The Smithville Mansion Complex is open for public tours from May through
October on Wednesdays and Sundays, and for three weeks in December for
Victorian Christmas when the rooms are decorated by local groups. Volunteer
docents, members of the Friends of the Mansion, conduct the tours which
include a history exhibit orientation with photographic panels, the mansion,
annex rooms and courtyard gardens. A donation is requested. For information
and group reservations call Cultural & Heritage, 609-265-5068.
The Friends of the Mansion at Smithville is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to restoring the mansion to the era of Hezekiah B. Smith's residence, 1865-1887.
For information of becoming a Friend call 609-261-3780.
The Historic Burlington County Prison Museum designed by Robert Mills (1810)
is county-owned and administered. Volunteer members of the Prison Museum
Association conduct the tours. Reservations for group tours are made through
Cultural & Heritage, 609-265-5068. The museum is located at 128 High
Street, Mount Holly.
-Smithville, The Result of Enterprise: William C. Bolger: 256
pp., soft-cover illustrated history of the origins and development of a
unique mill village along the banks of the Rancocas Creek, and of its most
famous occupant, inventor Hezekiah B. Smith; $15.00 + $1.75 postage and
handling.
-The Historic County of Burlington: Lloyd Griscom; 48 pp., soft-cover
illustrated overview of county history. Free + $1.50 postage. Maximum order,
50 copies.
-Survey and Inventory of Cultural Resources: Heritage Studies,
Inc.; four-volume set identifying historic properties, Districts and sites
in Burlington County; divided by municipalities. $26.00 per set; $6.26
individual volume; $2.00 per municipality.
-Burlington County Historic Sites on the State and National Registers:
1990, Constance M. Greiff; 84 pp., soft-cover; photographs and text describing
42 individual properties, 15 districts and 4 archaeological sites; $3.00
+ $.55 postage per copy.
-Structure and Ornament: Keith W. Betten; 30 pp., softcover illustrated
guide to architectural styles in Burlington County from 1700 to 1900; $1.00
+ $.50 postage per copy.
-Concessions and Agreements of West Jersey: Soft-cover reprint
of original colonial charter written in 1675 by William Penn and other
Quaker founders of West Jersey; study guide available; $ .25 + $ .50 postage
per copy.
-Captain James Lawrence Symposium Addresses: 36 pp.; edited addresses
delivered on the 200th anniversary of Lawrence's birth in Burlington City;
$1.00 + $.50 postage per copy.
-Arts Resources: Burlington County: Individual and organizational
profiles; 1992 edition free upon request + $1.50 postage.
-Burlington County Loop Tours: A guide to Revolutionary War sites;
$2.00 + $1.50 postage per copy.
Make checks payable to Treasurer, Burlington County
"The County Bell"; Newsletter
"A Brief History of Smithville, Burlington County"
"A Walking Tour of Smithville" |
Annual Poetry and Short Story Anthologies
"African American Historic Sites in Burlington County, NJ" |
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