Join us for a fascinating evening of history and community!
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Canoe Club at Hammonton Lake Park
Free and open to the public – no membership or RSVP required!
6 PM – Monthly Membership Meeting
6:45 PM – Refreshments
7 PM – Speaker Series PresentationAtsion historian Nicholas Muscella will take the audience on a journey through the rise and fall of Atsion Village, exploring its role in South Jersey’s iron-making industry and the stories of the many figures who shaped its history. In its heyday, the Atsion Iron Furnace was managed by Samuel Richards, the older brother of Batsto’s Jesse Richards. Muscella will share the fascinating stories of Atsion’s numerous owners, including a bankrupt businessman who fled the country, and the village’s final years, which saw the construction of a cotton mill.
Nicholas Muscella is a seasonal historian at Wharton State Forest and a history major at Rowan College at Burlington County. His extensive research and deep passion for South Jersey’s industrial past bring Atsion’s fascinating history to life.
The Historical Society of Hammonton is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich, multi-cultural social, economic, and political heritage of our town and its people. Our mission is to increase awareness of Hammonton’s rich history and to establish public access by collecting, conserving, interpreting, and promoting it to the widest possible audience.
Our Museum, built in 1887, is a treasure in itself. Formerly the Hammonton Town Hall, it also served as a Town Library and Kindergarten. Located in Hammonton Veterans Memorial Park, it is open to the public on Tuesdays from 10 AM to Noon and Saturdays from 11 AM to 2 PM.
If you can’t attend the presentation, you can find them on our YouTube channel, or you can come in and play back recordings of this and dozens of other past presentations. Monthly meetings and presentations will continue the first Thursday of each month.
Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Cultural Affairs within the Department of State, through funds administered by the Atlantic County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs.