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Anna Hazzard Museum 17 Christian Street Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971

Anna Hazzard Museum 17 Christian Street Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971

Anna Hazzard Museum

17 Christian Street

Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971

(302) 227-7310

The Anna Hazzard Tent House & the Beginnings of Rehoboth Beach

Open: Check website for seasonal hours

Admission: Adults $5.00/Seniors-Students-Active Military/Children $3.00

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g34048-d268882-Reviews-Anna_Hazzard_Museum-Rehoboth_Beach_Delaware.html

The Anna Hazzard Museum at 19 Christian Street

I got to take a personal tour of the Anna Hazzard house, a tiny museum in Downtown Rehoboth Beach that is part of the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society.

The little house shows the transition of Rehoboth Beach from a Methodist Revival Camp in its early history to its transformation to the beach resort it has become today. This small homes were used for only a certain amount of weeks in the summer months and shut for the rest of the year.

There was only a certain amount of space allotted so you could most people, who owned these types of homes were outside communicating with nature and enjoying the outdoors. The space inside didn’t allow for too much socialization.

This is the last of these type of homes being eventually replaced now by beach McMansions and homes on stilts in a changing weather pattern and shore erosion. It is interesting to see this example of how these beach communities have transitioned over the last hundred years from religious communities to luxury beach towns.

The History of the Museum:

(From the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society Museum website)

This museum boasts a Camp Meeting Era “Tent” structure, which houses a collection of artifacts and memorabilia pertaining to the early days of Rehoboth Beach as a religious retreat.

The historic sign

The information sign

A portion of this historic structure at 17 Christian Street dates back to 1895 and was the original home of Methodist minister Rev. Adams during the time of the Methodist Camp Meetings.

Once owned by Anna Hazzard, the first female licensed realtor in Delaware, it was later donated to the city by its last owners, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald James, and moved from its home on Baltimore Avenue to its current location (Rehoboth Beach Historical Society website).

The house from the side view

The inside porch

The inside porch

The museum is home to a large collection of Anna Hazzard’s hymn books. The collection includes the Epworth Hymnal and the New Songs of the Gospel.

The main room of the home

Additionally, visitors can see many other Methodist hymn books. In addition to this,  Anna Hazzard’s original collection, the museum has recently installed a new exhibit on World War II (Delaware Digital Media website).

Family artifacts and old beach pictures decorate the room

The music box and sheet music

A look back to the other two rooms

The small office/personal space

The small writing desk in the house

The small kitchen and dining area

The full kitchen area

The antique kitchen appliances

The house is an example of the transitioning of this community from a religious retreat to a up and coming popular beach resort. The home is an interesting look at the communities past.

Perry Cemetery-Harrington Park Historical Society Old Hook Road Harrington Park, NJ 07640

Perry Cemetery-Harrington Park Historical Society Old Hook Road Harrington Park, NJ 07640

Perry Cemetery-Harrington Park Historical Society

Old Hook Road

Harrington Park, NJ 07640

(201)768-2615

http://www.harringtonparkhistoricalsociety.com/

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=241777

Open: Dusk to Dawn

Admission: Free

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g46493-d33215615-Reviews-Perry_Cemetery-Harrington_Park_New_Jersey.html

The historical significance of for the cemetery

The Perry family cemetery is a small family plot in Harrington Park, NJ and example of a time when families still buried their loved ones on property that family’s thought would be there for generations. Many generations of the family are buried here showing the family’s love of this land but like too many tiny cemeteries throughout Bergen County have been lost in time by the family buried there.

Today it sits quiet and respectful and somewhat over grown. Nature now surrounds it.

The Perry Cemetery History:

(From the Harrington Park Historical Society)

The Perry Cemetery is a small family burial ground located on what was the farm of David Perry (1809-1871). The Old Burying Ground cemetery is part of the land apportioned to Garret Huybertsen Blauvelt, son of one of the original sixteen grantees of the Tappan Patent approved by the Governor of New York in 1686. Although there are believed to be earlier ones, the first known burial was in 1722 and the last in 1905.

The Perry Family Cemetery sits quietly on a stretch of Old Hook Road

(From the Harrington Park Historical Society)

The Perry Cemetery is situated in the Borough of Harrington Park on Old Hook Road, east of Bogert’s Mill Road opposite the United Water Company building. David Perry had devised by his will, signed on July 18,1868 that: “the burying ground where the same now is, westerly of my dwelling house, of the use of 40’ square, I give unto all my children to be kept by them and their posterity as a place of burial forever.”

The Perry family tree of loved ones buried at the cemetery

(From the Historical Marker Database)

When David wrote his will, his great-grandson Perry Cole (1866-1867) already had been buried in the small plot. By the end of 1871, six members of the Perry Family had been laid to rest within yards of the family house. The last burial at the cemetery was that of David’s great-grandson, Claude Yeomans (1887-1940). There are a total of twelve people interred at the Perry Cemetery.

The untimely death of many members of David’s family is a reminder of the struggles and uncertainties that people of that period routinely endured. The property remained in the Perry Family until the 1920s when it was purchased by the Hackensack Water Company to become part of the Oradell Reservoir. The graves are laid out in four even rows facing East and the markers are either marble or granite.

The Perry Family tree starting with the marriage of David Perry to Catherine Blauvelt

Son Henry and Daughter Rachel’s tombstones

Patriarchs David Perry and his wife, Catherine Blauvelt Perry

The last David Perry to be buried in the family plot

The family plot facing the stream

The Patriarchs of the family stand in the middle

The newest graves in the cemetery

The latest burials in the family plot

Video on the Perry Cemetery from the Harrington Park Historical Society

The 1740 Miller-Kingsland House-Boonton Historical Society 445 Vreeland Avenue Boonton, NJ 07005

The 1740 Miller-Kingsland House-Boonton Historical Society 445 Vreeland Avenue Boonton, NJ 07005

The 1740 Miller-Kingsland House-Boonton Historical Society

445 Vreeland Avenue

Boonton, NJ 07005

Open: For special events and the Pathways Tours-Contact Boonton Historical Society

My review on TripAdvisor:

The Miller-Kingsland Homestead at 445 Vreeland Avenue

I went to visit the Miller-Kingsland Homestead, which is part of the Boonton Historical Society, during the Morris County’s Pathway’s tour and discovered a beautiful little historical home situated on picturesque piece of property. I saw by the signs that the grounds were maintained by the local Garden Club, who did a wonderful job landscaping the grounds.

The Living Room in the extension on the house

The portraits of Mr. & Mrs. Kingsland

The Dining Room in the old section of the home

The historic home is filled with period furnishings and decorations, none it seems local to the home. Still you can see how the home has changed over the years with additions and renovations. The older part of the home is now part of the Dining Room.

The Pewter ware collection on the Dining Room table

The fireplace in the original house kitchen now in the Dining Room

The formal Dining Room in the extension of the house

The formal Dining Room in the newer section of the home

The antique China Closet with Teapots

The outside of the house

The grounds of the home

The house sits on a quiet bend in the road and the properties landscaping was just beautiful. Even on this gloomy, rainy day, it was nice to walk around quickly and admire the flower beds and the lawn.

The grounds of the home

The outside gardens of the home in the Spring

The History of the home:

(From the Boonton Historical Society Pathways Tour Book and Wiki):

When Isaac Kingsland purchased the property on Vreeland Avenue from Jacob Miller c 1798, he began a dynasty that would include four New York City lawyers, a comptroller of the City of New York, a Civil War aide to General Benjamin Butler, a college president, three nuns, and a troupe of nationally known marionettes. Similarly, the property itself went from small to large to small again, from the home of farmers, a carpenter and a blacksmith, to a boarding home for horses and the headquarters and studio premises for a company of touring entertainers (Boonton Historical Society).

The Miller-Kingsland House is the oldest recorded home in Boonton. The original Dutch house was one-room with a sleeping attic, built by Johannes Miller around 1740. This room, which is complete with a large cooking fireplace and beehive oven, makes up the west wing of the current structure. The property was sold to Isaac Kingsland in 1798. He added the two and one-half story main section in 1808. It features Dutch style and a gambrel roof (Wiki).

The Miller-Kingsland house sits on a beautiful wooded landscape with a stream flowing through it. The property today comprises some 2.5 acres including the historic frame house and a barn. It is the oldest recorded house in Boonton and is listed on the NJ and National Registers of Historic Places (Boonton Historical Society).

Jefferson Township Museum 315 Dover-Milton Road Oak Ridge, NJ 07438

Jefferson Township Museum 315 Dover-Milton Road Oak Ridge, NJ 07438

Jefferson Township Museum

315 Dover-Milton Road

Oak Ridge, NJ 07438

https://www.jeffersontownship.net/476/Township-Museum

Open: Please check their website for special hours

Admission: Free but donations accepted

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g46691-d33122250-Reviews-Jefferson_Township_Historical_Society-Oak_Ridge_New_Jersey.html

The front of the Jefferson Township Museum at 315 Dover Milton Road

The Mission Statement for the Museum:

(from the Museum website)

The George Chamberlain House, known as the Jefferson Township Museum is designed as an interpretation of life in the last quarter of the 1800s. Each room reflects how the Chamberlains, the original family might have lived during that period of time.

The historic sign of the George Chamberlain House

The History of the Museum and of the George Chamberlain House:

(from the museum website)

In the 1870s, Amos Chamberlain, a resident of Milton Village built a second house. His son, George, married Ruth Elizabeth Speaker in 1874 and moved into the new house on Dover-Milton Road. Two children, Raymond and Archie were raised in the house and attended school in the Milton Village. The family was in residence until the 1890’s. For many years afterwards, the house was home to various families who rented from the Chamberlain family.

In 1960 the Chamberlain house was purchased by the Friends of the Library. They began the task of refurbishing the building into a library. For the next nineteen years it functioned as the Violet Riker Library. When the new Jefferson Library was built, the township acquired the building and under the supervision of local resident, Emily Panek renovation began.

With a $15,000 grant and $27,000 raised from the township the renovation began in 1982. Much of the labor was donated. Walls were sandblasted and the chestnut floors were repaired. A large hole in the front door was repaired. The windows were all repaired by hand. The rear left liter broke and water came in through the back wall. After two years of work, the building became the Jefferson Township Museum and home to the Jefferson Township Historical Society. It remained as such with little interior or exterior change until 2005.

The front door of the house

The museum sign

The back of the museum by the stream

The house faces a beautiful woods and stream and has the most amazing views. It must be even nicer when everything is in bloom.

The house gardens in the early Spring

The historic home museum front the street

The historic Milton Village sign

The area that surrounds the house is very small and the original village is mostly gone.

The Dress Collection on display at the museum.

The collection of dresses on display

The day of the Pathways tour for Morris County, the house had members in costume walking around the house explaining the history of the house and family. Each room had its own series of decorations and exhibits. There was garment display all around the house with different types of dresses, hats and jewelry. One member displayed his antique camera collection.

The Clothing Collection with a display of jewelry

The Jewelry and Pocket watch collection

The had a wonderful display of antique costumes jewelry and cameos on display in the case.

Collection of Cameras through the past century

One member displayed his extensive set of cameras and antique photography equipment and was on hand to talk to people about it.

Collections of Antique China and textiles at the museum

Collection of Vintage China and Teapots in the Dining Room of the home

The upstairs bedrooms had a collection of textiles and Millinery

The three upstairs bedrooms had the continued collection of dresses and hats on display.

The antique sewing machine in the upstairs bedrooms

The Collections of Textiles upstairs

Collection of weapons in the bedroom

The collection of Costumes and Millenary

The wonderful little museum was packed with all sorts of wonderful things to see. Each of the rooms are decorated with vintage furniture and period decorations on top of the displays of clothing and textiles so there is a lot to see in the house.

The docents could not have been nicer or more welcoming that afternoon. The museum is only open at certain times of the month so you need to watch their social media to see when the museum is open.