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Samuel Owen of Newark, a pharmaceutical magnate, built his English Tudor estate in 1912 that now serves as Township Hall.Colonel John Jacob Astor IV donated stones to build the Methodist Church, 14 years before he perished in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.Governor Woodrow Wilson made a speech during World War I on the village green in Basking Ridge.A carriage would meet guests at the Lyons depot. Liberty Corner was once a popular summer resort, with vacationers staying at local homesteads and dairy farms.Four years after the Civil war, the Union Army's Chief Surgeon Horatio G.General George Washington and France's General Marquis de Lafayette met under the great oak while colonial troops rested in the Churchyard.Local people called it 'The Buildings', on what was Building Lane.

General William Alexander (Lord Stirling) built one of the grandest estates in the Colonies, Stirling Manor in Basking Ridge.Governor Sir Francis Bernard was granted the Charter of Bernardston on May 24, 1760.George Whitefield, English evangelist, preached to 3,000 people under the white oak tree of the Presbyterian Church, during the Great Awakening of 1740. John Harrison purchased what became known as "Harrison's Neck" and Bernards Township from the Lene-Lanape native American tribe on June 24, 1717.Recreation, Parks & Pathways Advisory Committeeīernards Township is where the following events occurred:.Emergency Planning Committee & Flood Mitigation.