On Tuesday morning, June 10th, 2025, a group of Officers, Trustees, staff, Members and Friends of the Society met to view and celebrate the progress taking place on a new Museum building at 884 Ye Greate Street, in Greenwich.
The celebration participants included Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation Chief Uri Ridgeway and Tribal Nation member Ian Hughes, who is the Secretary of the Historical Society’s Board of Trustees.
The Tribal Nation is collaborating with the County Historical Society in planning the displays of Lenni Lenape artifacts, which form the collections assembled by the late George J. Woodruff and the late Alan E. Carman.
The new Historical Society Museum will house the Woodruff and Carman artifact collections, which will be moved from their present, separate locations.
Present at the celebration were several leadership donors to the project, including David Hitchner; Robert A. Woodruff, Jr. of Woodruff Energy, Ann K. Weigand, Robert A. Woodruff, Sr., Society President, Joseph DeLuca, Paul J. Ritter III of Cumberland Insurance Group, and Brian Jones of the First National Bank of Elmer.
The 3,840 square foot new museum is being constructed by Fabbri Builders of Vineland, based on architectural plans by Manders, Merighi, Portadin & Farrell, also of Vineland. Construction financing is being provided by the First National Bank of Elmer.
The new Museum is slated for completion this Fall. For more information on the project, including opportunities for support, contact Cumberland County Historical Society Trustee, Ted Ritter at (856) 451-3030 or at info@ritterlawoffice.com.