Pettit Brittin opened a stage hotel to accommodate his traveling clientele.Ī tavern on the site of the Cochran House, managed by Matthias Little, was purchased by Charles Pemberton, merchant and postmaster, from John Gustin on March 5, 1813. They paid three tolls (12-1/2¢ each) to travel the Morris Turnpike between Newton and Elizabeth. Basset, Brittin & Hinchman opened regular mail-stage communication between Newton and New York City on August 15, 1808. The earliest record of an inn standing at the confluence of Spring and Main Streets is found in a bar book, kept by Pettit Brittin, beginning with October l807. But it is more than the story of a lost landmark because the origin, expansion, and demise of this hotel disclose strong, sub-currents in the general history of our community. Here, as best I can tell it, is its history. Standing at the very heart of the community, it had been a social oasis for generations of townsfolk, travelers and summer visitors. Historically, that brick hotel at the foot of Main-Street was scene to festive, political and social gatherings for 160 years. There are innumerable stories of Newtonians being confronted at some distance from home by strangers who asked about the Cochran House, its blueberry muffins or its pumpkin custard pie. The Cochran House was a source of pride, a dispenser of hospitality. It also certifies that our landmarks are more than the sum of their parts, however plainly or fashionably arranged those parts may be. That a beautiful facsimile of the Cochran House should arise on the urban renewal tract opposite the Court House some thirty years alter the demise of the original is testimony to a stubborn affection for this emblem of a lost way of life. When I turned back to the crumbling hotel, I felt that a terrible mistake had been made, that something more than bricks and mortar had come undone. Grandpa remarked how Newton had changed more in the past five years than it had in all the previous years of his life somehow, I didnt think he meant it had changed for the better. Turning and looking up, I saw in the stricken faces of those old-timers a sense of loss as deep-seated as any occasioned by the death of a close friend or relation. Wide-eyed, I watched the dusty work of demolition for some time before I noticed a profound silence in my immediate circle. We halted at the corner of the Green in the budding shade of a tall elm, where my grandfather joined several of his friends and contemporaries. One Saturday morning in the spring of 1961, when I was nine years old, I accompanied my grandfather downtown to retrieve a souvenir from the sinking hull of the Coch
She met and dated my father and well, as they say, the rest is history. A generation later, my mother worked a summer job as waitress there, while attending New Jersey College for Women.
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My great-grandfather, (John) Edward Brink, was the carpenter hired to install the much-admired Log Cabin Dining Room (or "Slab Room as he called it) back in 1925.
It seems nearly everyone who has lived in and around town carries some fond remembrance or personal association with that convivial institution which stood at the business center of Sussex County. All rights reserved.Its funny what sticks in your mind as a child, but I can easily remember a large shaggy dog who sunned himself by the porch of the Cochran House, seemingly oblivious to the press of time and traffic. © 2023 New Jersey Multiple Listing Service Inc. Last date updated: 16:49:19 PDT Source: New Jersey Multiple Listing, Inc. Listings of brokers that do not participate in Internet Data Exchange do not appear on this website.Īll information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Some properties listed with the participating brokers do not appear on this website at the request of the seller. are marked with the Internet Data Exchange logo and information about them includes the name of the listing brokers. Real estate listings held by brokerage firms other than Zillow, Inc. The data relating to the real estate for sale on this web site comes in part from the Internet Data Exchange Program of the NJMLS.
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