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Come visit our 18 different exhibits featuring
Plainsboro's history and people!
Here are a few brief descriptions of the
exhibits. In order to see the real thing, just visit the Plainsboro
Museum!
Aqueduct
A self-contained economic community located at Route 1 and Mapleton
Road in Plainsboro. It included houses, stores, a wheelwright
shop, a blacksmith shop, and four mills (saw, grist, carding,
fulling), it is now flooded by Carnegie Lake.
Elsie the Cow
During World War II, our well known celebrity bovine showed her
stars and stripes by raising $10 million for the war effort.
Family Farms - Parker
Farm - Simonson Farm - Stults
Farm - Groendyke Farm
Family farms played a critical role in Plainsboro's history. Exhibits
include portraits of the Parker, Groendyke, Siminson, and Stults
farms. The Parker Farm was a chicken farm.
Fire Company
Forty years of history of the Plainsboro Fire company is documented
through text, photos, and fire apparatus.
Founding
Plainsboro was officially created on May 6, 1919. A timeline describes
the actions that led to this momentous occasion.
Herman Carl Mueller,
Ceramist
This well known Trenton ceramist created the tiles in the Wicoff
House sun porch and the murals in then Walker-Gordon Rotolactor
building.
Joseph Magnani
and Ludwig Magnani Farms
Joseph and Ludwig had adjoining tenant farms on Scotts Corner
Road.
Native Americans
The lives of Indians who inhabited the Plainsboro area thousands
of years ago is documented with items unearthed locally by individuals
and from the 1982 archeological dig at Scudders Mill Road.
Plainsboro Baseball
This exhibit explores Plainsboro's participation in the Twin-M baseball league from 1936 - 1951, including
trips to the championship game by both the Plainsboro and Walker Gordon teams.
Plainsboro Rescue Squad
Thirty years of history of the Plainsboro Rescue Squad is documented though text, photos and Rescue Squad items.
Plainsboro
Schools
Initially, the local community, under the jurisdiction of Cranbury
and South Brunswick, was served by one-room, then two-room, school
houses. In 1919, seeking to improve the educational facilities,
local residents formed the Township of Plainsboro. The following
year, the four-room Wicoff School was built.
Plainsboro on Postcards
Plainsboro life is documented in this large collection of photo
postcards dated from 1903 to 1914.
Plainsboro
Transportation
Exhibits include items about three trolley stations (1902-1937),
two railroad stations, street signs, a trolley gong, and old toys.
Princeton
Nurseries
The roots of some of the nation's most beloved trees - from the Princeton
Elm to the October Glory red maple that thrives not just in Princeton,
but around the globe in Europe and Australia - can be traced back to the
Princeton Nurseries.
Trenton and New
Brunswick Turnpike
Chartered in 1804 with a 99-year lease.
Road was ceded to the townships through which it passed in 1903 and is now U.S. Route 1.
Walker-Gordon
Gate House
This restaurant at the Plainsboro Road entrance to the farm catered
to locals and travelers along Route 1. Built in 1933, it closed
circa 1954.
Walker-Gordon Laboratories
The world's largest certified dairy came to Plainsboro in 1897.
Though not involved in the dairy business since 1971, the company
still owns many acres.
Wicoff Family
and House
John V.B. Wicoff was a graduate of Princeton University, class
of 1900, and New York Law School, class of 1903. He had a law
practice in Trenton. This homestead, built circa 1880, housed
three generations of the Wicoff Family.
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