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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
ANNANDALE, 42.8 miles (270 alt., 500 pop.), is a shopping center
for surrounding farms.
The STAGECOACH INN (R), 43.4 miles, now an antique shop, is said to
have been built in 1770, but may be of earlier construction. In its cellar,
once the taproom, are deep, 6-foot fireplaces. The wooden upper story was
added later to the stone lower story. Millstones lie in the yard.
At 43.5 miles is the junction with State 30 (see Tour 15).
CLINTON, 44.5 miles (190 alt., 932 pop.), has an old MILL on the
banks of the South Branch of the Raritan River, a popular fishing stream.
This is one of the few New Jersey gristmills still using water power. Its
dim, heavy-raftered interior is cloudy with the dust of more than l00
years and its heavy stones turn as steadily today as ever. Rebuilt in 1836
from an older structure, it predates most of the Civil War architecture of
the town. The CLINTON HOUSE (R), a two-story, rambling frame house
with a square-columned porch, built about 200 years ago, was long a stop-
ping place for the Easton stagecoaches. Even in the morning, cars with
licenses of a dozen States stand before it, having brought patrons to the
beamed Colonial dining room.
At 45.6 miles is the CLINTON STATE FARM (L), a corrective institution
for women. Prisoners are employed in farm labor, and laundry and kitchen
work.
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