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Explore Warren History Trail
This Weekend, November 2-3
Join us for a weekend of fun and discovery on Saturday and Sunday, November 2-3. Fourteen historic sites in Warren County will participate in the fourth annual Explore Warren History Trail, a free self-guided driving tour between historic landmarks, each representing a significant chapter in Warren County’s history. Each stop along the trail, open either Saturday or Sunday (10am - 4pm), offers something different and exciting for the whole family. Tour goers can visit one or multiple destinations at their own pace each day. Start at any site and pick up your map and guide. Or download a map and check for activity details and more information about each location along the trail at www.WarrenHistoryTrail.org.
As it approaches its bicentennial in 2024-2025, Warren County will celebrate a remarkable history stemming from wilderness times well before the county’s official formation through 1824 legislation. All fourteen sites are listed on the New Jersey State Historic Register and the majority are also on the National Register of Historic Places. The landmarks span over one hundred and sixty years of Warren County history. The county's agricultural heritage, in combination with eighteenth and nineteenth century innovations in transportation and industry, are important chapters in the rural American tradition.
Open Saturday, November 2, 10am - 4pm
North end of the county
Millbrook Village:
The re-created community of the 1800s, where aspects of pioneer life are exhibited and occasionally demonstrated by skilled and dedicated docents throughout the village, is located in the heart of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
Vass Farmstead: The restored two-story cut stone house and barn, which date to 1812, are set in the enchanting scenery of the crystal-clear White Lake, which is enjoyed immensely by fishermen and outdoor enthusiasts.
Blairstown Historic District: Highlighted by the stone grist mill, built in 1825, almost half of the primary buildings within the District were built during John Insley Blair’s lifetime, and the boom period following the construction of the Blairstown Railway in 1877.
Johnsonburg: In 1753, Johnsonburg became the first county seat of then newly formed Sussex County and county jail which was named Logg Gaol which became a focal point of settlements in area, having tavern, forge, wheel wright and mission house.
Rutherfurd Hall: Winthrop Rutherfurd built the eighteen-thousand square foot Tudor county house in Allamuchy, with thirty-eight rooms between 1903-1905, now a venue for public art classes, lectures, concerts, fairs and festivals as well as private events.
Moravian Village of Hope: Founded in 1769, the Moravians left behind the unique architecture that enchants visitors when they come to town, buildings that have been restored and named to the national Registers of Historic Places in 1976.
Ramsaysburg Historic Homestead: The buildings that you see at this twelve-acre historical park along the Delaware River in Knowlton Township represent the activity that occurred at the homestead founded by Irish immigrants in 1795. Visitors can enjoy the annual Riverside Fall Festival on Saturday as well.
Victorian Belvidere: Designated as the county seat in 1825, Belvidere retained its role as a bustling commercial center through the nineteenth century. Today, the town’s serene and peaceful blend of Colonial and Victorian homes shaded by large elms, oaks, buttonwoods and pines make its heritage unmistakable.
Open Sunday, November 3, 10am - 4pm
South end of the county
Shipppen Manor: Located on a terraced hill overlooking the village, Shippen Manor was built as the iron master’s residence in c. 1754 at Oxford Furnace, the third furnace in Colonial New Jersey (1741) and the first where iron ore was mined.
Van Nest-Hoff-Vannatta Farm: The Harmony farmstead reflects three centuries of agricultural practices and rural architecture, exemplifying properties that clearly expressed the success of their owners.
Roseberry-Gess House: Constructed between 1765 and 1783, the the oldest building in Phillipsburg employed a five-bay, two-story plan that became representative of an emerging prosperity in the Colonies.
Shimer Mansion: The house was the centerpiece for a 120-acre rural estate in Pohatcong, about a half-mile east of Morris Canal Lock 10.
Bread Lock Park
and Musuem: The park features a full scale model of a Morris Canal boat and a canal-related story walk at the site of Morris Canal Lock 7 West known as the Bread Lock.
Asbury Mill: The Musconetcong Watershed Association will give tours of the nineteenth century mill’s turbine and equipment, as well people’s connection to the Musconetcong National Wild and Scenic River.
See you on the trail!
The Friends of Ramsaysburg coordinate the 2024 Explore Warren History Trail with an operating support from the Warren County Division of Cultural and Heritage Affairs with funds from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State, and from the Warren County Department of Information tourism program, ExploreWarren.org.
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