Hopewell Valley History Project
Preserving Our History
by Douglas Dixon Here are some of the highlights of the 2022 additions to the History Project site, with links to more information, plus associated documents, maps, photos, and videos. The purpose of the Hopewell Valley History Project is assemble an archive of reference material in local history, shared online in digital and searchable formats … Continue reading Hopewell History Project – 2022 Highlights
The October updates on the Hopewell Valley History Project site focused on the local Hopewell and Pennington train stations, including a trove of over 40 historical photos by Ralph Curcio. Other posts showed examples of how to use historical maps to learn about local properties, such as the additions to St. Michael’s and Weart’s Market … Continue reading October 2021 Update – Train Stations
The Hopewell Valley is blessed with some wonderful and impressive (and solid) brick buildings. But where did all those bricks came from, especially for construction around 1900, with delivery by horse and wagon? It turns out that the Hopewell Valley area did have some local brickyards, including near Lambertville and in Hopewell Borough. We can … Continue reading Hopewell Valley Brickyards
You now can take a visual tour of the full Hopewell Borough historic district on the Hopewell History Map, panning around to see the street addresses in town and then zooming in to see thumbnail images of each property. Yes, the History Map is not just for history anymore. You now can view these current-day … Continue reading Tour The Hopewell Borough Historic District
The Hopewell History Map now shows thumbnail images of properties on the map, so you can see historical or current-day images at each location on the map. Use the new Now/Then control (added to the header) to alternate between displaying the oldest and most recent images available for the property. Also use the Step by … Continue reading Explore Hopewell Then and Now
The Hopewell History Map now animates the growth of Hopewell Borough by stepping through time from circa 1850 to 1910 — showing new properties appearing with each time period. For 1850, there are only a handful of early settlements around the Old School Baptist Meeting House on the north side of West Broad Street. By … Continue reading Explore The Growth of Early Hopewell Boro
There are two new additions to the Map Archives to better visualize and understand the buildings in Hopewell Borough before 1900: an annotated version of the Fowler Hopewell Borough 1887 map (birds-eye panorama), and a summary of buildings that existed when Hopewell Borough was incorporated in 1891 (keyed to the Fowler map). The Annotated 1887 … Continue reading Visualizing Hopewell Boro in 1891
As of the end of September 2019, the site has 106 files posted, including 86 maps and 20 books (see Updates). In the Book Archives, search for “Preview” to view previews of books that have not been digitized. Instead, the previews provide an overview of the book, including the cover, title page, contents, and introductory … Continue reading September 2019 Update
As of the end of September 2019, the site has 95 files posted, including 82 maps and 13 books (see Updates). In the Book Archives, we have posted additional histories of Pennington and Hopewell around the 1876 Centennial: – 1876 – History of the Old Presbyterian Church…at Pennington – George Hale – 1876 – Historical … Continue reading August 2019 Update
