Goodspeed Histories: The County House, Part Two
A Tavern & A Courthouse
The history of a hotel that once stood on the west side of Flemington’s Main Street has quickly turned into something much more. Part One began with Flemington’s first European property owners and ended with the Revolution. This article goes on from there, but only as far as the 1790s, when Hunterdon County acquired a new courthouse.
If you have not yet read Part One, I strongly recommend it. Some of the events in this article depend on what was portrayed in the previous one, which ended with the purchase in 1779 of a 6.5-acre lot by George Alexander from the Hunterdon Sheriff, Samuel Tucker. It was located on the west side of Flemington’s Main Street, often called “the Great Street running through Flemington.”