Historic Shippen Manor 

 
Shippen c. 1910s

Shippen Manor, south side (No date)
This is the lower driveway gate.

East side of the Manor (No date)
Notice that the porches are enclosed and stairs along the south side are still evident.

 
Aerial of Oxford & Shippen Manor (c. 1980s)
Oxwall Tool was located on the corners of Washington Ave., Wall St. and Route 31. It was destroyed by fire in 2007. The general store (closest to the Washington-Wall intersection) dated back to the first quarter of the 19th c.

Shippen Manor, c. 1980s/1990s
Shippen Manor's east side (minus porches) before the restoration.

Shippen, 2020

Historic Oxford

Churches of Oxford

Aerial view of Oxford from Belvidere Avenue. 
Oxford Methodist (former location), 2nd Presbyterian, St. John's German Reformed, and St. Rose of Lima (RCC)

Oxford Methodist Church (2nd building)- 1901
Church Street
Church was sold to the railroad/Empire Steel & Iron Co. and were given the old gristmill on the corner of Washington and Belvidere Avenues.

2nd Presbyterian Church and Chapel
Washington Avenue
Founded in 1863
The 1st Presbyterian Church (founded in 1740) is in Hazen (White Township). The old stone chapel was erected on Washington Ave. first.  On 30 Dec 1848, Judge William Penn Robeson and his wife deeded the property currently occupied by the Chapel and parsonage to the Trustees of First Church in Hazen.  The church was built in 1863 due to growth brought on by industry and the railroads. In 1863, by a vote of 23 members of the First Church, it was agreed upon to establish a new church. Selden Scranton, Elisha Beers and Henry Kingsbury were elected Elders and immediately ordained. For the sum of $150, the First Church deeded the Chapel (next image) and future parsonage lots to the Second Church.

2nd Presbyterian Church of Oxford's Chapel
Washington Avenue

St. John's (St. Johannes) German Reformed Church
Formerly on Washington Ave near the split for Jonestown.
Church razed after it closed in the 1960s

Colonial Methodist Church of Oxford (3rd building)
Converted the old grist mill and in 1913 was used as church
Formerly located on Church Street by Central School
Currently located on corner of Belvidere and Washington Avenues

St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church (2nd building, after 1902)
Academy Street
The first Catholic Church in Warren County was erected in 1858 by Father McKay. The building was burned on Easter Sunday in 1900 and rebuilt on its current location in 1902.

Danish Lutheran Church
Facing Lower Denmark on corner of Pequest and Route 31
(currently a private residence)

Transportation

Washington Mine #2 
Shaft Behind Workers and Hoist

Washington Mine #2 
Hoist above the shaft

Miners at Oxford Mines

Oxford Mines (15th Level)
Stewart Loux, engineer

Oxford Mines
Lawrence Kappler sitting on right

Oxford Mines
Lew Bergenback in the Hoist House

Washington Mine #2  
Kiln removal (1962)

Map of Mines of Oxford-area
NJDEP (2006)

Industries in the Oxford-Area

Rev. Dr. Andrew Yount (1867-1956)
Former minister at the Oxford 2nd Presbyterian Church.
He incorporated Oxford history into his church bulletins in the 1930s and 1940s.
(Note: Documentation has been uncovered that shows the Furnace did not produce cannonballs or military armaments during the French & Indian War. In regards to the Revolutionary War & Civil War, we are still researching.)

Empire Steel & Iron Co. Ore Kilns, Oxford

Rolling Mills (east side of Route 31, Oxford)
Removed in the late 1800s and sent to Pennsylvania

Chestnut Grove & Rolling Mills view looking southeast
The view of Selden T. Scranton's home (Chestnut Grove) and the Oxford Rolling Mills (upper right) in the distance.
(Shippen Manor is located just off of the right of this photograph with the view impeded by trees.)

Oxford Empire & Steel Co. (Furnace #2)
Located off Washington Ave. on what is "Furnace Street" in Oxford (a few blocks south of the original furnace).
It was built in 1871 by the Oxford Iron Co. (18' in diameter and 63' high).
In 1910, it was rebuilt with the first turbo blower in the US. 
Furnace #2 was blasted out in the 1920s and acquired by the Warren Foundry & Pipe Co.
It was raised during the mid-to-late 20th c.

Oxwall Fire (2007)

Oxwall Fire (2007)
Old company store at intersection of Wall St. and Washington Ave.

Oxwall Fire (2007)

Oxwall Fire (2007)
Shippen Manor in the background