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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
GREEN BANK, 7.4 miles (10 alt.), one of the oldest settlements in
South Jersey, is the site of a community of Swedes from the Delaware
River settlement who arrived here in 1697, led by Eric Molica or Mullica.
Mullica lived here for several years but later returned to Mullica Hill (see
Tour 28). The Swedes were absorbed by a later influx of English colonists
whose descendants still hunt and fish along the banks of the stream.
Turning L. the route skirts the north bank of Mullica River, several
hundred yards wide at this point. The opposite shore is a solid bank of
white cedars, a beautiful background for the vistas of the river that appear
at various points along the road. A few unkempt frame houses, scattered
under the trees by the road and on the river bank, are weathered into
harmony with the deep tangled forest surrounding them. The road winds
through successive areas of white cedar and native pine, with some massive
white oak trees along the roadside.
At 11.4 miles is (R) the RICHARDS MANSION (private), an enormous stuc
coed building on a small knoll about 100 yards from the road. A veranda
runs along three sides of the square structure. A high tower, topping most
of the surrounding trees, is utilized as a fire warden's lookout. In 1776 the
mansion was the home of Col. William Richards, a friend of General
Washington and manager of the Batsto Iron Works. It was restored ir.
1874 by Joseph Wharton, a Philadelphia business man, and is now owned
by the Lippincotts, the publishing family.
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