Potter's Tavern, looking west on Broad Street (photo by Bryan Pugh, docent) The salt-boxed shaped building that is Potter’s Tavern, located at 49 W Broad St, Bridgeton, NJ 08302, is said to have been constructed in 1770, and thus to be the oldest building still standing in the city of Bridgeton. It is also listed on the National Register of Historical Places and still stands in its original location. Why? Not simply because of its age, but because from 1774 - 1779 the tave

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Before his death from dysentery at Morris Island, South Carolina on December 10, 1863, Ezekiel Barcus eked out a living making bricks in...