Furnace Repair in West Freehold, NJ

The State of New Jersey became a colony of England on June 24, 1664, after the Duke of York granted a patent to Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkely for what is now New Jersey.

West Freehold (also historically known as ‘Mount’s Corner’) was settled as early as the late seventeenth century by primarily of English and Scottish Presbyterians, Baptists, and Quakers escaping religious persecution from Scotland and nearby New England. A major transportation artery that was located in West Freehold was “The Burlington Path”, a stagecoach route meant to connect Burlington, which was at the time the Capital of West Jersey, and Perth Amboy, which was at the time the Capital of East Jersey. Much of modern day Monmouth Road/West Main Street (County Route 537) coincides in general direction and trajectory with this historic stagecoach route. Many colonial era structures are still standing in the ‘West Freehold Village Historic District’, near the intersection of West Main Street and Stillwells Corner Road/Wemrock Road.

Today known as Moore’s Tavern & Restaurant, this tavern is one of the most famous historical structures in the Township. As a stagecoach stop for “the Burlington Path”, there is documentation of the tavern’s license being renewed from 1787, suggesting that the tavern was in use prior to that. Moses Mount, a Private during the Revolutionary War and aide to George Washington, was the inn’s first keeper.