East Jersey Old Town Village (also spelled East Jersey Olde Towne Village) is an open-air museum located in Johnson Park in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Village is a collection of Raritan Valley area historic buildings and includes original, reconstructed, and replicated 18th and 19th century vernacular architecture typical of farm and merchant communities of Central Jersey. It is home to a permanent exhibition about Raritan Landing, an 18th-century inland port once located just downstream on the river. Since 1989, the Middlesex County Office of Arts and History has had responsibility for the village. The village opened in 1978 and contains 16 historic buildings relocated to Johnson Park, representing architectural styles from throughout the Raritan Valley.
Buildings and original location Name Image Date Original location NotesChurch of the Three Mile Run1703New BrunswickA 1970s replica of a no longer extant 1703 Dutch Reformed church. The "footprint" of the original building can be seen in the still existing cemetery (along with many early grave markers) in New Brunswick on Route 27 at Hampton Road.Jeremiah Dunn HousePiscatawayReconstructionPound House1743PiscatawayAlso known as the Fitzrandolph House.Indian Queen Tavernca 1729New Brunswick Barracks1758New BrunswickA 1970s replica of a portion of a 1758 military barracks located on George St in New Brunswick and destroyed by fire in 1796.Runyon Houseca 1755PiscatawaySix Mile Run HouseMoved from the Six Mile Run area in 1979.1803Warren TownshipElias Vanderveer HousePluckeminReconstruction.Farley Blacksmith ShopNew BrunswickWilliamson Wheelwright Shop18th centuryNorth BrunswickRunyon Wagon HousePiscataway
See also List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey Cornelius Low House Metlar-Bodine House Ephraim Fitz-Randolph House Road Up Raritan Historic District Monmouth County Historical Association Meadows Foundation (New Jersey) New Bridge Landing Six Mile Run Jacobus Vanderveer House - brother of Elias Vanderveer
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