By David Cochran Print Post Blog 116 was about the various organs of Blawenburg Church. Since that publication, we have uncovered more information that relates to the 1873 organ and life in Blawenburg around that time. We share that information in this blog. You may wish to re-read Blog 116 before reading this blog. Before the purchase of the 1873 organ, the church had a small pump organ. We believe the pump organ served the congregation from start of its ministry in 1832 until the new, much...

Print Post 116 Blawenburg Church Organs, The Rest of the Story By David Cochran Church organs often are taken for granted. They are an important part of worship services, but there is much more to the story of the Blawenburg Church organs. The church has had four different organs over the years, going from an organist-pedaled pump organ to a powerful modern pipe organ. In this blog, we show the evolution of organs over the 192-years the Blawenburg Church has served the Village of Blawenburg....

By David Cochran Print Post In 2021, I published four blogs (#62-65) about the State Village for Epileptics and the other State institutions that followed it: 1898-1952: New Jersey State Village for Epileptics, aka the Village. 1953 – 1983: New Jersey Neuro-Psychiatric Institute, aka the Institute/NJNPI 1983 – 1998: North Princeton Developmental Center, aka NPDC This blog is a prequel to the published blogs. We look in detail at the farms that existed on the land that became the State...