Air Victory Musem
Museum Hours:
Wednesday - Sunday
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Call for Sunday Hours during
December, January and February
The Museum is closed on Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s
Admissions:
Adults
$4.00
Seniors (62+)
$3.00
Children (4-13)
$2.00
Group tour rates available. Call for appointment.
Buzby's General Store
Built in 1865 by Neil Wade and later owned by Benjamin O. Wade, the building was acquired by Willis Jefferson Buzby and his wife, Myrtle in 1865. Upon his death in 1939, his son, Willis Johnathon Buzby (Jack) and his wife Katie (Katherine Ritzendollar) took over the store. Jack continued with the title "King of the Pineys." The Buzbys sold the store in 1967. After this series of owners operated the store until it was sold at a tax sale. Assignment of the tax lien was purchased by BARNEGAT LIGHT PRESS, INC. in 1996. After foreclosure was completed, restoration and renovation began.
Peachfield Plantation
In 1674, John Skene, a Quaker from Scotland, bought 300 acres of land in the second tenth of the Province of West Jersey and named the property "Peachfield." Henry Burr purchased the property from Skene's widow in 1695. He and his wife built the east portion of the house, made with South Jersey bog ironstone, on the present site in 1725. Their son, John Burr and his wife, Kaziah, built the west part of the house in 1732. The date stones can be seen on the front of the house. The property remained in the Burr family for 200 years. Following a devastating fire in 1928, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Harker purchased the house and engaged the architect R. B. Okie to restore the residence to a lovely country home. Upon her death in 1965, Mrs. Harker bequeathed the property to The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Jersey to be used as its State Headquarters.
Historic Prison Museum
128 High Street
Mount Holly, NJ
The Burlington County Prison Museum is a National Historic Landmark located in historic Mount Holly. Designed by Robert Mills, one of America 's first native-born and trained architects, the Burlington County Prison was completed in 1811. One of Robert Mills' first designs as an independent architect, the interior vaulted ceilings of poured concrete and brick and stone construction made the building virtually fireproof. In fact, it was so well constructed that it remained in constant use until 1965.
Quaker Meeting Houses
The Quaker movement arose in England in the mid-1700s. Its followers called themselves "Friends of Truth.” In time they came to be known simply as "Friends.” The name Quaker was a nickname used by others, implying that they quaked with religious devotion. The formal title of the Quaker movement is “Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).” Records show that in the late 1600's there were more “Friends” in Burlington County than any other county in the Delaware Valley. Today there are a number of Quaker Meetinghouses, some active and others not.
Batsto Village
Batsto Village is the site of a former bog iron and glassmaking industrial center (1766 - 1867). Currently, it reflects the agricultural and commercial enterprises that existed at the site in the late 19th century. "Batsto" is derived from the Swedish word "Batstu", meaning "bathing place". It is believed the Lenni - Lenape Indians borrowed the term because old deeds of the area mention an "Indian Batstu".
Pemberton Station Museum
Built in 1892, the North Pemberton Railroad Station was in active use until 1969 when the last direct rail service between Pemberton and Camden ended. Restoration was completed in March, 1999. The Station is on both the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Sites.
