Fieldville, New Jersey
Fieldville, New Jersey | |
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 Richard R. Field house built c. 1724 | |
  Fieldville  Fieldville  Fieldville | |
| Coordinates: 40°32′50″N 74°30′24″W / 40.54722°N 74.50667°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Middlesex |
| Township | Piscataway |
| Named for | John Field |
| Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 883087[1] |
Fieldville is a historical unincorporated community located within Piscataway Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2] The location is sometimes described as being on River Road south of Bound Brook.[3] The community was named after John Field and his descendants who settled the area.
History
[edit]John Field (1659–1729) purchased 1,055 acres (427 ha) along the Raritan River in 1695 from Benjamin Clarke.[4]
Historic houses
[edit]The original Field House, built by John Field in 1710, was located between River Road and the Raritan River. It was destroyed in 1907.[5]
Richard R. Field (1755–1840) lived in a frame house at 260 River Road, dated c. 1724 by a foundation stone.[6][7]
John Field's grandson, John Field (born 1714), built a stone house at 625 River Road in 1743. A later addition was wood-frame construction.[8]
About 1868, Benjamin McDowell Field built a large two-story frame house along River Road. It was also known as the Kenneth Perry House, named after its last owner. The house was destroyed by fire in 1965.[3][9][10]
Fieldville Dam
[edit]As part of the Delaware and Raritan Canal, a dam was constructed on the Raritan River at Fieldville to supply water for the last five miles of the canal to New Brunswick.[11] What remains of the dam can still be seen in the Raritan River, about 500 feet upstream from the I-287 North overpass near exit 10.
Transportation
[edit]Fieldville is accessed by two major roads: Interstate 287 and County Route 622 (River Road).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Fieldville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 8, 2015.
- ^ a b Howell, George Brokaw (1960). "Kenneth Perry House" (PDF). HABS NJ-709. Historic American Buildings Survey.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Pierce (1901a), pp. 580–1.
- ^ Meuly (1976), p. 31.
- ^ Gabrielan (2001), p. 31.
- ^ Meuly (1976), p. 33.
- ^ Meuly (1976), p. 32.
- ^ Pierce (1901b), p. 861.
- ^ Meuly (1976), p. 36.
- ^ Barth, Linda J. (2002). The Delaware and Raritan Canal. Arcadia Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 0-7385-1081-5.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gabrielan, Randall (2001). Images of America: Piscataway Township. ISBN 0-7385-0439-4.
- Meuly, Walter C. (1976). History of Piscataway Township 1666–1976. Piscataway Bicentennial Commission.
- Pierce, Frederick Clifton (1901a). Field Genealogy: Being the Record of All the Field Family in America, Whose Ancestors Were in this Country Prior to 1700. Vol. 1. Virginia: W.B. Conkey Company.
- Pierce, Frederick Clifton (1901b). Field Genealogy: Being the Record of All the Field Family in America, Whose Ancestors Were in this Country Prior to 1700. Vol. 2. Virginia: W.B. Conkey Company.
External links
[edit]
- "Fieldville Populated Place Profile". NJ HomeTownLocator.
