Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission - Historical EssayContest held during National Preservation Week - The Most Historic Place in MyTown

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Updated 05/10/2005

2005 HISTORICAL ESSAY CONTEST
The Most Historic Place In My Town
MINI-HISTORIAN OF THE YEAR

Winners of the 16th annual The Most Historic Place in My Town essay contest were invited to the May 10, 2005 Freeholders' meeting at 5:30 pm to receive awards presented by Freeholder Director George B. Melick and Cultural & Heritage Commission Chairperson Stephanie B. Stevens.

William Avery, of Califon Public School received the GRAND PRIZE in the Commission's 2005 Historic Essay Contest, which is held each spring to commemorate National Historic Preservation Week. William's essay entitled "If Walls Could Talk..." - Former Califon Leading Store was chosen from among the essays submitted this year.

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GRAND PRIZE - COUNTY
2005 HUNTERDON COUNTY
MINI-HISTORIAN

William Avery - Califon Public School
"If Walls Could Talk" - Former Califon Leading Store

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SECOND PLACE - COUNTY
Timothy Gover, Hunterdon Christian Academy
The Belvidere-Delaware Railroad Line

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FIRST PRIZE - SCHOOL (Mini-Historian Titles for Borough or Township)
ALEXANDRIA MIDDLE SCHOOL Matthew Torrey, Everittstown United Methodist Church CALIFON PUBLIC SCHOOL William Avery, If Walls Could Talk... Former Califon Leading Store - 2005 HUNTERDON COUNTYMINI-HISTORIAN EAST AMWELL TOWNSHIP SCHOOL Cassidy Hubert, Larison Corner Presbyterian Church FRENCHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Haley Johnson, The Frenchtown Cemetery HIGH BRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Michael Adams, The High Bridge HUNTERDON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Timothy Gover, The Belvidere-Delaware Railroad Line - 2ND PLACE COUNTY WINNER STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Lilah Dougherty, Stockton Borough Elementary School	(click photos for larger view)

SECOND PLACE - SCHOOL ALEXANDRIA MIDDLE SCHOOL Avery Brunkus, The History of a Little Red House, Circa. 1820 Lilly Pearce, Historic Little York (not pictured) CALIFON PUBLIC SCHOOL James Alexander Rumen, Waldron's Creamery FRENCHTWON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Melissa Longman, The History of the Towpath HUNTERDON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Morgan Fisher, The Nishisakawick Creek Theodore Tooker, The Frenchtown Inn
HONORABLE MENTION ALEXANDRIA MIDDLE SCHOOL Alex Carlson, Alexandria First Presbyterian Church Max Gerckens, An Old Grave in My Backyard Michael Kantorski, Little York Aaron Weiss, Old Everittstown - The Nishisakawick Creek FRENCHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Matthew Hubert, The House Next Door HIGHT BRIDGE ELEMENTARY SHCOOL Christina Ritz, The Solitude House

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