Views: 2,039Somerset Hills Area: Bernardsville While we await a response from the Bernardsville Library, most of our inquiries are directed to Marion Belcher, so we’re calling her our de facto Spinning Room Historian for our research requests. She’s known for her… Read More »Meet the Historians Series – Bernardsville’s Marion Kennedy & Jean Hill
Views: 5,874Research Update:Are the Boylans and the Bullions the same family in Liberty Corner? Before Liberty Corner was Liberty Corner, it was Annins Corner AND we also found it named Boylans Corner (Bullions Corner). And what about that Bernardsville house… Read More »The Boylans American Journey to Build Liberty Corner, Pluckemin and Bernardsville
Views: 9,086NOTE: The Mr Local History Team was asked by a Bernardsville business owner to weigh in on the controversial Palmer Development project, which jeopardizes a historic home now known as the “Boylan House,” possibly the 2nd oldest standing home… Read More »Bernardsville’s Boylan House on New Jersey’s 10 Most Historic Endangered List
Views: 5,587Historical Note: Bernardsville was still part of Bernards Township up until 1924. Cemeteries are one of the best sources for historical research and MLH leverages many burials in cemeteries to understand families and their history. Before St. Bernard’s cemetery,… Read More »St. Bernard’s Cemetery is Bernardsville History
Views: 4,967Bernardsville’s St. Bernard’s Episcopal Church Bernardsville’s St. Bernard’s Church was established on October 22, 1896, during a period when the Somerset Hills area was predominantly influenced by the 16th-century Protestant theological system based on the teachings of John Calvin,… Read More »Retrospective: Bernardsville’s St. Bernard’s Episcopal Church
Views: 4,455Olcott School Keepsake Official Launch Party: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 The Mayor of New Jersey’s Historic Village recently decreed that a new icon be added to the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection in a bold move to expand… Read More »Keepsake: Bernardsville’s Olcott School Part of NJ Keepsake Collection
Views: 4,711A Few Questions for Bernardsville, New Jersey Locals As our MLH team was researching a story, another cool, interesting story often pops up. Sometimes we find the answer, sometimes we don’t. This is one of those stories. Before 1924,… Read More »Freddy’s Tavern – Who Was Frederick “Freddy” T. Fasbuck?
Views: 3,183Color Our Bernardsville Centennial Emblem and Enter for a Chance to Win Prizes 2024 brings the honor of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the official founding of Bernardsville, New Jersey. Here’s a fun opportunity to bring your kids along… Read More »Coloring Contest: Bernardsville Centennial
The Mr. Local History Project has launched a fifteen-question quiz about your town’s history, with answers linked to articles from the project. The Project encourages participants to share their scores and contribute fresh queries.
Views: 12,752The date was May 24, 1883, a date years in the making alongside plenty of engineering accomplishments, drama, tragedy and perseverance. 140 years later, MLH honors the Roebling family accomplishments, as well as John A. Roebling 2nd, that made… Read More »Retrospective: Bernardsville’s Roebling Family and Their Brooklyn Bridge
Views: 7,086FRANCIS BERNARD, NEW JERSEY’S FORGOTTEN GOVERNOR SOCIAL MEDIA HISTORY SERIES The Mr. Local History Project hopes you’ve been following our Facebook series honoring the life of New Jersey Royal Governor Sir Francis Bernard, named for the towns of Bernards… Read More »Sir Francis Bernard History Series
Views: 16,765People often wonder how an area comes to be populated and how it develops. In Somerset County, the first settlers came from Scotland and the Netherlands in search of fertile land. But then something happened. Mining speculators started appearing… Read More »Retrospective: Bernardsville’s Historic Somerset Inn (Hotel)
Views: 2,593For your consideration…… Late December and early January are great times to reflect on the year passed and stories that presented themselves. The Mr. Local History Project looks back at the top 10 stories uncovered for 2021 based on… Read More »2021 Year In Review – Mr. Local History’s Top 10 Stories
Views: 4,829Hey Bernardsville, we’d love your opinion. What are Bernardsville’s most historic icons? We’d like to hear what you have to say. Curious what you think. Choose up to three icons in each town if you like. Vote in the… Read More »Vote for Bernardsville’s Most Historic Icons
Views: 9,394Bedminster, Bernards Township, Bernardsville, Far Hills, Peapack & Gladstone: History that you might not know. Let’s get started. Did you know… 1921 – Far Hills was actually part of Bernards Township until seceding in 1921. Rising taxes led the… Read More »Somerset Hills History 101
