mapping New Jersey by Maxine Lurie Hardcover - $ 35 Tewksbury post cards (re-prints)
- $ 2/pk (6)
A River Runs Through Tewksbury color pen & ink print of Tewksbury's roadway system by artist Lib
Ryman.
Limited edition of 500
Artist signed - $ 35
Unsigned - $ 25
PRINTS OF HISTORIC
VILLAGES AVAILABLE
Folk Art Print of Oldwick by Ann Reeves - $ 75 each
Prints of Califon, Pottersville
and Mountainville by Linda Jean - $ 75 each. Artist
Proof Prints of Mountainville, signed by lifelong Mountainville resident Charles Burrell - $ 125 each. Print of New Germantown from Beer's Atlas, unframed - $ 15 Print of Tewksbury from Beer's Atlas, unframed - $ 15 Pair of Prints (New Germantown & Tewksbury) from Beer's Atlas, unframed - $
25 Pair of Prints (New Germantown & Tewksbury),
framed - $ 50
We can ship most of the
above items for a fee. Go to the forms page for an order form.
The Tewksbury Historical Society
P.O.
Box 457
Oldwick, NJ 08858
Phone: 908-832-6734
Fax: 908-832-6734 call 1st before sending
tewksburyhistory@earthlink.net
Headquarters 60 Water Street -
Mountainville
CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 1 pm Lecture "The Bridges of Tewksbury Township" by Shaun C. Van Doren and Harold Wrede at Society Headquarters Sunday, July
21, 2013 - BARN TOUR*, 10 am to 4 pm Rain or Shine Saturday, August 31, 2013 -
FLEA MARKET*, 8 am to 3 pm, Sept. 1 Rain Date Sunday, November 10, COVERED DISH
SUPPER, 5 pm, Fairmount Presbyterian Community House Saturday, December 7, ANTIQUE
SHOW, 10 am to 5 pm, Old Turnpike School Sunday, December 8, ANTIQUE SHOW, 11 am
to 4 pm, Old Turnpike School All general membership meetings are free and open
to the public. Refreshments will be served. In case of inclement weather
check back to this website or call 908-832-6734 for further details. *Note:
Some events have a ticket cost or admission fee*
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