Cranberry Hall
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Jerseyman, that Methodist Church looks like a very grand church for its time, considering the small community. It looks well built. Whomever was involved really put their heart into it and knew the meaning of a level line.
Jerseyman, Thanks for the great pics and info.Your input adds to every thread you post on. I was born on Ft. Dix and have traveled down Texas Ave./Browns Mills Rd. many times and wold never imagined it looking like those pictures. Some of the names are familiar and I think there is a Norcross St. in Pemberton Twp.
Thank you Jerseyman.
You might be able to get onto the base. You would have to write a letter of intent to the base commander and name the individuals in the group. Each member would be required to submit probably two forms of identification for a background check a month or two before the visit. You would be escorted to the area(s) which you requested to visit.
That's pretty much the way it went for the folks that I know who have visited the Hindenburg site. You have the weight of this website behind you, they could easily figure out if you are in earnest. It might also mean that brand new members of this list who wish to visit the base might not be allowed.
You might be able to get onto the base. You would have to write a letter of intent to the base commander and name the individuals in the group. Each member would be required to submit probably two forms of identification for a background check a month or two before the visit. You would be escorted to the area(s) which you requested to visit.
That's pretty much the way it went for the folks that I know who have visited the Hindenburg site. You have the weight of this website behind you, they could easily figure out if you are in earnest. It might also mean that brand new members of this list who wish to visit the base might not be allowed.
Thanks, fellows, for your comments. It’s great to examine how things once appeared through historic photographs and post cards!
Best regards,
Jerseyman
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Jokerman:
The farmhouse serving as the Soldiers Club in the one post card dates to either the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century based on its appearance and massing. You can see similar houses on Jacksonville Road west of Route 206 and a couple still stand along the Old Monmouth Road. A sizeable population of this dwelling style once proliferated on the farmsteads of southern New Jersey, but developers have razed many of them in the name of “progress.”
Best regards,
Jerseyman
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Bob:
Thanks for your comments, which caused me to conduct some additional research. In point of fact, the original building is still visible in this post card view. It extended parallel to the photographer. The late 1880s or early 1890s additions included the tower entryway and the extension to the right of the tower perpendicular to the original building. The entrance to the original building still features steps on the left side of the building if you look carefully. It also explains the seemingly odd placement of the oil light. The new tower entrance has the appearance of Carpenter Gothic styling, complete with a bracketed cornice and an occulus window. The increase in size for the building represents both congregational growth and a likely memorial gift or gifts to make the new additions a reality. It appears that Saint Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church remained standing and in use through at least 1938.
Best regards,
Jerseyman
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Great stuff, Jerseyman. I was inspired to open up Google Earth and try to fit the historic map of Pointville into some geographical context. Here is a shot of Pointville today, such as it is:
And here is the same image with the historic map overlayed at 60% opacity:
If you look carefully at the satellite imagery you can just see the hints of the old roads, although the one leading off to the southeast appears to be wrong in terms of angle. Perhaps it was moved at some time before disappearing alltogether, or perhaps the cartographer just got it slightly wrong.
Edit: I looked at it again and I think the mapmaker just got the angle wrong. If you follow the shadow of the old road southeast it lines up with Range Rd., and you can clearly see how it was rerouted around the perimeter of the base.
And here is the same image with the historic map overlayed at 60% opacity:
If you look carefully at the satellite imagery you can just see the hints of the old roads, although the one leading off to the southeast appears to be wrong in terms of angle. Perhaps it was moved at some time before disappearing alltogether, or perhaps the cartographer just got it slightly wrong.
Edit: I looked at it again and I think the mapmaker just got the angle wrong. If you follow the shadow of the old road southeast it lines up with Range Rd., and you can clearly see how it was rerouted around the perimeter of the base.
