March 28: TALK "MIDDLEBROOK: A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK"

Please join the Friends of the Staats House (c. 1740) as historian Jim Kurzenberger presents a fresh look at a key local event of the American War of Independence, General George Washington's quartering of his main army in Middlebrook--near present-day Bound Brook--in the winter of 1778-79!

DATE: Saturday, March 28
TIME: Lecture begins promptly at 4:30PM
House open for tours from 3:30PM
PLACE: The Abraham Staats House
17 Von Steuben Lane, South Bound Brook
TKTS: $10/Adult, $5/Under 18
Admission includes house tour and lecture
RSVP: Reservations Strongly Recommended
Include: name, address, contact, number of seats
Email: info@staatshouse.org
Phone: (732) 469-3198

A native of Bedminster, N.J., Jim Kurzenberger has worked for 26 years in the field of museums, historic sites and architectural history. Mr. Kurzenberger received his B.A. in History after attending The George Washington University and Kean University. He has worked at Gunston Hall Plantation in Lorton, Va., the U.S. National Park Service and at the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry.

He currently manages The Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Historic sites in Somerville, N.J., for the N.J. Dept. of Environmental Protection. The Wallace House served as headquarters for General George Washington during the Middlebrook Cantonment of 1778-79. In addition, he has served the Somerset County Historical Society as Trustee, Vice President and President. He was also a preservation consultant for Bedminster Township and served as a member of the township’s Historic Commission. He is a member of the American Society of Architectural Historians.

Mr. Kurzenberger’s areas of interest and expertise include 18^th century architecture and material culture and the American Revolution in New Jersey.

This lecture is the second installment of the six-lecture "Lectures Through Time" series presented at the historic Abraham Staats House!