Did You Know? #5
Did you know?
1972 – The Hills Development Company and Toll Brothers built New Jersey’s largest residential development at the time: 1,880 units in Bernards Twp. 3,200 in Bedminster (5,100 total), consisting of 610 Mt. Laurel units, single family homes and commercial sites on 1,500 acres over 20 years.
Another Hills tidbit. Did you know that Liberty Ridge, a section of The Hills Development in Basking Ridge and Bedminster, is named in memory of the Revolutionary War patriots who built the nation’s first artillery school on Schley Mountain, known also as the Pluckemin Artillery Encampment, America’s first military academy and forerunner to the West Point Military Academy? IT’S TRUE.
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A continuing series where we post a new historic tidbit about Bernardston, now known as Bernards Township. These tidbits are courtesy of The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills, located in the historic Brick Academy in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, New Jersey.
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Like the “Did you know” series? Learn more about the history of Bernards Township at the only historical site dedicated to the longstanding support to history in our area. Formed over 80 years ago, The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills was originally the Basking Ridge Historical Society.
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Visit them online at www.historicalsocietyofsomersethills.org or simply www.thssh.org
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