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Roebuck Springs Historic District

Roebuck Springs was the first large residential suburb in Birmingham where planning and development were tied to the automobile, and the first community in the city associated with a golf course development. The 1910 land plan was designed to complement ...

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Barrington Hall

Barrington King, co-founder of Roswell with his father, Roswell King, for whom the town is named, selected this spot for his home, which is in the Greek Revival style of architecture. Willis Ball, a carpenter from Connecticut, was the builder. ...

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Bertha Wahl Shooting

In 1899, 14 year old Bertha Wahl was murdered here by a shepherd. Just south of here was the original Becker Store. Beyond lie the graves of the Becker family. Due west stood Henry Springer's Mercantile.

Marker is at the intersection ...

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Conrad Brunenkant Building

This two-story red-brick commercial building was constructed in 1890 for Conrad Brunenkant. The bricks were locally made, and the rock-faced cut lintels and sills are from locally quarried stone. The exterior was altered in 1973 when the porch with awnings ...

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First Presbyterian Church of Oxford

Resolution

On motion by Mrs. Dickey, seconded by Mr. Miller the following resolution was unanimously adopted by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Warren at a meeting held March 9, 1994.

Resolution honoring the membership of the First Presbyterian ...

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Bog Meadows

One of the last remaining "Quaking Bogs" in New Jersey. Put under Bethlehem Twp. protection in 1977.

Marker is at the intersection of Black Brook Road and Hackett Road, on the left when traveling north on Black Brook Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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F. T. Baptist Church

F. T. Baptist Church was founded nearby as Ragged Mountain Church in 1778. According to tradition the congregation worshipped in a log structure at Sharp Rock until about 1802 before moving to the former F. T. Village by 1804 where ...

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T.B. Scott Free Library

This building (1911) is an outstanding example of library design in “Prairie School” architecture by Claude and Starck. The library was established (1889) through a bequest from T.B. Scott, lumberman, legislator, and Merrill’s first mayor, and was located in the ...

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Alexandria Presbyterian Church

Congregation was formed c1752. Original log structure

replaced in 1802. Present Greek Revival Church built in 1843.

Marker is on Mt. Pleasant - Everittstown Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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The Birmingham Public Library / The Linn - Henley Research Libra

Birmingham’s first library was organized in 1886 and in 1891 became a subscription library for the general public. In 1908 the Birmingham Public Library Association established a free public library, and the City created an independent Library Board in 1913. ...

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