East Jersey Olde Towne Village Explained

East Jersey Old Town Village
Map Type:	USA New Jersey Middlesex County
Coordinates:	40.5139°N -74.4767°W
Location:	1050 River Road Piscataway, New Jersey

East Jersey Old Town Village (also spelled East Jersey Olde Towne Village) is an open-air museum located in Johnson Park in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Village is a collection of Raritan Valley area historic buildings and includes original, reconstructed, and replicated 18th and 19th century vernacular architecture typical of farm and merchant communities of Central Jersey.^[1] It is home to a permanent exhibition about Raritan Landing, an 18th-century inland port once located just downstream on the river.^[2] Since 1989, the Middlesex County Office of Arts and History has had responsibility for the village.^[1]

Buildings and original location

Name	Image	Date	Original location	Notes
Church of the Three Mile Run		1703	New Brunswick	A 1970s replica of a no longer extant 1703 Dutch Reformed church. The "footprint" of the original building can be seen in the still existing cemetery (along with many early grave markers) in New Brunswick on Route 27 at Hampton Road.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
Jeremiah Dunn House			Piscataway^[6]	Reconstruction
Pound House		1743	Piscataway^[7] ^[8]	Also known as the Fitzrandolph House.
Indian Queen Tavern		ca 1729
New Brunswick Barracks		1758	New Brunswick	A 1970s replica of a portion of a 1758 military barracks located on George St in New Brunswick and destroyed by fire in 1796.^[9]
Runyon House		ca 1755	Piscataway^[10] ^[11]
Six Mile Run House				Moved from the Six Mile Run area in 1979.
		1803	Warren Township
Elias Vanderveer House			Pluckemin	Reconstruction.^[12]
Farley Blacksmith Shop			New Brunswick^[13]
Williamson Wheelwright Shop		18th century	North Brunswick^[14]
Runyon Wagon House			Piscataway

See also

• List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
  • Cornelius Low House Metlar-Bodine House
• Ephraim Fitz-Randolph House
• Road Up Raritan Historic District
• Monmouth County Historical Association
• Meadows Foundation (New Jersey)
• New Bridge Landing
• Six Mile Run
• Jacobus Vanderveer House - brother of Elias Vanderveer

Notes and References

1. Web site: East Jersey Old Town Village . Middlesex County,NJ .
2. News: Raritan Landing . Middlesex County . 9 November 2015.
3. Web site: Church of the Three Mile Run. 2011-07-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120401135559/http://www.lincolnbittner.com/church_of_the_three_mile_run.html. 2012-04-01.
4. Web site: First Reformed Church of New Brunswick . First Reformed Church of New Brunswick . 2011-07-05 .
5. Web site: First Reformed Church . 2011-05-20 . New Jersey Churchscape .
6. Web site: Jeremiah Dunn House. 2011-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318071718/http://www.lincolnbittner.com/dunn_house.html#. 2012-03-18. dead.
7. Web site: Pound House. Middlesex County, NJ .
8. Web site: Dudley . William L. . Friendly Families: The Fitz-Randolphs . The Story of the Friends in Plainfield Including A History of Early Quaker Families . March 29, 1929 . 2011-07-17 . Nathaniel Fitz Randolph was the oldest son of the largest and most influential family in this part of the colony before the Revolution. The founder of these distinguished people in America was Edward Fitz Randolph, of England, who came to America in 1630. Nathaniel, eldest of ten children, was born at Barnstable, Mass., in 1642. He and his immediate descendants were the only members of this prominent family belonging to the Friends. It is thought Nathaniel joined the Society at his marriage in 1662. After removal to the neighborhood of Woodbridge, N.J., Nathaniel filled all the local and county offices. In 1704 his house was opened for weekly meetings of the Friends. He died in 1713..
9. Web site: New Brunswick Barracks. 2011-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318071712/http://www.lincolnbittner.com/new_brunswick_barracks.html#. 2012-03-18. dead.
10. Web site: Runyon House. 2011-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120401135614/http://www.lincolnbittner.com/runyon_house.html#. 2012-04-01. dead.
11. Web site: Runyon House . 2011-07-07 .
12. Web site: The Vanderveer House. Middlesex County, NJ.
13. Web site: Farley Blacksmith Shop. Middlesex County, NJ.
14. Web site: Williamson Wheelwright Shop. Middlesex County, NJ.