Hunterdon County Historical Society: Goodspeed Histories: February 2022

Press release from the Hunterdon County Historical Society:

phyllis hartzell

February 14, 2022

** February 11, 2022
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Today I have published the next article in my series featuring the Italianate buildings on Flemington’s Main Street, the ones with an arch along the front roofline. This time it is:

Fulper’s Store (https://goodspeedhistories.com/fulpers-store/)
This one was a real challenge because I had to research not just the owners of the building and lot, but the various business partnerships that operated in the store.  And I was amazed at how often business partnerships got dissolved. The heading “Notice of Dissolution” turns up constantly in the old Hunterdon Republican newspaper.

Also, as I explain in the article, although most people know it as the Nevius Building, I’ve given William H. Fulper the credit he deserves for putting up one of the handsomest buildings on the street, and thankfully, one that will be preserved during the Union Hotel redevelopment project.

While I was at it, I published the Fulper Family Tree (https://goodspeedhistories.com/fulper-family-tree/) . I thought I had published it previously, but could not find it on the website. Happy to say, it’s there now.

The Website
As you may know, last month my website got hacked, and it took some doing to get it restored. In the process, a firewall was added that affected the comment feature by stopping all unknown isp addresses from getting through (basically everyone, for now).

If you want to comment, there are two approaches. The simplest one is to email me at marfyg@gmail.com (mailto:marfyg@gmail.com) and I will take note. A better approach is to do a “test” comment and receive an error message from the firewall. Forward the error message to me and I will pass it on to my webmaster, Phyllis Hartzell. She will then white-list your isp so that you can comment freely in the future.

Apologies for the inconvenience, but the web just isn’t as safe as it used to be. These are the steps we must take to avoid getting hacked in the future. Thanks so much for your patience.

Next Door
I had originally thought I could publish an article that covered both the Fulper store and the building next to it, once known as Hopewell’s Building or Oddfellows’ Hall. But that was not to be. Since that building is going to be lost, and soon, I better get to work on it.

A Series on Taverns
I’ve mentioned before my new interest in tavern licenses, especially as a wonderful resource for researching old Hunterdon families. This got me interested again in writing about some of those early taverns, beginning with the one in Locktown called “The Swamp Meeting House Tavern (https://goodspeedhistories.com/the-swamp-meeting-house-tavern/) .”

Next on the list is another very old one, Johnson’s Tavern in Kingwood Township on Route 519 south of Barbertown. But it will have to wait a little while.

I have written about taverns before, as can be seen in the Index of Articles, under the category of Hunterdon. Some of these earlier articles may be getting revised to include new information from the tavern licenses.

This press release was produced by the Hunterdon County Historical Society. The views expressed here are the author’s own.