Strikemaster brand duck pins (bowling), one of only 2 brands still made in the USA are made in Washington.
The current downtown Beatty building at 1 West Washington Avenue (with Sal’s Pizza) used to have an opera house upstairs.
You can peek at the outer foundation of the old Washington Trust Company (1926) bank vault through a special glass case built into the wall at 25 West Washington Avenue (in Dr. Gregorg Zipf’s office).
The land in Warren County was bought from Native American’s in 1713.
In the early 1900’s The Easton-Washington Traction Company had a trolley line that ran through Washington Borough. The fare from Washington to Phillipsburg was 25 cents.
During 1910-1914 the borough was home to the Skalla Park and Amusement Pavilion which provided good time dancing, roller skating, merry-go-round and more between State and Stewart Streets.
The borough was a stop on several presidential campaign trails including Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt
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