Lower Allaway Creek (LAC) NJ

Lower Alloways Creek Township (aka LAC Township) in Salem County, New Jersey has a total area of 72.6 square miles of which more than a third of the area is water. Since a great portion of the township is marsh and wetlands it is environmentally important as a habitat for migratory birds. There are platforms built on Alloways Creek for birders to enjoy. The township also is home to several important historical sites that are listed in the National Registry of Historic Places.

The Alloways Creek Friends Meeting House was built in 1756 the giant buttonwood trees were planted in 1812. The meeting house is in pristine condition with the original interior architecture unchanged having saddle doors, balconies and panels that separated the men and women. The beautiful yellow pine woodwork has never been painted the benches are original with homespun linen pads. The windows still have the original glass made from the Wistarburg glass factory.

The John Maddox Denn House, 1725 has been restored to its original period and is listed on the Register of Historic Places in the Library of Congress. The wounded from the Hancock Bridge Massacre were brought to this house which served as a field hospital, the massacre occurred less than a mile from the Denn House.

Lower Allaway Creek, New Jersey

Another and better known New Jersey State and National Treasure, The Hancock House, is also located in Lower Alloway Creek (LAC) Township at Hancocks Bridge and listed on the Register of Historic Places in the Library of Congress and is a New Jersey State Historical Site. This house sits on a property purchased in 1675 by William Hancock from John Fenwick who established the first permanent English Settlement in New Jersey and founded the town of Salem. Please visit Friends of the Hancock House for more information.

Those on their Discovery of Salem County need to visit these historic places in Lower Alloways Creek. A great day trip of this area is to start in Salem where there are 24 buildings listed on the Salem Heritage Trail, then drive to Hancocks Bridge only 5 miles on country roads find: The Quaker Meeting House, see The John Maddox Denn House and visit The Hancock House. The last leg of your tour could be Quinton Bridge (5 miles to the west) another historical site of a significant Revolutionary War skirmish where the Bristish were turned back from their raid of Salem and Cumberland counties for supplies.

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