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New Program Series - Sunday Afternoons in Pleasant Valley

Explore 3 centuries of history through new programs offered in the Pleasant Valley Rural Historic District. Programs are offered on the following dates from 12:00pm to 4:00pm.

June 8 - Phillips Gristmill Walking Tour guided by archaeologist David Zmoda.

September 7 - Church History Day presented by Pennington Presbyterian Church.

October 19 - Wooden's Poultry Farm Tour hosted by Tom Wooden.

November 9 - John Phillips House Open Hearth Cooking. A taste of Pleasant Valley's early history.

 

New Program Series - Friday Evenings in the Fish Barn

A series of evening programs from 7:00 to 9:00pm in Howell Farm's New Visitor Center Barn.

May 23 - Moments in Mercer History: A Fashion Show featuring the county's best dressed historical figures.

May 30 - Mercer's Magnificent Barns: A presentation by the New Jersey Barn Company.

June 6 - A Summer Barn Dance with Old Timey Music - "Swing Your Partner, Steal a Kiss"

September 19 - A Picture of History: Pleasant Valley, New Jersey by local historians Bob & Carol Meszaros

November 14 - Harvest Moon Dance - Music & dancing in a circa 1850 barn

Click on the Calendar page for all the Saturday programs and these new programs.

 

Stories of Pleasant Valley No. 7 - The New Schoolhouse of 1889

Visitors to Howell Farm coming along Pleasant Valley Road have seen the little red house and the buildings of the Wooden family chicken farm at the corner of Pleasant Valley and Hunter Roads. In the photo above a group taking a tour of the Pleasant Valley Rural Historic District passes this landmark. The children of Pleasant Valley during the time period interpreted by Howell Farm attended school on this site in a schoolhouse built in 1889. For the story of how this school was built and what it meant to the people of Pleasant Valley, click here and the story will appear in a new window.

This is No. 7 in our series of stories about life in Pleasant Valley between 1890 and 1910. For a complete list of the stories and links to them, click here.

For more information and photos about the history of this school, click here.