Downtown Flemington

Flemington’s First Bank, part 3

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

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.

Flemington’s First Bank, part two

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

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.)

Flemington’s First Bank

April 23, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in Flemington, Hunterdon Tags: architecture, debt, Downtown Flemington, Going

My last article described the political turmoil in Hunterdon County in the 1850s. There was another kind of turmoil going on at the same time, an economic one. For Hunterdon that meant a local bank was needed.

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