. Landmarks of historic interest along the Lackawanna railroad : wherein will be found divers descriptions and some photographs of houses and lands which figured in stirring events before, during and after the War of Revolution . groundgrist to feed Washingtons army camped at Jockey Hollow in the winterof 1779. The Miller being vigorous, young and ambitious decided to build a newmill that would have a twenty-foot fall of water tripling its water present stone mill was designed, planned and built by Mr. FerdinandVan Doren who operated it until he died at the age of ninety-six. The fa
. Landmarks of historic interest along the Lackawanna railroad : wherein will be found divers descriptions and some photographs of houses and lands which figured in stirring events before, during and after the War of Revolution . groundgrist to feed Washingtons army camped at Jockey Hollow in the winterof 1779. The Miller being vigorous, young and ambitious decided to build a newmill that would have a twenty-foot fall of water tripling its water present stone mill was designed, planned and built by Mr. FerdinandVan Doren who operated it until he died at the age of ninety-six. The family story says the mill was built in one year and that it cost$5,000 and paid for itself the first year. The master mason was paidseventy-five cents a day; the other masons received fifty cents per day fortheir work. The Old Mill stands majestically with its beautiful arches and grand Paee Six proportions, one of the finer pieces of old masonry left standing in NewJerscv. It has served through three generations and is a monument to alife of industry and service that was lived within the shadow of its Old Mill is now operating, using the original grinding stones,wooden machinery, etc., owned by William The Kirk-patrick MansionBernardsville, N. J. The Kirkpatrick Mansion Another place of historic interest is the old Kirkpatrick Mansion, onthe homestead where Alexander Kirkpatrick and his son settled in solid substantial stone house which he built in 1765, with its thickfirm walls laid in mortar almost as hard as the gray sandstone itself, andwith floors made of white oak plank laid double, was but an exponent ofthe solidity and self-reliance of his character. With proper care the housemight be made to last five centuries more. On a stone over the old frontdoor are chiseled 1765. (The initials of David and Mary Kirk-patrick.) The house is now owned by Mr. Chauncev Ryder McPherson. Page Seven BERNARDSVILLE, N. J.
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