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East Jersey Old Town Village
East Jersey Olde Towne Village, courtyard view of three buildings.jpg
Courtyard view of the Indian Queen Tavern, the New Brunswick Barracks, and the Runyon House
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Location 1050 River Road
Piscataway, New Jersey

East Jersey Old Town Village (also spelled East Jersey Olde Towne Village) is an open-air museum located in Johnson Park in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Village is a collection of Raritan Valley area historic buildings and includes original, reconstructed, and replicated 18th and 19th century vernacular architecture typical of farm and merchant communities of Central Jersey. It is home to a permanent exhibition about Raritan Landing, an 18th-century inland port once located just downstream on the river. Since 1989, the Middlesex County Office of Arts and History has had responsibility for the village.

Buildings and original location

Name Image Date Original location Notes
Church of the Three Mile Run Church of the Three Mile Run, north view, EJOTV.jpg 1703 New Brunswick A 1970s replica of a no longer extant 1703 Dutch Reformed church. The "footprint" of the original building can be seen in the still existing cemetery (along with many early grave markers) in New Brunswick on Route 27 at Hampton Road.
Jeremiah Dunn House Jeremiah Dunn House, east view, EJOTV.jpg c. 1750 Piscataway Reconstruction
Pound House Fitzrandolph House, east view, EJOTV.jpg 1743 Piscataway Also known as the Fitzrandolph House.
Indian Queen Tavern Indian Queen Tavern, north view, EJOTV.jpg ca 1729 New Brunswick
New Brunswick Barracks New Brunswick Barracks, west view, EJOTV.jpg 1758 New Brunswick A 1970s replica of a portion of a 1758 military barracks located on George St in New Brunswick and destroyed by fire in 1796.
Runyon House Runyon House, at EJOTV.jpg ca 1755 Piscataway
Six Mile Run House Six Mile Run House, EJOTV.jpg c. 1760 South Brunswick Moved from the Six Mile Run area in 1979.
Smalleytown Schoolhouse Smalleytown Schoolhouse, west view, EJOTV.jpg 1803 Warren Township
Elias Vanderveer House Vanderveer House, west view, EJOTV.jpg c. 1745 Pluckemin Reconstruction.
Farley Blacksmith Shop Farley Blacksmith Shop, south view, EJOTV.jpg c. 1850 New Brunswick
Williamson Wheelwright Shop Williamson Wheelwright Shop, south view, EJOTV.jpg 18th century North Brunswick
Runyon Wagon House Runyon Wagon House, EJOTV.jpg c. 1840 Piscataway

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