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Historic Markers

Historic Markers

In 2008, the Woodbridge Township Historic Preservation Commission began placing Historic Markers on the various sites of historical significance in Woodbridge Township. The program continues to recognize a number of sites each year, according to the funding available.  


The following is a listing of the sites already identified by a marker and the year in which that marker was erected.


Markers

In 2020, the following properties were recognized:

S.W. Phillips Grist & Saw Mill, 190 Woodbridge Avenue

100 East Prospect Avenue, Woodbridge 

Woodbridge and the Revolutionary War, The Battle of the Short Hills, St. Georges 

and Woodbine Avenues

Woodbridge and the Revolutionary War, The Battle of the Short Hills, Inman Avenue

St. Andrew Church, Avenel


In 2019, the following properties were recognized:

81 Green Street, Woodbridge

Arthur Kill/Staten Island Sound, Sewaren

Bridesmaid House, Colonia

Garden for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Iselin Library

Woodbridge and the Revolutionary War, Strawberry Hill & Hampton Cutter Mansion

Hess Oil Refinery, 750 Cliff Road, Sewaren


In 2018, the following properties were recognized:
510 East Avenue, Sewaren​
​611 Barron Avenue, Woodbridge
Dr. Fred Albee House, Colonia
​Flip's Tavern, Green Street, Iselin
​General Dynamics, 150 Avenel Street, Avenel
​Poor Farm, Gill Lane, Iselin
​Woodbridge Train Wreck Site, Fulton Street, Woodbridge​


In 2017, the following properties were recognized:
62 Green Street, Woodbridge
​117 East Prospect Avenue, Woodbridge
​125 Freeman Street, Woodbridge
​150 East Prospect Avenue, Woodbridge
​646 Ridgedale Avenue, Woodbridge
​755 Hillside Place, Woodbridge
805 ​Ridgedale Avenue, Woodbridge


In 2016, the following properties were recognized:

Heard's Corner, corner of Rahway Avenue and Green Street, Woodbridge

44 Green Street, Woodbridge
86 Green Street Woodbridge
​94 Green Street, Woodbridge
​95 Green Street, Woodbridge
125 Green Street, Woodbridge
​181 Green Street, Woodbridge
​247 Green Street, Woodbridge
​500 Green Street, Woodbridge
​Cedar Cliff, 434 Cliff Road, Sewaren​


In 2015, the following properties were recognized:
Cooper Farms, Cooper Avenue at the Little League Baseball Field, Iselin
First Presbyterian Church of Iselin, Oak Tree Road, Iselin
​Iselin Theater, Oak Tree Road, Iselin
​St. Cecilia Church, Oak Tree Road, Iselin
​Menlo Park Terrace School, Menlo Park Terrace​


In 2014, the following properties were recognized:
St. Anthony of Padua, 436 Port Reading Ave., Port Reading

Maple Tree Farm, 871 Rahway Ave., Avenel

Avenel Schools 4 & 5, 224-236 Avenel St., Avenel

McMyler Coal Dumper, Coal Pier, Middlesex Ave., Port Reading ​


In 2013, the following properties were recognized:
The Cutter House, 891 Main St., Fords

Woman's Club, 11 Corrielle St., Fords
Fords Corner, New Brunswick Ave. & King Georges Post Road, Fords
Fords Porcelain Works, 950 King Georges Post Road, Fords
Hopelawn School 10, 52 Clyde Ave., Hopelawn


In 2012, the following properties were recognized:

​Cooper-Neuberg House, 380 Cliff Rd., Sewaren
Boynton Beach, corner of Cliff Rd. & Ferry St., Sewaren

St. John's Episcopal Church, Woodbridge Ave. & Cliff Rd., Sewaren

Gorham Boynton House, 483 West Ave., Sewaren

Sewaren Free Public Library, 546 West Ave., Sewaren


In 2011, the following properties were recognized:

Colonia Country Club, Colonia Boulevard, Colonia

Colonia Triangle - marking the site of the Bishop Grist & Sawmill and the First Colonia Library, Chain O'Hills & New Dover Road, Colonia
U. S. General Hospital No. 3, corner of Dorset & New Dover Road in Colonia

Kinnekort, corner of New Dover Road and Colonia Boulevard

The Trees (The Old Cone Place), 374 New Dover Road, Colonia

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In 2010, the following markers were added:

Woodbridge High School (now Middle School), 525 Barron Avenue, Woodbridge

James Parker Press, Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge

St. James Roman Catholic Parish, Amboy Avenue & Main Street, Woodbridge

United Methodist Church, Main Street, Woodbridge

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Amboy Avenue, Woodbridge


In 2009, the following markers were added:
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge

Jonathan Dunham House, Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge

Trinity Churchyard, Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge

Fitz-Randolph House, 569 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge

First Congregational Church, 545-561 Barron Avenue, Woodbridge

School No. 1 (Administration Building), 421 School Street, Woodbridge

Bloomfield House, 115-117 Harrell Avenue, Woodbridge

J. J. Bitting Coal & Feed Depot, 33 Main Street, Woodbridge


In 2008, the following properties were recognized:

Aaron Dunn Homestead/Jost-Keating House— 12 Freeman Street, Woodbridge

Barron Library (now The Barron Arts Center)— 582 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge

Barron House— 574 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge

Cross Keys Tavern—142 No. James St. (behind 7/11 on Rt. 35), Woodbridge

First Presbyterian Church (The Old White Church)—Corner Rahway Avenue and Port Reading Avenue, Woodbridge

Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage— 71 Main Street, Woodbridge

Trinity Episcopal Church—Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge


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