The Jewish Agricultural Society
Inscription
The Jewish Agricultural Society founded an agri-industrial community here in the 1930s on land purchased by Gabriel Davidson. Backed by the Baron deHirsch, the program enabled Jewish families to poultry farm while maintaining jobs in New York and became a model for similar New Deal Programs.
Location
AddressMarker is at the intersection of Davidson Road and Avenue E, on the right when traveling north on Davidson Road.
CountyMiddlesex
StateNew Jersey
Coordinates40.525070, -74.454460
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