The November updates to the History Project featured over 150 images, panoramas, and videos of the Hopewell Inn, plus stereo imagery, the Pennington Sesquibicentennial (250th) Booklet, and videos and references for the Hoproco presentation. (See Site Updates for more.)
By the numbers, we finished the month with 287 files in the Archives, including 140 documents and 147 maps and aerials. The Image Gallery now has 3143 files, and the Panoramas Collection has 44 images. The Pamphlet Collection has 177 documents, and the Property Reports Collection has 85 documents, with 58 Site Survey reports and 27 Property Briefs. The interactive History Map includes 775 addresses with 102 historic places in Hopewell Borough. The History Project YouTube Channel is hosting 21 videos, plus 10 external local history videos, including 4 videos of History Project presentations. Please keep the materials coming!
Hopewell Inn Tours
The Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn building, formerly at 15 East Broad Street on the corner of Seminary Avenue in Hopewell, was demolished in July 2022.
The building may be gone, but we do have visual tours of the Hopewell Inn through an extensive archive of imagery of the original property, the building, and some of the familiar mementos of the Bistro. The extensive collection of imagery shared on the History Project includes a total of 154 files, with 21 panoramic exterior views, 3 video walkthroughs of the three floors, and 130 photos of walkthroughs of the three floors and the basement – plus annotated building plans.
Stereo Views
This stereo view shows J. Q. McPherson’s general merchandise store at 47 West Broad in Hopewell Borough, which he operated in the 1870s..
The left and right eye images have been aligned to create 3D renderings in several formats, including a flip animation and a color anaglyph version for viewing with red/blue glasses.
The Panorama Collection viewer now launches 360-degree panoramas in a separate Pan 360 Viewer, rotating in a full circle at that point and zooming in on details around the scene. Other panoramas and aerials are viewed in the Pan/Zoom Viewer to explore large images.
The Panorama Collection viewer now launches 360-degree panoramas in a separate Pan 360 Viewer, rotating in a full circle at that point and zooming in on details around the scene. Other panoramas and aerials are viewed in the Pan/Zoom Viewer to explore large images.
Pennington 250th Booklet
This 72-page Pennington Sesquibicentennial 1708 – 1958 booklet was prepared by the Kleio Club in 1958 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the first recorded settlement on the site of Pennington.
This amazing reference to Pennington’s history, includes the stories of its major institutions and civic groups from the early 1700s, including churches, schools, the Library, Fire Company, and banks.
The full document has been scanned and is available on the History Project site, including photos.
Hoproco Toy Company Presentation
The materials from the Hoproco – Hopewell’s 1920s Toy Company presentation are posted, including the presentation video and slides, exhibit photos, product images, and references.
Hoproco, the Hopewell Products Company, operated from 1923 to 1929 on Burton Avenue in Hopewell, manufacturing metal and wooden mechanical toys and novelties. The presentation explores the history of Hoproco, its factory building, and the five known toys that the company created that are still prized by collectors today.
Please contact us if you have – or know of – other images and materials that we can share to help illuminate the history of our Hopewell Valley.
