Timeline of the construction of the Runyon Farmstead property – May 2023 – Oct. 2024
Runyon Farmstead History
The Runyon Farmstead property is at 19 West Broad Street, just west of South Greenwood Avenue. The property fronts Broad Street with one of the oldest houses in the borough, and extends back behind the Post Office to Gazebo Park. It was the site of the Hopewell Baptist Academy from around 1756 to 1767.
The development plan for the property is to create four separate duplex units. The original house will be converted into two separate units, two existing barns will be moved and each converted into a duplex units, and a third new barn will be constructed to provide two more units.
A one-way shared driveway will provide access to all the structures, with the entrance on West Broad Street and the exit on South Greenwood Avenue between the Post Office and the Hopewell Theater.
- See the history of the Runyon Farmstead – and development plan for the property
Photos of Construction Progress
Construction on the Runyon Farmstead project started at the end of May 2023 with the installation of the construction fence.
- May/June 2023 – Ground cleared and site marked out
- July 2023 – Earth moving to prepare for construction
- August 2023 – Old barn removed and grading behind the Post Office
- September 2023 – New foundations behind the Post Office building
- October 2023 – Framing the three new barns
- November 2023 – Closing up the new barns
- Jan. – April 2024 – Rough-ins, installing windows
- May – June 2024 – Siding, closing
- July – Aug. 2024 – Finalizing
- Sept. – Oct. 2024 – Completion
- See the full set of current Runyon Farmstead Construction Photos
May / June 2023 – Clearing the Grounds
After the installation of the construction fence at the end of May 2023, work proceeded to clear the grounds and mark out the site.
July 2023 – Earth Moving
Aug. 2023 – Remove Barn and Grade
Sept. 2023 – New Foundations
Oct. 2023 – Framing Barns
Nov. 2023 – Closing In Barns
Jan. – April 2024 – Rough-Ins, Windows
May / June 2024 – Siding, Closing
July / Aug. 2024 – Finalizing
Sept. / Oct. 2024 – Completion
- See the full set of Runyon Farmstead Construction Photos
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More on the Runyon Farmstead (Hopewell Baptist Academy)
Runyon Farmstead property at 19 West Broad Street, just west of South Greenwood Avenue, also is known as the Hopewell Academy property – since this was the site of the Hopewell Baptist Academy from around 1756 to 1767.
Posts
- Construction on the Runyon Farmstead Property in Hopewell – Property history and construction plans
- Illustrated timeline of Runyon Farmstead Construction Updates
- Post on Hopewell Academy (Forerunner of Brown University) and the Lives of Outstanding Graduates – book by Dean Ashton (1960)
References
- Cultural Resource Survey – 19 West Broad, 1984 (PDF), Hopewell Borough
- Post on Hopewell’s Past, 1985, Betty Gantz
- Hopewell: A Historical Geography, 1987 (Amazon), Richard W. Hunter and Richard L. Porter, 1992
Images
- Images of Runyon house – Historical to current
- Full set of Runyon Farmstead construction photos, 2023-2024
