Hunterdon County - Readington - 18th Century Shoe Making Demonstration
Sunday, May 5 - Readington, Hunterdon County
18th Century Shoe Making Demonstration
Come visit the Eversole Hall House on Sunday from 1:00-4:00 pm as Shaun Pekar, Professional cordwainer and accouterments maker, demonstrates the trade and skills of historic shoemaking. Pekar is known for his detail-oriented, top quality reproductions of 18th-Century shoes and military accouterments for living historians and museums, and his work can be seen at multiple National Park Service sites, Michilimackinac State Historic Site, Fort Ticonderoga, The Old Barracks Museum, and The Museum of the American Revolution. He is currently the proprietor of “S. Pekar, Shoe and Accoutrement Maker”.
This program will be held at the Eversole-Hall House, located on 511 County Road 523, Whitehouse Station, NJ (blue house next to the Readington Twp. municipal building -where parking can be found). This house was originally built by Charles Eversole, a German immigrant and weaver by trade, in the mid-18th century. After Mr. Eversole's death, his grandson eventually sold the house and a portion of the surrounding land to Abraham Hall, a farmer and shoemaker, who enlarged the house and added the second story. The house remained occupied, without indoor plumbing until 1988, when the Township purchased it. After renovation by community volunteers, it opened as a museum in 1991.
This is a free family friendly event, although donations will be gratefully accepted. In case of inclement weather please call the Museums to find out the status of the program. For more information, call 908-236-2327 or visit https://www.readingtontwpnj.gov/visiting/museum.
18th Century Shoe Making Demonstration
Come visit the Eversole Hall House on Sunday from 1:00-4:00 pm as Shaun Pekar, Professional cordwainer and accouterments maker, demonstrates the trade and skills of historic shoemaking. Pekar is known for his detail-oriented, top quality reproductions of 18th-Century shoes and military accouterments for living historians and museums, and his work can be seen at multiple National Park Service sites, Michilimackinac State Historic Site, Fort Ticonderoga, The Old Barracks Museum, and The Museum of the American Revolution. He is currently the proprietor of “S. Pekar, Shoe and Accoutrement Maker”.This program will be held at the Eversole-Hall House, located on 511 County Road 523, Whitehouse Station, NJ (blue house next to the Readington Twp. municipal building -where parking can be found). This house was originally built by Charles Eversole, a German immigrant and weaver by trade, in the mid-18th century. After Mr. Eversole's death, his grandson eventually sold the house and a portion of the surrounding land to Abraham Hall, a farmer and shoemaker, who enlarged the house and added the second story. The house remained occupied, without indoor plumbing until 1988, when the Township purchased it. After renovation by community volunteers, it opened as a museum in 1991.
This is a free family friendly event, although donations will be gratefully accepted. In case of inclement weather please call the Museums to find out the status of the program. For more information, call 908-236-2327 or visit https://www.readingtontwpnj.gov/visiting/museum.
