Dates / Times: 2022 & Jan-April 2023 Events Calendar ~ Friends of Abraham Staats House Check our website www.staatshouse.org for updates and information. Sat. Nov. 12 10 AM–12 Noon Saturday “Open House” ~ Free Tour of the historic Abraham Staats House Sat. Nov. 12 6:30 – 9 PM “Tavern Night at the Abraham Staats House" Experience (and learn [...]
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 * 6:30PM ~ 9PM $35 per person/$45 at the Door Congenial Hosts Les and Jobie Ford and the Friends of Abraham Staats House present a jolly Tavern Evening featuring authentic beverages enjoyed by 18th century tavern-goers, discussion of taverns in everyday Colonial life, hot drinks & good company by the Open-Hearth [...]
New Jersey Paranormal Investigators (NJPI) Fundraiser at the Abraham Staats House 17 von Steuben Lane, South Bound Brook, NJ 08880 Sat., May 14, 2022, 6:30PM ~ 8:30PM $35 per person, $45 at door NJ Paranormal Investigators at Work! Join the Friends of Abraham Staats House and the New Jersey Paranormal Investigators (NJPI) for a night of revealin [...]
Join us for this two-day event, commemorating the American Revolution “Battle of Bound Brook” of 1777. We are returning to a full weekend this year, to offer a family-friendly, exciting, and historic program, under New Jersey and local COVID guidelines. The annual Battle of Bound Brook event, launched in 2001, is focused on the American Revolutio [...]
On March 31, 1870, Thomas Mundy Peterson became the first African American in the nation to vote under the 15th Amendment … when he cast his ballot in a Perth Amboy, NJ city charter referendum election. He was encouraged by his white employer to exercise a citizen’s right at the poll, but went home for lunch first to think it over. This rais [...]
The annual elections for the Friends of Abraham Staats House, Inc. for 2022 has been held. The officers will continue in their 2021 positions. Diane Pfister, Marilyn Rautio, and Diane Lopa were reelected as Trustees with terms expiring at the end of 2024. Go to the About Us page to see the 2022 officers and trustees. Congratulations to the leadersh [...]
We are pleased to announce that the Madrigal Singers of Franklin Township High School, directed by Tim Walton, are returning to the Abraham Staats House to perform at our holiday event this coming Saturday. This year, their performance will be outside as part of the school's COVID protocols, so dress for the weather. Please join us for a live per [...]
On October 26th, 2021, the Somerset County Historic Preservation Grant was awarded to the Borough of South Bound Brook for the construction of an ADA-compliant restroom at the Abraham Staats House. The presentation of the ceremonial check was made by Somerset County Commissioner Melanie Marano to South Bound Brook Historic Preservation Advisory Com [...]
In the wake of the flooding and destruction in New Jersey caused by Hurricane Ida on Sept. 2, the clean-up of the Abraham Staats House is proceeding. As the pictures show, the grounds were flooded with water up to the doorsteps, front and back, of the house. Thankfully, although the basement was completely flooded, the first floors and above of the [...]
Arthur Lefkowitz, a noted American Revolutionary War Author, will be coming to our commemoration. Look for his table where he will be selling a large number of the reference books he used in his research, as well some of the books that he has written. The selling prices will be $10 up to $100. Here is a chance to add to your American Revolution [...]
