Local Links

1. Somerville Links

Borough of Somerville, NJ
The official site for the Borough of Somerville.

Find Somerville
A resource for Somerville's local venues and restaurants as well as upcoming events.

Somerville Borough Hall & Somerville Public Library History & Tour Booklet
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Riding along Main Street headed west, you can't fail to notice what appears to be a castle. This unusual building, once called “the Handsomest House in the County,” happens to be Somerville's municipal building. It is situated at one of the Borough's most prominent locations, known for more than two hundred years as “The Point.” The saga of how Somerville's municipal building came to be located in this spot tells much of the history of the Borough of Somerville.

Somerville Schools
The official site for Somerville's public schools.

Wallace House / Old Dutch Parsonage
The Wallace House was completed in 1776 as Hope Farm for John Wallace, a successful Philadelphia merchant. General Washington leased the house for use as his headquarters during the Middlebrook Winter Encampment, December 11, 1778, to June 3, 1779. The house is one of the best and most original examples of Georgian architecture in New Jersey.

2. Somerset County

Duke Gardens
A flourishing botanical garden in Somerset County.