GHPCC - Haddon Heights Traditional Geocache
OReviewer: Hello,
As there's been no response to the earlier note, I am forced to archive this listing.
If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the near future, just contact me, including the GC Code, and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.
Thanks,
-OReviewer
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This is one of the series of caches placed throughout Camden County
to bring awareness to historical locations. Please be respectful of
the area around the cache as nothing needs to be disturbed to find
it.
The land that was to become Haddon Heights was settled in 1699 when
a one-room, brick house was constructed, probably by John Hinchman
(1019 N. Park). In 1713, John Siddon built a farm house near
Hinchman (1212 Sylvan).
John Thorn Glover dammed King's Run, constructed a mill race and
fulling mill on this property before 1776.
Jacob Hinchman built a frame dwelling no later than 1720 that was
later enlarged by Revolutionary War hero Col. Joseph Ellis. New
Jersey Governor Joseph Bloomfield purchased this property (1009
Sycamore Street). Members of the Glover Family built a farm house
around 1703 and enlarged it with a matching addition circa 1750
(1908 New Jersey Avenue).
Benjamin A. Lippincott, in 1890, was allowed to construct a
passenger station in the center of his land for the Atlantic City
Railroad Company. Then Lippincott, with Charles Hillman, filed a
grid street plan with Camden County to develop a community. They
named it Haddon Heights because of its proximity to Haddonfield and
its high elevation.
Large, comfortable, Princess Anne four squares, and colonial
revival type houses were constructed that appealed to prosperous
middle class families moving from the cities. By 1904, Haddon
Heights was large enough to incorporate as a Borough, with
Lippincott being elected as Mayor. A small downtown grew near the
railroad and the White Horse Pike and eight churches and a
synagogue were built.
An area of old Center Township, known as Fairfield Estates, voted
in 1926 to become part of Haddon Heights. This land was developed
for more single family housing through the 1940s and 1950s. Even
though rail passenger service ceased in July 1965, Haddon Heights
remains a typical turn of the 20th century railroad suburb with
tree-shaded streets and comfortable homes that still "appeal to the
inhabitants and the observer of a class bordering on, if not quite,
exclusive."
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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