Hopewell Valley History Project
Preserving Our History
Your challenge today is to find the differences between photos of this building. It turns out that there were four major phases in the renovations to the Hopewell Inn by different owners over the last century and a half. For more about the history of the Hopewell Inn – the people and the building – … Continue reading Seeing What’s Different – Changes to the Hopewell Inn
The press frenzy following the Lindbergh kidnapping brought an estimated 250 news writers, photographers, radio and sound film people to Hopewell Borough. The Hopewell Inn – then Gebhart’s Hotel – became the press headquarters, installing dozens of additional telephone wires and a branch telegraph station. The bonus for us today is that as a result … Continue reading Inside the Hopewell Inn – 1932
Local historian Jim Davidson has kindly contributed some fascinating images of the activity around the Hopewell area in March 1932 caused by the explosion of interest in the Lindbergh kidnapping. These are from one of his multitude of presentations about the Lindbergh story. == View the Davidson Images in the Image Gallery == There are … Continue reading Hopewell Images During the Lindbergh Kidnapping (1932)
We have two wonderful new aerial views of Hopewell Borough, photographed in March 1932, immediately after the Lindbergh kidnapping. Both are oblique views – One closer up on the downtown looking northwest over the area between East Broad and Greenwood, and the second looking northeast over the west side of town and into the distance. … Continue reading Hopewell Boro Aerials from 1932
