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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
Left on this road is CHAPEL HILL, 3 miles (200 alt.), a hamlet on a Colonial
stagecoach route. About 13 houses, one a Revolutionary TAVERN (private), make
this a quiet relic of centuries past, with fine views over the bay. The tavern, now a
residence, is at the NW. cor. of King's Highway and Leonardo Rd. It is a long
structure, simple in its lines, with a Dutch split door. On the opposite side of
King's Highway is a smaller building, where slaves or servants of travelers spent
the night. On the north side of King's Highway, 0.5 m. east of the old tavern, set
back in an overgrown clearing between trees, is CHAPEL HILL LIGHTHOUSE (open
9-5), erected 1856. Its 1,000,000-candlepower light helps to guide ocean steamers
into New York Harbor. The lighthouse is a small, severe one-and-a-half-story white
house, with the light tower on the ridgepole.
Southward the land is rolling, with many farms and country estates.
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