Recent News

• ​Letters to Hopewell Twp Zoning Board Re: Hollystone Manor
  From the HVHS and the Township Historic Preservation Commission
• HVHS Historic Interpretive Signage Locations (PDF)

Recent Presentation Videos
    - See full list of HVHS Program Videos, since 2020
Recent presentations on the HVHS YouTube Channel

• May 2024 - Hopewell’s Geography in the Revolution  - Larry Kidder
• May 2024 - Foursquares: Iconic Hopewell  houses - Ian Burrow
• May 2024 - St. Michael's Orphanage: Visual History - Doug Dixon
• Mar. 2024 - Ghost Railroad: Mercer & Somerset - Bob Lawless
• Dec 2023 - Old School Baptist Meeting: Past and Future ​​​​​​- Panel
• Nov. 2023 - Using DNA for Genealogy - Joseph Klett
• Sept. 2023 - Archaeology of Two Hopewell Farms - Gall & Hunter
• Sept. 2023 - The Hopewell Quarry - Doug Dixon
• April 2023 - Mercer County 4-H - Larry Kidder
• April 2023 - The Story of the Hopewell Inn - Doug Dixon
• March 2023 - Pennington Profile: Margaret J. O'Connell
• Feb. 2023 - A Slice of Life: African American families in Hopewell
• Jan. 2023 - The Belvidere-Delaware Railroad - Robert Lawless
• Dec. 2022 - The Lenape in Hopewell Valley - Ian Burrow
• Nov. 2022 - Hoproco: Hopewell's 1920s Toy Company - Dixon
• Sept. 2022 - Drake Farmstead at The Watershed - Harshbarger
• July 2022 - Discovering Local History Online - Doug Dixon​

Local history talks by Jack Koeppel

• Images of Old Hopewell: A Stroll Through Town
• A Home in the Country: The Story of St. Michael's Orphanage

Upcoming Events

      See Programs for more details

HVHS @ The Hopewell Harvest Fair
Sat., Sept. 21 - Join the HVHS and other community groups exhibiting at the Hopewell Harvest Fair ​to enjoy local history

HVHS Annual Meeting - Dendrochronology Demystified
Sun., Sept. 22 - Annual meeting of the HVHS - plus Michael Cuba on dating artifacts by using annual growth rings in tree trunks

Hopewell was like a Roman Circus: Lindbergh Kidnapping"
Thurs., Sept. 26 - Jim Davidson shares his stories of the Lindbergh kidnapping, and those whirlwind weeks in Hopewell and the Sourlands

Smith to Rockwell to "Hopewell 57"
Wed., Oct. 9 - Doug Dixon shares the story of the 100-year development of the imposing Smith / Rockwell / Kooltronic plant

HVHS Newsletter Archives Now Available Through 2021
- Full text of 124 issues, from 1975 through 2021
- 1005 newsletter pages with over 250 feature articles
- Fully searchable, with contents and indexes
- See full Newsletter and contents and Selected Articles​

​Historic Hopewell Postcard Honoring Carol Meszaros

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About the HVHS
The Hopewell Valley Historical Society was formed in 1975 by a group of citizens interested in preserving the rich heritage of the Hopewell Valley. We collect and preserve items relating to Hopewell Valley, sponsor public events to share our history, and encourage the preservation of historic sites.

• About the HVHS

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Activities
The HVHS regularly sponsors community programs on local history, and sponsors ongoing special projects to help keep history alive in the Hopewell Valley.

• Upcoming Programs
• Past Programs
• Special Projects
  

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Collections
The HVHS collects and preserves items relating to the history of Hopewell Valley, including documents, photographs, recordings, and family histories.

• HVHS Collections
• HVHS Newsletter

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Local History
Brief histories of our local Hopewell Valley communities.

• Mercer County
• Hopewell Township
• Hopewell Borough, Pennington Borough
• Titusville & Washington Crossing

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Membership
Hopewell Valley Historical Society is an independent non-profit organization of volunteers, funded primarily by membership. Membership benefits include advance notice of events, our quarterly newsletter, volunteer opportunities, and special members-only events.

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Donations
In addition to membership, the Hopewell Valley Historical Society welcomes donations from individuals and organizations to help support our ongoing work to help keep local history alive.

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