The Farm
Stone Bridge Farm is 138 acres of forest, fields, hills, and rivers. The farm is quite literally an in-between place, with land in two townships — Stillwater and Frelinghuysen — and two counties — Sussex and Warren — situated in northwestern New Jersey. The recorded and oral histories that we have collected to date tell us that for more than two centuries — and probably longer — families have worked this land for dairy and crop farming, vegetable and flower gardening, timber harvesting, hunting, fishing, and the nurture of souls. It has been a place of hospitality, beauty, abundance, and grace.
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![Fields, farmhouse, barn, green trees, blue sky.]()
The view from the high pasture.
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![Blue sky, pink clouds at the horizon, a dark green tree, a harvested field. Early autumn.]()
Sunset over the fields.
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![Two flower beds, lined with stones, in front of a stone wall, bisected by stone stairs going up into a garden through a white picket fence. Beyond the porch of a white farmhouse is visible. The screen door is ajar.]()
The garden gate.
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![A tree leaning over a shallow river edged with round rocks. Green and golden light.]()
The Paulinskill River.
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![The old wooden planks of a bridge, a green hill, trees, a blue sky at dawn, two silos and a barn visible over the hill.]()
View from the old crossing, at dawn.
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![A trail through woods in autumn.]()
The lower logging road.
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![A fence and stone marker, trees in winter, a snow covered pasture.]()
The entrance to the back pasture.
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![Fields, farmhouse, barn, autumn trees. The sun is over the treeline but still low in the sky.]()
From the high pasture, at dawn.
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![A stone wall, covered in moss, dating from ca. 1800, in a spring or summer forest.]()
A wall in the woods.
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![A white farmhouse, a white picket fence, a driveway, trees in autumn.]()
Arriving in autumn.
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![An old piece of farm equipment in front of a pasture fence, surrounded by autumn leaves. The fence has a sign that says "Stewardship Forest."]()
The back pasture in autumn.
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![A green lawn in front of a white barn with a green roof. The sky overhead is steel gray.]()
The barn yard before a storm.
holy ground
For centuries, this farm has served others with wood, food and flora, been home to multiple generations living and dying together, housed family and guests from near and far, and been connected with prayer and generosity to local churches and organizations to preserve and expand the common good.