New Jersey, Middlesex County, Perth Amboy
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St. Peter’s is the oldest Episcopal
Parish in New Jersey.
Some graveyard tombstones bear the
marks of cannon shots fired by the
British during the Revolution.
Currently listed on the National Register
of Historic Places.
(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches, Etc. • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
St. Peter’s is the oldest EpiscopalParish in New Jersey.
Some graveyard tombstones bear the
marks of cannon shots fired by the
British during the Revolution.
Currently listed on the National Register
of Historic Places.
(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches, Etc. • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
This building, erected in
The Father of his Country
The 96-mile stretch of road from
Crab Orchard to Cumberland Gap was
known as Boone Way. Col. James
Maret, an early advocate of road
improvement, was responsible for
cutting of roadbed and it’s first
paving. As L&N railroad agent and
telegraph operator in Mt. Vernon,
Maret developed a concern for road
conditions. Highway was in use by
1918; the Boone Way became US 25.
Born in Garrard Co., Maret came
here in 1877. He established this
county’s first telephone exchange
and newspaper; was town clerk for
25 years. Maret served as executive
secretary of Kentucky’s Good Roads
Association, and in 1929 published
a routing guide, listing over 1200
points in U.S. and Canada. He died
in Old Masonic Home, Shelbyville;
buried, Elmwood Cem., Mt. Vernon.
The 52nd Kentucky county. Created
out of Knox, Lincoln, Madison,
Pulaski counties. Isaac Lindsey,
who came here with a hunting party
in 1767, observed a lone rock which
resembled an ancient castle. From
this the river was named, later
the county. Dr. Thomas Walker and
party, first white men to visit
the interior of Kentucky, were
at this rock as early as 1750.
Revolutionary soldier, Congressman, Governor 1820-1823, lived in the Hiester Mansion. Now a part of the Berks County Welfare Farm.
Organized 1729, this is one of the early Lutheran churches founded by Rev. John Caspar Stoever, Jr., who started the parish records in 1730. A log church, erected before 1749, was replaced by the present stone building in 1809. Since 1853, Lutheran and Reformed services have been held here.
Erected 1749; once owned by Baron Stiegel. Operated by ironmaster George Ege, 1774-1824. Hessians were employed in Revolutionary days to cut a rock channel for water supply. Site is to the north of Womelsdorf.
Built in 1767 by John de Turk, son of Isaac de Turk, a Huguenot who settled here in 1712 and was one of a number of French Protestants who were pioneers in this part of Berks County.
A building erected about 1748 by Moravians, for use as a church and school, stands on the side road, about 1.5 miles away. Here they conducted a boarding school, 1745-51; and built a later schoolhouse, since demolished, in 1776.
Built 1745 by Dr. George de Benneville, preacher in this area 1743-55, and founder of Universalism in America. He died in Philadelphia in 1793. The house is 2.25 miles away on a side road.
This home, built 1801 by Henry Fisher, is a fine example of late Georgian architecture. Brought from the British Isles, this style is reflected in old homes of eastern and southern Pennsylvania.
Established 1725 as Oley; name changed to Exeter, 1742. Present stone meeting house built 1759 near site of two previous log structures. Buried here are members of the Boone, Ellis, Hughes, Lee, and Lincoln families. Meetings discontinued 1899; building reopened for worship in 1949.
The first Croatian Catholic parish in America was established in 1894. The 1901 church was a center for spiritual and social Croatian culture. Croatian immigrants fled religious, economic, and political oppression to pursue new lives in Pittsburgh. Its familiar geography and economic opportunities attracted many Croatians. Despite a 14-year preservation effort, the modified Romanesque church and grotto were razed in 2013.
First European settlers in present Berks County on land granted by William Penn, 1704-5. The home of Mounce and Ingeborg Jones, built 1716 and the oldest house in the county, stands at the opposite end of the river bridge.
Pioneer ironmaster and opponent of slavery who died 1730. Built Pennsylvania's first ironworks nearby, 1716. In ensuing decade he erected Pine Forge and built this mansion; in 19th century it was an Underground Railroad stop. Academy was founded here, 1945.
