Welcome to the NEW MEHS web site. On this site you will find news and information about the society's programs and activities, copies of our newsletters, and other items of interest. If you are looking for some previously posted information, here is a link to our old web site pages. Go to www.jhalpin.com for Jim Halpin's collection of historic photographs.
Upcoming Events/Programs
October 2, 2010 10am-4pm Metuchen Country Fair. Booth on Main St.
October 9, 2010 11am-1pm Walking Tour of Clara Barton. Begins at Clara Barton Libary, Pleasant Ave.
October 24, 2010 1:30pm Murderer of the Year by Bill Bowman. Old Franklin School House 491 Middlesex Ave. Please park along Middlesex Ave. Library Pl. or Borough Hall (no parking in the Masons/Ymca lot)
Go to our News and Events Page for more details.
The Summer 2010 Nannygoats is now available. Go to our Nannygoats page.
Contact us at:
P.O. Box 61 Metuchen, NJ 08840
E-mail: info@metuchen-edisonhistsoc.org
The Metuchen Edison Historical Society is a nonprofit corporation organized under the provisions of Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The mission of the Metuchen-Edison Historical Society is to stimulate and promote an interest in and an appreciation of the history of the geographic area in and around the Borough of Metuchen,and the Township of Edison in the County of Middlesex New Jersey.
To fulfill this mission, the Society shall foster the creation, collection, preservation, and maintenance of physical material related to the history of Metuchen and Edison, make the material available to the public in various formats, and increase public awareness of this history.
The MEHS archive is located in the Grimstead room of the Metuchen Public Library
480 Middlesex Ave. Metuchen NJ.
Join us today! Click here for a membership form.
Photos above L to R: Thomas Edison as he looked when he invented at Menlo Park, Metuchen Shuttle, Edison's Laboratory Menlo Park, Main St. Metuchen.