Historic Sites

   The Nevius Street Bridge is a three hundred foot long, two-span, double-intersection Pratt through-truss bridge. It is the last double-intersection Pratt truss bridge and the oldest metal-truss bridge in the county, and was constructed in 1886 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio.  The Nevius Street Bridge is maintained by Somerset County.  

   The Old Dutch Parsonage, a Georgian style structure, was built in 1751 for the Reverend John Frelinghuysen with funds from three Dutch Reformed churches in the Raritan Valley. The Old Dutch Parsonage remained a pastor’s residence until 1810; it subsequently was owned by a prominent local physician.  In 1907 the Central Railroad of New Jersey purchased the property to

The Old Millstone Forge is home to what was the longest operating blacksmith shop in America. It served the area as an active blacksmith’s shop until the death, in 1959, of its last blacksmith Edward H. Wyckoff, who served a remarkable 64 years. The building was restored by area residents in the 1960s and is currently operated as a blacksmith

   Possibly constructed as early as 1731, the Old Stone Arch Bridge may be the oldest bridge in New Jersey. The bridge formerly carried the Raritan Road, an important Colonial era roadway, over the Bound Brook. It was the scene of a portion of the Battle of Bound Brook when, on April 13, 1777, Hessian troops at the bridge were

   Built across Bedens Brook in 1822, the Opossum Road Bridge is a double-arched, random-rubble stone bridge which retains its original stonework, arches, parapets and approaches. It is a good example not only of local bridgebuilding methods, but also of stone construction in general in the county. The bridge is 54 feet long, 15 feet wide and rises to a

   In December 1778, while General Washington’s main army was encamped at nearby Middlebrook, a portion of the Brigade of Artillery was encamped at Pluckemin. The Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment separation of the infantry from the artillery gave General Henry Knox, commander of the Artillery, the chance to implement ideas he had been developing for the improvement of the Continental