Scratched on the basement wall of the carriage house is the date 1808, although the building may not be as old as this. At one time, Stephen kept his carriages in this old barn. The horse stalls still in the basement may have been built by Stephen in the 1840's. In his Journal, he describes constructing stables under a barn near his house and moving his horses there.

The Lidgerwood family later converted the building into a garage, adding the vertical battens on the siding, the big doors, most of the windows and the cement floor.

The upper level of this building houses two permanent exhibits. The exhibit on the S.S. Savannah pays tribute to the Speedwell Iron Works' place in maritime history. The second exhibit, "The Speedwell Works: A History of Workers and Work," traces the history of the ironworks. In the absence of the Ironworks, this award-winning exhibit plays a vital part in educating the public about Morristown's place in the Industrial Revolution.

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Acknowledgements At Speedwell in the Nineteenth Century by Cam Cavanaugh, Barbara Hoskins, and Frances D. Pingeon copyright The Speedwell Village 1981		This book was generously funded by a grant from the Carolyn R. Foster Fund of the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township and a gift from Mr. John H. Culbertson copyright The Speedwell Village 1981