With the guidance of Gordon Bond, we have a new logo, brochure, membership card, and events card. As you see the door is open to our house; the dutch door as featured in our logo, of course. The brochure is a quad-fold that can be combined with either or both of the cards to be given to visitors at the house or given to other locations willing to p [...]
We have a new sign at the driveway entrance for the Abraham Staats House to welcome visitors. [...]
Boy Scout Troop 42 with Cub Scout Pack 42 will hold their annual Flag Retirement Ceremony on Flag Day, June 14th, 2017. Plan to bring your tattered and torn US flags to the June 14, 2017 ceremony for their proper disposal or drop them off at the South Bound Brook Borough Hall. [...]
The Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission has awarded two grants that will benefit the Abraham Staats Hosue, from the New Jersey Historical Commission under the State/County History Partnership Program (SCHPP) for the calendar year 2017. One was awarded to the Friends of Abraham Staats House, Inc. (FASH) to hire two historic preservation [...]
Earlier this spring, four more Esopus Spitzenberg Apple Trees were purchased with help of donations for the trees. They were then planted which completes the North Orchard at the Abraham Staats House. The trees did blossom and young apples developed, although the stress of the drought this summer caused the immature fruit to drop. We look forward t [...]
A Donation/Membership page has been added to our website with the options of online payments by Credit Card or PayPal or check payments. The old Membership button under our banner is now the Donation/Membership button. Go to the Donation/Membership page to see the new payment options. [...]
On December 19th, 2015, the family and the extended family of Barry Franzyshen, who passed away earlier this year, gathered at the Abraham Staats House to dedicate the new North Orchard on the grounds with the unveiling of the plaque shown in the picture. They also have provided the first two trees which were planted earlier this fall. They are var [...]
The Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders awarded the 2013 Historic Preservation Grants. Six historic sites will receive a combined total of more than $895,000 in 2013 Historic Preservation Grants from Somerset County. Click here to read more about the grant recipients. A well-deserved thank-you goes out to our own Kathy Faulks and Kathy Ormo [...]
This summer the pathways to and borders around the Smokehouse and Corn Crib were completed as the Boy Scout Eagle Scout project for Zachary Vatalare. For the project, he led his workers in excavating the pathways and borders, laying down the weed barrier and the stone. As an added benefit, having raised more money for the project than he ended up s [...]
