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Showing posts with label GREENWOOD CEMETERY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GREENWOOD CEMETERY. Show all posts

Friday, November 21, 2014

1929: DEDICATION OF THE HAMILTON TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL BUILDING

During one of my lunches with my dear friend, the late Maury Perilli, the subject of the proposed "center city" relocation of Hamilton Township's municipal offices which is in the field across from the Hamilton Library and police station in what I believe to be known as the Morgan Tract. Relocation would of course mean the evacuation of that beautiful red brick colonial style building at 2090 Greenwood Avenue. Maury assured me that the move was well into the future due to fiscal constraints, but it would ultimately happen. Given the unhappy fate of that beautiful Trenton Central High school and the forthcoming wrecker's ball, I would hope that future town leaders would save that historic building which was built when Hamilton was still a largely rural community with large farms dotting the map.
About the photo: The original was a large panoramic photo of the area in front of the municipal building taken during the celebration of the dedication of the building at 2090 Greenwood Avenue. The clarity is amazing with a very interesting view of Greenwood Cemetery in the background. As to the "Enterprise Vol. Fire Co." and their gorgeous rigs, in my limited time as a Colonial Volunteer firemen, we referred to Enterprise ad "Hamilton-Enterprise."

Saturday, September 21, 2013

1874: THE NEW GREENWOOD CEMETERY

What a great news photo! Greenwood was indeed a beautiful cemetery. In fact it sill is today but the landscape had s somewhat different appearance from theGreenwood Cemetery of today.

Monday, March 22, 2010

1874: HAMILTON'S GREENWOOD CEMETERY

With the town fathers currently working on creating a cultural area centered around the old Atlantic Products plant in Bromley and extending over toward the Grounds for sculpture, it is interesting to note that the Bromley area has its own treasure trove of history. For instance: Did you know that the Anderson Farm once occupied the huge area between Hamilton Avenue and Greenwood Avenue from the city line near Logan Avenue, ALL THE WAY TO GREENWOOD CEMETERY? The old farm was here before the Revolutionary War, and one of the Andersons were among the guides who led George Washington through the area to the Battle of Princeton.

Candy Frenking Jens has left a new comment on your post
"1874: HAMILTON'S GREENWOOD CEMETERY":

This was a favorite place for a kid to ride a bike - hardly any traffic, and nice shade. We liked to sing in the marble buildings - like the shower, but better. My dad, a florist, delivered grave blankets, and had a card file to locate the graves. Easy to do for older plots, with upright stones, but the job was harder when cemeteries went to flat markers. Snow made the job worse!

THANKS FOR THE INSIGHT, CANDY. NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU.