Weekend Journey Through the Past

The annual Weekend Journey through the Past is an opportunity to step back in time and experience the  county’s rich history.  Up to 30 historic sites countywide are open free to the public during the second weekend in October.

Somerset County’s annual Journey Through The Past is an initiative of the Somerset County Board of County Commissioners and the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission in collaboration with many county-wide local historical organizations and commissions and other county organizations.

Sites that will be open to the public on October 7th and 8th*

• 1860 School House § Millstone Borough Hall, Millstone
• Abraham Staats House, South Bound Brook
• Amy Garrett House, Rocky Hill 
• Andrew Ten Eyck House, Branchburg
• Boudinot-Southard-Ross Estate, Basking Ridge
• Brick Academy, Bernards
• Daniel Robert House § Somerville Borough Hall, Somerville
• Dirck Gulick House, Belle Mead
• Dr. John Vermeule House, Green Brook
• East Millstone Bridgetender’s Home and Station, East Millstone (Franklin Township)
• Fisher Family & St. Andrew Cemeteries, South Bound Brook
• General John Frelinghuysen House § Raritan Public Library, Raritan
• Griggstown Bridgetender’s House, Princeton (Franklin Township)
• Historic Brook Theater, Bound Brook
• Jacobus Vanderveer House, Bedminster
• Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead, Basking Ridge
• Kirch-Ford-Terrill House, Warren
• Mount Bethel Baptist Meeting House, Warren
• Old Presbyterian Graveyard, Bound Brook
• Philip Van Horne House, Bridgewater 
• Pluckemin Schoolhouse, Bedminster
• Six Mile Run Reformed Church, Franklin Park
• Somerville Exempt Fire Museum, Somerville 
• Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, Skillman
• Texier House Museum, Watchung
• USGA Golf Museum, Liberty Corner
• Van Veghten House, Bridgewater
• Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage, Somerville
• Washington Rock Park, Green Brook
• Wyckoff-Garretson House, Somerset