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Belleville Public Library and Information Center
221 Washington Avenue
Belleville, NJ 07109-3189
Tel: (973) 450-3434
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Wed., Fri., Sat. 9-5
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Shafter Branch Hours
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(30 Magnolia St. in School #4)
 

 
BELLEVILLE HISTORY: PEOPLE AND EVENTS
 
BENNETT'S MILL


 
Thomas Bennett, the owner of a farm just west of Washington Avenue, operated a grist mill on the north bank of the Second River at the end of the eighteenth century. Bennett's Mill became the subject of a painting made by Archibald Robertson in the 1790s.

Born in Scotland, Robertson came to the United States in 1791 and opened a school in New York City to teach painting. He painted many scenes in New Jersey. The original watercolor painting of Bennett's Mill (above) is in the collections of the New Jersey Historical Society.

Source: Belleville: 150th-Anniversary Historical Highlights 1839-1989 by Robert B. Burnett and the Belleville 150th-Anniversary Committee Belleville, New Jersey. 1991.


Last Update: July 09, 2007