About the Historical Society

EVENTS

Annual Wine and Cheese - Wine and Cheese Celebration
on Saturday, May 17th, 2008
from 6:00 to 9:00pm
at Treborgarth, Home of Robert Dragotta
which was built in 1920 as the Martin House
on the site of the
East Lake Woolen Mill
East Commerce Street
Bridgeton, New Jersey

The evening will include a history and overview of the Property by Jonathan Wood and a Photograph Exhibit of the transformation of the Woolen Mill site to that of the Martin House.

Proceeds from this event will be used for an expanded web site offering a tour of early industrial sites in Cumberland County.

September 27^th & 28^thArtisan Faire &
100^th Anniversary of
Tea Burner Monument
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40th Annual Christmas in Greenwich
Date: Sunday, December 14th
Time: 12:00 noon until 5 PM
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NEW: Educational Series
Hearthside Cooking Class
Six opportunities to dine in the colonial kitchen and learn the techniques of cooking in a hearth fire. Each lesson provides a four course gourmet meal with appropriate beverages. learn more »

Docent training - 5 Thursday mornings from October 2nd to 30th.

Continuing Education Class the first Monday morning of every month. (June 2nd - Colonial women and their occupations.)

In 1905, at the same time plans were being made to erect a monument to commemorate the Tea Burning in Greenwich, the Cumberland County Historical Society was organized as a non-profit corporation. The first recorded meeting of the incorporators of the Cumberland County Historical Society was held in the old Cumberland County Court House on Broad Street in Bridgeton at 2 PM on December 2, 1908.

These Charter Members organized the Society in order to apply to the Board of Freeholders and the State Legislature for funds to erect a monument in Greenwich to the memory of the brave Patriots who burned the tea on December 22, 1774.

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The Cumberland County Historical Society
PO Box 16, Greenwich, NJ 08323
856-455-4055

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