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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 - Mary Elizabeth Young 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
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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 September 1, 2012.
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 on June 9, 2012.
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 July,
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 9th year in 2012, 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.
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, Tewksbury Township Financial Records and original school desks from the one-room Farmersville
School.
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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NEXT
SOCIETY MEETING & PROGRAM DATE: Sunday,
May 20, 2012 TIME: 1:00 p.m. LOCATION: Society Headquarters, 60 Water Street, Mountainville MEETING TOPIC: Postal History of Hunterdon County by Postal Historian Jim Walker The
Society will host Jim Walker, who will be talking about Hunterdon County Postal History from Hunterdon’s
early days to circa 1970. Jim will discuss how national
policy affected the local town post offices of our County. He will illustrate the program with examples of mail and pictures
tailored to the Tewksbury Township area, where possible. The information presented in this program is from the book he wrote
at the request of the Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission: Hunterdon County, New Jersey Postal History.
This work received the Commission’s 2009 outstanding achievement award for historical scholarship and a silver medal
at the 2009 American Philatelic Society Show at Pittsburgh, PA for Philatelic Literature-Handbooks & Special Studies category.
It
also received a favorable review from The Journal of the Royal Philatelic Society London.
Jim Walker was born and raised in Hunterdon County, Lambertville, and still lives and works in the county. He is a
long time member of the Coryells Ferry Stamp Club of Lambertville and the New Jersey Postal History Society and has been a
member of the American Philatelic Society since 1975. 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
Historic Notes on Fairmount, NJ by Freeman Leigh
Softcover - $ 15
Hardcover - $ 25 Encyclopedia of New Jersey by Maxine Lurie and Marc Mappen Harcover - $ 45 Mapping
New Jersey by Maxine Lurie Harcover - $ 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 20 - 1 pm Society General Membership Meeting & Program Saturday,
JUNE 9 - 12 pm to 4 pm - Garden Tour*, rain or shine Saturday, SEPTEMBER 1 - 8
am - FLEA MARKET* EARLY BIRD ENTRY - $ 10 per person beginning at 7 am 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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