Mechanicsville is an

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located within Readington Township in

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, United States. It is located along present day

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, just east of

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near the intersection of Lamington Road. The hamlet once had a tavern, a store, numerous mechanic shops as well as a number of residences.Barber, John Warner and Henry Howe. "Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey: containing a general collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc. relating to its history and antiquities, with geographical descriptions of every township in the state".

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, 1868. As Whitehouse and Mechanicsville lost many of the businesses along the main road, the two hamlets eventually merged. The Whitehouse General Store, the East Whitehouse Fire Department and the Whitehouse United Methodist Church are in the section of Whitehouse that used to be Mechanicsville.

The Ryland Inn The Ryland Inn is a restaurant in Readington Township, New Jersey, that won the James Beard Mid-Atlantic region top prize. It won several awards and was visited by then-president Ronald Reagan. History The building was built sometime in the late ...

was located in this section of Whitehouse. The

Whitehouse–Mechanicsville Historic District The Whitehouse–Mechanicsville Historic District is a historic district (United States), historic district located along old New Jersey Route 28, Mill, Lamington and School Roads in Whitehouse, New Jersey, Whitehouse and Mechanicsville, Hunterd ...

, which includes historic places in both Whitehouse and Mechanicsville, was added to the

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on March 17, 2015.

References

Unincorporated communities in Readington Township, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Hunterdon County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey {{HunterdonCountyNJ-geo-stub