Identifier: flemingtonwheret00flem (find matches)
Title: Flemington, where town and country meet
Year: 1910 (1910s)
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Publisher: Flemington, N.J., Issued by Board of trade
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ve alwaysbeen generous in caring for its colored people. A building forchurch purposes was bought for their use, located on North BroadStreet. ^ It is adapted as a dwelling place for the pastor as wellas a suitable room for church services. There are not many fam-ilies of this class in town and therefore the congregation is smallThis church is under the control of the African Methodist Episco-pal Church and the pastor is the Rev. H. A. Ivey. * Dr. Motts history of Flemington gives this date as 1841. Publishers Note : The Board of Trade Committee who had charge of the publica-tion of this volume was composed of Messrs. J. E. Farmer, H S O Van Dor-nand Alexander B. Allen, to whose energy and unflagging interest much creditIS due. The Board of Trade also desires to extend its sincere thanks to Mrs.H. A. Pluck, Mrs. Elizabeth Bartles Hawke, the Rev. C. S. Woodruff D DMr. Marcus L. Glazer, Judge John L. Connet and Mr. Alexander B. Allen forthe excellent articles contributed to these pages.
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rhotos h!i .Ulirr li. fUniVrr. Flrminfjton, N. J. Residences of (I) W.E. Emery). (2) George H. Large. (3) James E. Brodhead AN HISTORICAL RESUME By JUDGE JOHN L. CONNET NESTLING amono- the foothills of Hunterdon, one of thefinest and most fertile counties in New Jersey, and near thecountys centre, lies the lovely and thriving town of Flemington.Beautiful for situation are words that can be most fittingly andappropriately applied to it. On an elevation about 200 feet abovesea level, it still lies in a valley in a rich setting of sloping hills.When these encircling hills are clad in rich verdure and autumnfoliage, it looks like a jewel set in emerald and gold. Beautifulover-arching trees line its streets and in summer add much to itsattractiveness. Three principal streets traverse it from north tosouth, which are intersected by many cross streets. These arebuilt up with handsome residence and business houses. Fiftymiles from New York and Philadelphia, it is easily accessible toboth of t

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