Welcome to the website of the Harrison Township Historical Society, an all-volunteer organization dedicated to discovering, preserving and sharing the cultural heritage of Harrison, South Harrison and western Elk Townships that were all included within the township's original 1844 boundaries.
The Society's museum is housed in Mullica Hill's historic 1871 Old Town Hall, while lectures and performances are held at the 1870 Richwood Academy Cultural Center located at 836 Lambs Road in Richwood. Both buildings are listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places.
In 2023, the Society was honored to receive the American Association for State and Local History's Albert B. Corey Award. The Award recognizes primarily volunteer-operated historical organizations that best display the qualities of vigor, scholarship, and imagination in their work. This is an award made at the discretion of the Awards Committee and is AASLH’s most prestigious award for all-volunteer institutions. The Harrison Township Historical Society is the first New Jersey organization to be so honored.
We invite you to come visit us at Old Town Hall Museum and the Richwood Academy Cultural Center and follow us on Facebook.
BOOKS ON SALE NOW!
IMAGE OF AMERICA- MULLICA HILL AND OLD HARRISON TOWNSHIP
By James F. Turk and Karen E. Heritage with the Harrison Township Historical Society.
Order online now or come into Old Town Hall and purchase a signed copy.
The Harrison Township Historical Society’s arts and history programs are made possible in part by funding from
The Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission at Rowan College of South Jersey,
in partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State
and the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey Historical Commission/Department of State.
