400 W. Mantua Ave.

View of station before the Elm St footbridge was in place.

Early 1950's real photo postcard of Wenonah station.

Inside of the program -

Current appearance of 6 N. Marion Ave., built as the first Wenonah School building in 1878, next, in 1894, when the stone school building was put into use, used as Noblit's Hall and sometimes called the Wenonah Opera House, followed by its use in 1913 as the Y.M.C.A. Building and in 1922 as the American Legion building until the American Legion began using the old railroad station for meetings when it was sold and has since been used as a residence.

The firehouse as it appeared in 1909 in the photo above and in 1960 in the photo below. The Wenonah Fire Department goes back to 1888.

The back of the firehouse in 1960.

An addition was added in 1960.

The Peddle House at the northwest corner of Mantua Ave and Clinton Ave circa 1880, 7 E. Mantua Ave. --- Courtesy of the WHS Museum

Henry G. Peddle and his wife Laura Shull Peddle

These two photos taken at 7 E. Mantua Ave. were included in the donation from Brad Heaney.

Wenonah 1874. Courtesy of WHS Museum.

Description of photo by Frank Gramenzi.
Mantua Ave there to the left looking east towards Glassboro Road. Small white fence (above rail cars) is the edge of the park, The Wenonah House upper right. Photographer standing on S West Ave by Post Office.

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View of the north end of the station looking south toward Sewell and Pitman. On the left just past the end of the station you can see the front of a Chevrolet Corvair. The Corvair was first sold in 1960 so this photo has to be from some date after 1960.

The station was built in 1893 by the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad according to research done by Frank Eggert.

Here's the program for Wenonah's very first July 4th celebration. It's from 1872, the same year the Wenonah House was opened and the year before Wenonah was incorporated. In 1872, there were 10 houses in Wenonah and during the summer season, the 40-room Wenonah House was fully booked. Two more items that you may find interesting: the celebration started at 5:00 AM and ended at 11:30 PM --- a full 18 1/2 hours; and dinner and supper could be purchased from the Wenonah House for 75 cents and 50 cents, respectively.

Photo courtesy of WHS.

An undated photo looking west on an unpaved Mantua Ave with a horse and buggy in the distance.
Wentzell printed on photo. There is a man standing above the word Wentzell. Is the man a member of the Wentzell family?
--- Courtesy of WHS Museum

The Ponitiac auto dealership behind the Fredrick's home at 203 W. Mantua Ave. The gentleman on the left is George Fredrick and the one in the middle is Charles Fredrick.

Some very nice photos were donated on May 3, 2015, to the WHS Museum by Cindy Norris, the daughter of Ed and Nancy Fredrick. This one is of the Sinclair Station, which was located on the corner of W Mantua Ave and S West Ave. I remember it well and I'm sure many of you do, too,

Sinclair leaped ahead of most of its competitors with H-C, the industry's original high octane premium gasoline for motor cars.

Courtesy of WHS Museum
The photo reads:

Warner's Lake Playground
Wenonah, N.J.

Wenonah Lake, Courtesy WHS Museum

Take a stroll around town and check out these earliest Wenonah homes, some even pre-date Wenonah. Click on the links below to see other panels of the brochure.