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Retrospective: Lost & Torn Down Memories From the Somerset Hills

As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from our community. We will continue to expand this piece as information becomes available. If you have any stories to share, please post in the comments section at the end of the piece.

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A few of our researchers are from the Somerset Hills area and they were asked the simple question: “What key businesses, homes, or government structures have been torn down (razed) in the area and are now just historic memories. As with many great local history questions, we wanted to take the question on. The Somerset Hills is an area of Northern Somerset County in New Jersey making up the towns of Bedminster, Bernards Township, Bernardsville, Far Hills, Peapack and Gladstone.

Below are just some list of properties/icons lost in the Somerset Hills. Pictures are provided as we locate the property prior to being razed. Click on any image to start a slideshow.

Maple Avenue School, Basking Ridge
Far Hills School (Schley Building) torn down around 1973.
The Old Stone Inn, Bernardsville
Rendition of the lost Lord Stirling Manor, Basking Ridge
Nervine pond, Bernardsville will be gone soon.
Old Stone Miller, Bernardsville
Oak Tree, Basking Ridge cut down in 2017
Widow Whites Tavern, Basking Ridge
Bernardsville Tea Room
Liberty Corner Hotel, Bernards
Maple Cottage, Gladstone
King George Inn, Warren
Hillandale, the country home of George Mosle located in Gladstone on the Mendham border.
Upton Pyne Estate, Bernardsville lost to fire.
Bernards Grammar School, Bernardsville
Werring Chevrolet (later Ridge Chevy) in Basking Ridge was torn down making way for today’s Ridge Dentistry.

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Share with us in the comments section below any stories or memories you have about these lost treasures from the Somerset Hills.

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