Dewey's Upholstery Shop
33 Station Drive, March 15, 2019. In back left is 31 Station Drive. From Paul Ligeti.
Historical Overview
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Standing at 33 Station Drive is a 2-story wood-framed building with two main rear additions extending toward the railroad tracks. This structure has long housed Dewey's Upholstery Shop. It is also a member of West Windsor's "100 Club" and a contributing element to the historic West Windsor community of Princeton Junction.
It's unknown when this building was erected, but in 1894, David S. Voorhees sold this property - containing a "premises" (suggesting a structure existed here at the time) - to Isaac Hey, proprietor of the adjacent general store/post office at 31 Station Drive.[1] It's presumed Isaac used this as a warehouse for his store. Like his other properties, this warehouse passed to his immediate family upon his death in 1920,[2],[3] then to Elizabeth Good (former live-in housekeeper for the Hey family) in 1946 or 1947.[4] In 1947, Maud R. Gilmer and her husband, Ludwell H. Gilmer, acquired the property.[5],[6] Eight years later, it passed to Charles J. Weingart, Jr. ("Dewey"), and his wife, Dorothy K. Weingart.[7],[8] Charles was the proprietor of Dewey's Upholstery Shop, which had opened in Kingston in 1944.[9],[10] However, in April of 1956, he moved this business to his newly-acquired building at 33 Station Drive.[11] The couple's sons, Joe and Scott, took over the business in 2011, and it remains one of West Windsor's oldest continuously-operating establishments.[12] |
Dewey's Upholstery Shop, March 15, 2019. From Paul Ligeti.
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Bibliography
- Hey, Isaac. Voorhees, David S. “Indenture.” West Windsor, 1894. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 192 Page 371.
- “Princeton Junction Man Dead at 85.” Trenton Evening Times. August 31, 1920.
- “Princeton Junction Man Dead at 85.” Trenton Evening Times. August 31, 1920.
- Gilmer, Ludwell H., Gilmer, Maude R., Good, Elizabeth. “Deed.” West Windsor, 1947. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 1005 Page 289.
- Ibid.
- “Obituaries.” Town Topics. November 1, 1989.
- Gilmer, Ludwell H., Gilmer, Maude R., Weingart, Charles J. Jr., Weingart, Dorothy K. “Deed.” West Windsor, 1955. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 1346 Page 492.
- “Obituaries.” Town Topics. October 27, 2004.
- About our company: Dewey’s Upholstery Shop: Princeton Junction, New Jersey. About Our Company | Dewey’s Upholstery Shop | Princeton Junction, New Jersey. (n.d.). https://www.deweysupholsteryshop.com/about-our-company
- Dewey's Upholstery Shop. (1956, April 22). Dewey's Upholstery Shop Grand Opening. Town Topics. Princeton.
- “Moving." Princeton Herald. April 14, 1956.
- About our company: Dewey’s Upholstery Shop: Princeton Junction, New Jersey. About Our Company | Dewey’s Upholstery Shop | Princeton Junction, New Jersey. (n.d.). https://www.deweysupholsteryshop.com/about-our-company
