Groveville Memories: Just a Little Bit of Crosswicks, NJ

These are some postcards, maps and clippings I have had and some I just received, but it gave me enough to post a little bit about Crosswicks.

September 15, 1920

Charles W. Brick plant totally destroyed,

with loss of $20,000

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The receipt above is quite an example of how prices have increased 200 pounds of Gluten $1.80 and 50 pounds of Flour $2.80. The recipe is for a sale to a Mr. Samuel Emory, June 14, 1896.

I am always amazed that some of the documents I have acquired are well over 100 years old, that someone held on to these and saved them for such a long time and now I hold them in my hand. It is an awesome responsibility..If you look at the map below you will see the location of the W.S. Hartman Carriages. If you follow Main Street off the right side of the map you will see W.S. Hartman Carriages. They are still repairing carriages in the same location today,113 years later, only now they have motors and are much more complex, it is now Pete Lestician Auto Repair at 445 Ellisdale Rd, Crosswicks, NJ.

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Crosswicks -1876
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The Crosswicks Creek Bridge, Crosswicks, NJ - Removed 1907

This bridge was constructed just next to the present day bridge on the up stream side. If you are coming down the hill from Crosswicks, as you approach the present bridge, look to the right and you will see I believe three houses below you, they were located on the approach to this bridge, and after you cross the present day bridge, look to the right and you will see the remains of some old oak trees in a row (that may be the Oak Trees in the photo), these were along the road from the old bridge on the North Crosswicks side.
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The present day bridge was not the replacement for the Covered Bridge in this picture, there was a bridge constructed with steel and black top with pipe type rails, constructed in 1908 and removed when the present day bridge was constructed. This bridge and the present day bridge were constructed much higher than the Covered Bridge, so to decrease the grade from the top of the hill in Crosswicks and the Bridge.

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This is the Crosswicks Mill Pond on the up stream side of the bridge or on the right if coming down the hill from Crosswicks. the small building in the picture is a boat house, the water is lower than normal in this photo, the water is usually up to the door of the boat house. I remember when my Grandfather had his farm in Georgetown, we used to cross the pond quite often on our way back to Groveville, this was when the bridge was an open pipe rail bridge and you could see the water from the back of dad's "50" Hudson, I often wondered what type of boat they had that deserved its own house. I can still picture the boat house today, it was bright red with white trim.

This is the reverse of the above Mill Pond Card.
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This is the stove in the Friends Meeting House of Crosswicks. The stove is manufactured from Bog Ore, Iron mined from the Bogs of South Jersey, if you look close you can see the name of Atsion on the front of this stove.
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This stove was manufactured at the Atsion Iron Works of Atsion, New Jersey, which began operation about 1765 and closed down in the late 1840's when Iron mining in Pennsylvania was found to be cheaper. Atsion forge was just one of several Iron Manufacturing operations in South Jersey with forges with names like Batsto, Weymouth, Walker, Gloucester, Martha, Hanover, and The Howell Works.

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Crosswicks Oak at The Crosswicks Friends Meeting House

Reverse side of Crosswicks Oak Card

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Crosswicks Obituary

Rosa J. Lieberman
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Harry Lieberman

1938

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Crosswicks Engagement

Miss Margaret Baker Ellis

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Crosswicks Wedding

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Crosswicks Fire House - 1934

1937

Ralph Perine Joseph D. Goodenough

Francis W. Ellis
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Baseball was big entertainment, each small town had a team, Groveville, Yardville, Crosswicks, and Hamilton Square. The head line of the picture below would have a whole different meaning if it appeared today. These articles appeared in the Trenton Evening Times 1904 - 1906.