The Kingston Historical Society
Kingston, New Jersey
An edited video of the June 3, 2023 presentation at the Kingston NJ Presbyterian Church is now available:
Reflections of Our Past, 1723-2023, https://youtu.be/0LLbYYpNJ7E
Speakers are Rev Sharyl M Dixon, pastor
and George Luck, Jr.
introduced by Robert von Zumbusch, president of the Kingston Historical Society.
With presentations by leaders of our three townships.
Taverns of Kingston, A Saturday Afternoon walk led by George Luck, Jr. on May 6, 2023
Half way between New York and Philadelphia, Kingston, New Jersey was a natural place for inns and taverns for travelers. The first inn/tavern was established by Henry Greenland in 1683 on the west side of the Millstone River; subsequent taverns/inns were all on the east side.
The two hour walk was led by lifetime Kingston resident (and KHS Vice President) George Luck, Jr. George is frequent speaker on Kingston history, both in character as a historical figure, or as himself.
We started at the Kingston Presbyterian Church parking lot (4565 NJ Route 27), then proceeded down Main Street (Route 27) toward the D&R Canal. On the way George points out the sites of the various former inns and taverns that once made Kingston an important and busy stopping place for travelers as well as a gathering place for locals from colonial times, through the Revolutionary War, the early republic, the Lincoln Highway and today.
The talk ends at Eno Terra Restaurant, formerly “The Kings Inn” and then “The Winepress” The video is 70 minutes. Video and Audio by Charlie Dieterich, Post-Production by Doug Miller.
Maps at the end of the video are from the Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/
and The Story Of New Jerseys Civil Boundaries 1608–1968; John F. Snyder, 1969 reprinted by New Jersey Geological Survey 2004.
https://archive.org/details/The-Story-of-New-Jerseys-Civil-Boundaries-1608-1968-Snyder
Images are from various Kingston Historical Society collections.
The Kingston Historical Society thanks Archive.org for hosting our community video. The video can be downloaded from their website https://archive.org/details/@khsnj
Video File rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
The Spring 2023 edition of the Kingston Historian is now available as a .pdf for download and viewing HERE.
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