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The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) is a history museum located in the Skillman section of Montgomery Township, New Jersey, United States.The museum is located at the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, an African Methodist Episcopal church constructed in 1899.
Roughly bounded by Budd Avenue, Budd's Run, Egbert and Cedar Road, and Rancocas Creek and NJ Central Power and Light Company 39°58′12″N 74°41′01″W / 39.97°N 74.683611°W / 39.97; -74.683611 ( Pemberton Historic
In 1729, Thomas Skillman ventured westward, buying some 500 acres (2.0 km 2) of farmland on the Millstone River, near the village of Rocky Hill, for his sons, Jan and Isaac. That purchase was the Skillman family's entry into Montgomery. The Skillman area got its name when the railroads arrived in the 1870s, according to the Skillman family.
These locations rated among the best picnic spots in the country in a Mixbook survey of 3,000 respondent.
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The district includes 71 contributing buildings, such as the Oak Cottage, site of schoolhouse No. 5, Schooley's Mountain Store, the William W. Marsh House, Christadelphian Bible Camp, the former Heath House Hotel, former Forest Grove Hydropathic Institute, Mine Hill Farm, the Marsh Mine and several private residences and commercial buildings. [3]
Demolition of the former "Skillman Village" was completed in 2012, with only one or two of the original buildings still standing. A passive recreation Somerset County Parks System facility known as Skillman Park occupies the majority of land, and includes a 2.2 mile paved multi-use loop trail built in 2014–5. The park is now open.
Indigo Lavender Farms in Imlay City grows nine different varieties of lavender in six fields on the more than 50-acre property, said owner Tricia Dennis. They started planting lavender in 2015 and ...