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Flemington’s First Bank, part 3

June 20, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in Flemington Tags: architecture, banks, Downtown Flemington, newspapers, politics, post offices, stores

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Postscript to Flemington’s First Bank, parts one & two

It was a challenge to decide what to include in my previous article and what to leave out. I now find I left out quite a lot and am compelled to add a part three to the bank’s history.

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Flemington’s First Bank, part two

June 11, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bonnell, Flemington, Hunterdon Tags: architecture, banks, Civil War, Downtown Flemington

HCNB 1938 copy

This article is my somewhat-delayed return to the subject of the grand old building on Flemington’s Main Street built by John C. Hopewell for Flemington’s first bank, the Hunterdon County National Bank. (See Flemington’s First Bank.)

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Summit School, part two

May 25, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Historians, Raritan Twp Tags: land titles, maps, schools

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In part one of Summit School, Mr. Bush talked about “the meanest hill that old-timers had to travel on their way to Flemington.” Actually, going TO Flemington wasn’t so bad since it was all downhill. But returning UP the hill was no picnic. In fact, it was a “hard scrabble.”

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