Bob Heil photo
EWING TOWNSHIP HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Welcome to the Ewing Township Historic Preservation Society. Registered with the State of N.J. on July 20, 1972, the mission of ETHPS is to preserve and protect Ewing Township's historic houses, buildings and sites and to collect artifacts, books, photographs, manuscripts and related genealogy materials pertaining to the history of Ewing Township and the surrounding region. The society also presents occasional programs for the general public. Anyone is welcome to join the society. Annual membership is $15 for individuals and $25 per family per year. The society publishes a newsletter and meets monthly at the Benjamin Temple House located in Drake Farm Park at 27 Federal City Road at Violet Cox Drive in Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey 08638. Fax & voice 609-883-2455. New members are always welcome! Call 609-883-2455 and leave a message on the answering machine requesting a membership form or click here and print out a form to mail to us. Be sure to leave your your name and address.
Here are some of the winners of our Eighth Historic Sites Art Contest
NEW! Ewingville
Honor Roll
Garden Cleanup
Day photos.
Some photos taken during a tour of the Benjamin
Temple House we gave to several residents from Stony Brook Assisted Living
on July 28.
In
order to pay for our new roof! the Society is asking for donations
to "Adopt a Shingle". Shingles are $5 each and bundles are $50.
Click here to print out the form. Make checks
payable to ETHPS Roof Fund. All donations are tax deductible.
The
Benjamin Temple house is a sample of the Preservation Society's efforts.
In 1973 this fine example of a colonial wood-frame farmhouse was saved from
demolition and moved from Pennington Road to its present site where it now
serves as the headquarters for the Ewing Township Historic Preservation
Society. The Temple home houses the collections and offices of the Society
and serves as a backdrop for historic lectures, events and other programs.
The Benjamin Temple house is open to the public and researchers by appointment.
The Temple House was built circa 1750 by Benjamin Temple a prosperous farmer
and one of the earliest settlers in the Ewing-Hopewell area. In about 1840
the western half of the house was added by Temple's descendants.The building
is owned by the Township of Ewing and is maintained by the Ewing Historic
Preservation Society. See
the Benjamin
Temple Family Research site for genealogical information
about the Temple family. Recent
donations to the society: Surplus
Fire Extinguishers: We have 3, 2½ gallon pressurized-water fire extinguishers
available
for a
donation
of $25
each
to the Society. All were recharged November 2004.
Laptop computer with
case and software from Rita Cleary
Cherry finished podium, custom made for us by
Dan Eldridge
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Updated:
March 2005