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Woodstown by Candlelight

Woodstown, NJ · Holiday

When

December 4, 2026

Where

Historic downtown Woodstown, near 42 N Main St · Woodstown · NJ

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

The Pilesgrove-Woodstown Historical Society opens the town's historic homes for a candlelit tour every December, with a live nativity and a horse-drawn carriage down Main Street. The tradition is nearly fifty years old.

The history within reach

• St. Martin's Church, on the Marcus Hook riverbank since 169912 mi

  Founded in 1699 and standing about five hundred feet from the Delaware, this is among the oldest riverfront churches in Pennsylvania and one of the few left.

• The Commodore Barry Bridge, built for a highway that was never built12 mi

  This cantilever span opened in February 1974, carrying US 322 from Chester across the Delaware to Bridgeport, New Jersey.

• Subaru Park puts a Major League Soccer stadium on the Chester waterfront13 mi

  Delaware County put in thirty million dollars and the state another forty seven to drop a soccer specific stadium on the river beside the Commodore Barry Bridge, on ground that had been industrial waterfront.

• Fort Christina, where New Sweden landed13 mi

  Swedish and Finnish colonists came ashore at a rock outcrop on the Christina River and founded the first permanent European settlement in the Delaware Valley.

• Chester lands the Ford Model A and builds cars for thirty four years13 mi

  Ford took over the old Roach shipyard site at Front and Lloyd and opened a fifty acre assembly plant in August 1927, starting with the Model A.