Preserving Millville since 1927
From the 1857 Millville Bank building on East Main Street to the David C. Wood Mansion on Columbia Avenue, we care for the buildings, records, and stories that make Millville, New Jersey what it is. Come research your family. Come see the artifacts. Come be part of the story we're still writing.
Where We Are
Genealogical & Research Library: Headquarters & Archives
200 East Main Street, Millville, New Jersey 08332
Formerly the Millville Bank (1857) and Millville Public Library (1903–1963). Our home since 1977.
Baracha Dunn House: Oldest Downtown Building
204-206 East Main Street, Millville, New Jersey 08332
A glimpse of 18th- and 19th-century Millville life. Restored 75% to its 1800s configuration.
David C. Wood Mansion: Industrial-Past Museum
821 Columbia Avenue, Millville, New Jersey 08332
A 20-room mansion built by David Cooper Wood around 1814 and enlarged by the Wood family around 1864. Their Millville company later started the dairy operation that became Wawa. Home to the 1886 Whitaker Ice Wagon.
The Whitaker Ice Wagon
Before refrigerators, ice moved through Millville by wagon. The 1886 Whitaker Ice Wagon carried ice to homes and businesses across the Third Ward and beyond.
In December 2024 the wagon was about to lose its home. The city-owned warehouse that housed it was being sold, and it had to be out by the first week of January. The Society asked Millville for $10,000 to move it, build it a permanent home, and begin restoration.
Millville gave more than twice what the Society asked for.
A storage building went up on the grounds of the Wood Mansion in the spring of 2025, and the restored wagon was unveiled at the Society's Annual Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social on September 12, 2026. The ribbon was cut by Franklyn Pangburn, 93, a Korean War veteran who rode the wagon as a child.
It now stands on the grounds of the David C. Wood Mansion, near the ice house, and you can come and see it.
Upcoming Events
Open Research: Every Wednesday and Sunday
The Genealogical & Research Library is open from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at 200 East Main Street, year-round. Free admission, and volunteer researchers on hand.
Third Friday: The Cotton Mill
Friday, October 16, 2026, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Genealogical and Research Library, 200 East Main Street. Millville's Cotton Mill: the site, the industry, and the community it built.
Tours of the 1798 Baracha Dunn House run alongside from 6:00 to 7:45 p.m., next door at 204–206 East Main Street.
Trolley Tour of Historic Millville
Saturday, October 24, 2026 celebrating the City's Incorporation, 1866 to 2026. Two guided runs, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., meeting at the Genealogical & Research Library, 200 East Main Street.
Third Friday: November 20
Friday, November 20, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Genealogical and Research Library, 200 East Main Street. Topic to be announced.
Tours of the Baracha Dunn House (1798) run alongside from 6:00 to 7:45 p.m., at 204–206 East Main Street.
Holiday Open House
Saturday, December 12, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the David C. Wood Mansion, 821 Columbia Avenue.
Third Friday: December 18
Friday, December 18, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Genealogical and Research Library, 200 East Main Street. Topic to be announced.
Tours of the Baracha Dunn House (1798) run alongside from 6:00 to 7:45 p.m., at 204–206 East Main Street.
Dates and times are confirmed. Program topics for November and December will be posted as they are set.
Our Centennial: October 2027
Five women signed the Society's Certificate of Organization on October 10, 1927, and it was recorded on October 14. A full year of Centennial programming is in development. Watch this space.