Portrait of Truman Tertius Pierson, ca. September 1909.[1] The building at 397 Main Street in Metuchen is tied with one of the most interesting figures in the early 20th century business and political history of Metuchen. Truman T. Pierson (1884-1967) was the oldest of three sons and four daughters of John Noble Pierson, a terra cotta modeler and architect, and
John Noble Pierson (1855-1930) was an accomplished terra cotta modeler and architect. He attended the Cooper Institute, the Boston school of Art and the Boston School of Sculpture. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston was founded in 1870 and initially located on the top floor of the Boston Athenaeum. In 1876 the museum moved into a Gothic Revival building
Year 2015 The roots of our family garden date to Middlesboro, Kentucky. We had a raised bed garden at our house on North 25th Street. Year 2016 Year 2017 No garden. Year 2018 No garden. Year 2019 Our spur to plant a garden was the May 11, 2019 Metuchen Spring Street Fair. At the fair we were introduced to several
Lemuel Moody constructed the Observatory to improve communications between seafaring vessels and merchants on land. His signal tower was completed in 1807. A signal system identified vessels sailing into the harbor so merchants could prepare. Ships would hoist a flag when sailing into the harbor. Captain Moody would use a powerful achromatic refracting telescope to spot vessels and their flags
Following the death of John Hampton, Sr., a major landowner in this area, a large amount of real estate came to market and for sale May 15th, 1855. Ellis Frazer Ayres bought property fronting Main Street and built his residence between Hillside Ave (then Union Ave) and Middlesex Ave. Highland Ave had not yet been put through.[1] Then he moved
A grocery store, boarding house and hostelry were once situated on this corner. As far back as 1876 the Everts & Steward map shows a “Gro. Store” on this corner. The wear and tear on this earlier building were evident. A newspaper article from April 1904 reported a story of Mrs. Morris roasting a turkey. “The fire was crackling with
The Red Mill, built circa 1810, over the years processed wool, grist, talc, plaster, and graphite. River water power also later generated electricity. A limestone quarry here was mined from the 1800s up until 1963. The Red Mill today is one of the indisputable historic and scenic sites in this area, though the Town of Clinton has much to offer
After the land was sold by the original owner, only three families have owned the house at 63 McCoy Ave in Metuchen, New Jersey. Chain of Title John Hanson (widower) to Raymond M. Laing and Anna M. Laing, his wife. April 29, 1922, Book 715, Page 499. Raymond M. Laing and Anna M. Laing, his wife, to Vanvert Tyrell and
Ample street parking has been given way to allow for expanded outdoor dining. The use of linked pop-up tents created sizeable areas in the right-of-way where larger structures would not fit.
