Author: rogerbartel

Brothers-in-law Ferdinand T. Yahr and Gottfried Schaal dissolved their hardware firm, F.T. Yahr & Co., in February 1882. A month later Schaal told the Princeton

I generally do not read “Sound Off” columns. As a newspaper editor, I never liked anonymous rants. We would not withhold writers’ names at most

I headed to the Princeton Public Library recently to see if a couple of local history books were available following the move.  The books were

Three weeks ago, in the first post about the Princeton Historical Society’s future folklore museum at 630 West Water Street, we discussed the claim that

The author of the City of Princeton’s Historical Walking Tour plaque assigned to the building at 518 West Water Street, recently renovated and now home

The City of Princeton’s Historical Walking Tour plaque for 525 West Water Street (now the Daiseye store) is among several in the historic downtown district