Harrison Township Historical Society

A Self-Guided Walking Tour

Mullica Hill Historic Walking Tour

Five buildings. One mile of sidewalk. Two hundred and fifty years.

The five buildings on this walk stand inside the Mullica Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register in 1991. They span from a 1772 tavern built four years before the Declaration of Independence to a 1922 produce flight that lifted off from a farm field outside the historic district. The walk begins at the Harrison Township Historical Society's museum at Old Town Hall, 62 South Main Street, and runs along South Main and Woodstown Road. New to the village? Read a brief history first ›

Each stop has a yard sign with a QR code. Scan the code at the sign to read the story for that building. The tour follows a simple geographic flow: begin at the museum on the west side of Main, cross to the corner at the Friends Meeting House, walk north up Main to the Gaunt House and the Warehouse, then cross to the east side of Main at the Old Mill traffic light and walk south along the storefronts to finish at the Old Eagle Hotel just before the museum. The whole tour takes about an hour at a comfortable reading pace.

Stops 5 sites
Distance About 1 mile
Time ~ 1 hour
Start at
Old Town Hall Museum
62 South Main Street, Mullica Hill, NJ
Get directions in Google Maps ›
Museum hours
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Other times by appointment.
Parking
Free street parking on South Main and surrounding streets.
Restrooms
Available inside the museum during open hours.
Accessibility
Paved sidewalks throughout the village.
Cost
Free. Donations to the Society are welcomed.

The Stops

  1. 1 Old Town Hall 1871 Built by stockholders at five dollars a share. Site of the 1926 Stark Brothers ceremony that introduced a new American apple. Home of the Society's museum. 62 South Main Street
  2. 2 Friends Meeting House 1808 A Quaker meeting that has gathered on this corner since 1797, and a great wind in 1808 that tested whether they would build again. Corner of South Main & Woodstown Road
  3. 3 The Gaunt House c. 1885 A state senator who answered a fire call in 1916 and later died at home of his injuries, and the daughter-in-law whose sewing factory kept the house going for a century after. 14 South Main Street
  4. 4 The Warehouse c. 1890 A million bushels of sweet potatoes, a 1922 airplane carrying asparagus to Boston, and the rail line that connected this corner to the eastern seaboard. 2 South Main Street
  5. 5 Old Eagle Hotel Est. 1772 A tavern four years older than the United States, and the room where citizens met in 1844 to form Old Harrison Township. 51 South Main Street
Begin the Tour Stop 1 · Old Town Hall › Make a Day of It Eat & Shop on Main Street › Restaurants, antiques, bakeries, and shops along the tour route
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