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Morris County Heritage Commission

VOL. 12, NO. 2

"All the Facil ities of a First Class Hotel"The Aurora Hea lth lnstihlte

Spiraled columns at the entry doors

hint at something unusual about

the Instltulional building high on a hill

at 300 Mendham Road, ho me of the

Heritage CommISSIOn. MOI11 s County

Park Police, and other agencIes ,

Remnants of Spanish Colonial Ite,.ival

architecture gIve 1tS age away. as thai

style reached liS height ofpopulanty in

the 1920s and carly 30s. In fael. the

'Iilding ".,.s erected in 1928·29 for the

.\Urora He alth Farm. Its decorative

archttecture cvoking sunny, carefree

days seems appropriale for the

namesake of the goddess orthe da"".

by MOT)' PrrnilUECli

bnnger of "'amlth and light.

Aurora developed in the European

traditicm ofa kur IlilI/S, or health reson,

and attracted SOme intercstmg pahents,

It was founded In 1920, shortly aftor

Seraphine Schulman, wife of Dr

Robert Schu lm an, a Brooklyn doctor,

purchased the old MIlls farm of over

100 aCrcs In Moms and Passaic

townshIps. Ne:><t to the old farmhouse

the Schulmans bui lt a rambling whIte

addItion with 10 patient rooms_ Aurora

ad,-ert,s.ed m the JU"mai of the

Medicnl Svciel} ofNewJer;ey thaI it

(."",,"" ,d "" p t J g ~ 2)

SPRING 2000

Railroad

SYTTIPOSiUI l l

l \ . I [ay 2 3

Regional raI l hnes that left thclr

mark on the county's landscape

will be fea tured al th tS year's H e - r i t a g ~ CmIDm<lSlOn symPOS l\lm "Makmg

Tracks. M017"is Count)' 's Hisroric

Railr()Qds" will be the topIC at Km's

Tracks'dc Supper Club at the Dowr

l1ulroad statMl on Tuesday. May 23. al

6 PM. RcservallOTlS arC reqUIred (see

Insen),

The coming of the ratlroad In the

1830. revolntioni7-"d transportanon arid

CommerCe throughout America As

railways lmked the nation they spurred

rremendous g r o ~ cormecnng peoplc.

jobs and marhtl and providing

communities WIth goods and servIces

fa ster and cheaper. Hundreds of

ratlroad companies were founded as

Investors looked for profits In thts new

techn ology. The fasc in atmg stories of

regtonal "short· line" raIlways. tied 10

local mdusmal and agncuhural



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was sUItable for conva lescence,

compensated hean lesions, hypertensIon,

rheamahsm, and anemia

Wnhln a iew years, Dr. Schulman

acqUIred a parmer, Dr. Adolph

Weizenhoffer. Thanh to the discovery

of Insulin In 1922, they ""ere SOOn able

to treat a formerly fata l dlscase,dIabetes. As dIabetICS " 'ere In those

days commonly hospitalized for a few

days to lcarn to administer their insulln,

more room WaS needed for these

patl/:-nts.

Aurora's notIce of a ''new fIJq>roof

addmon contarnmg 50 rooms. each wllh

pr iYatc bath and telephone," appeared

for the first lime m the Slate medIcal

Journal in July of 1929. The doc tors'

Investment would SOOn be JeopardIZed

when the slOCk market crashed three

months later. After a shenff s . . e In

Apn L 1932. the orgamzallon was

restrucrured. apparemly with he lp from

fri ends , and the nume changed to the

Aurora Health lnsutute. A thI rd doctor,

BcnJam10 Sherman. JOined the staff.

They produced a brochure advern5lng

AUrora as "A Resort for Hea lth."

PhYSIotherapy. 10cluding e1ectt"(>!herap)-,

and hydrotherapy , waS a major part of

the regimen. Diets for trea tment of

obesity and other nutritional disorders

were ava ilable . Fresh eggs from the

farm' s ov.u chickens and mIlk from

nearny da ity farms pleased patlcnts from

the city .

In late 1932 the Schulmans' daughter

Natalie, a graduate of MomSlO"U HighSchool and the Co llege of 51. Elizabeth,

mamcd Dr. Sherman. Th. early years

of the DepressIOn were not easy. but

Aurora recovered. Natalie. descnbed In

hcr high school yearbook as < O \ ~ V a C I O u s , well-read, happy-go-lucky," organtzed a

party for Aurora's twentieth anniver,",!),

10 1940, when doctors from the tn-state

area were welcomed by Momstov.-n's

mayo r, C lyde Ports . A regIonal

newspaper comparcd the facility with a

fim cla" hotel. Historian John

Cunnmgham, who grew up 10 nearby

Mendham, remembers 5«lng wd l

dressed men and women commg and

go mg from Aurom as he ua "el ed back

and fo n h to hIgh s.chool In Momsto\\u.

Everyone in M end ham heard the rumor

that Betty Boop was a pallent··or rather.

Mae Questel, the voi ce of Betty Soap

attd Oh,e Oyl.

Two notable pat lem s during \Vor!d

War IT wcre refugees. One was RabbI

Joscph isaJC Schneersohn, th

Lubavllcher Rebbe. Internattona l lea"

of the Luhavitcher moveme,

Schneersohn', defense of hIS faith had

led to ht< 19 27 atTest by SovIe

authonllcs who sentenced tum to death

by firing squad. The InterceS3Ion opromment Ameri cans, meluding

Supreme Court JUSI1Ce Lou," BrandeIS

saved hi s It fe but could not prevent the

SO\'lets from sendmg htm into ex ,le . In

1940 Schneersohn escaped Ihe Warsaw

Ghetto du.nng the German OCcupallon of

Poland and am\'ed In Arnenca He

spent tIme at Aurora In 194 1 and 1944

when he receIved treatments for

multiple s.cleroSlS He f o u n ~ c d a

yeshiva in Ncwark that was the

forerunner of thc R . : o b b 1 O l ~ a l College o

Arncnca, now located In Moms

To",ushlp. Pres.ently h e r ~ are 3,000

L u b " , ~ l C h Centers throughout the world.

The dl \ tingUlshed conductor 011 0

m p e , e r came to Aurora In

unfortunate circumstances. As a Jew

he lost Ius PO'I 3S conductor

~ T 1 m n y ' s State Opera when the Nazts

came to power . He am"cd In the United

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\urora,aJOOI,.wJfr-,.,. 1)

SlatC$ III 1935 Four y ~ a r s I:ltn-. Ius

cartn- WIth orehes\l'1l.S in """,,,,I cmcs

.. :u bnefly sldeaackcd when he wasfound to ha"e a bram tumor. Surgery

w a ~ successful. but he WaS temporarily

paralyzed on onc s,de and left with a

I"rmancnt 5(:0",1 on h,s face. A maSSIve

man SIX feet five Inchcs tall and oolidly

bUIll, the conductor had • frighlening

a p p e ~ . , ...ell . , .t fierce temper.

In early 1941 he spent a fe,,' days al the

Aurora lns1l1Ute for phYSIcal therapy

under 1M SUpc1"'1SI0fl of Or Hn-man

WeIss. I mcnd from Germany and

fello" refugee from the Na.:is.Rerumlng home 10 Rye. New York. he

entered .t pnVlltC sanllormm. but len

after a dispute With Its d,rcctor. The Rye

poltce then Issued nme·state alarm

de$Cnbmg h,m as "dangerous and

'sane." Or. Klemperer. mlcnding to

dUm 10 AUI"OI"3.. "as fOWld al a hotel In

"lomsto"l1 and was arrested.

·Klempcrn-. Famed C o m ~ . In Local

wlIS the {)(JilJ Ruord"s headline

'n- I pholO of the condUCtor behIndMornSlO"lI's poltce docket for

~ l 3 . , - c h 2. 1941. shows h,m charged as a

a p ~ ' c l u a m S i was In faCI qune

he: was released to hIS wife.

Klemp<"rer lIten spent rrxm: lime al

for phySIcal t h ~ r a p y . A gifted

he trealed pattenlS and staff to

wcd,ends. li e recovered

to demonstrate thai he waS

Hall

"0 mU51C1ans for a concer t on Aprill. Aurorl's staff rcc.,,,ed free tickets

thanb for the,. successful efforts.

...."...". Howard Taubman of !he: , .""

o'{ Times w r o ~ that Klempere:

...ed 8 roustng VOle of coniidenc .'"Om a l a r ~ aucbence. and ~ h c dcserved

He 'em.JtnS a first.rate conducto .. .

Scarcely month after attendmg the

Or Schulman died suddenly .country's entry mto World Wa , II

~ S c ~ . a.zu-DfI912

Col .. . of St. £1 .... _ ArchJ..-cs

brought more change. and by \944 OrShennan "'"liS o'-erseu III !he: armed

="<:e$. Olher dor;lO)r$ connnued to runAurom. bul c h a n ~ s dunng the post-war

years led to the dec'Slon to close 1M

InStllUle. The enllre property was sold

to the Esso Standard OIl Company III

1952. Esso (now Exxon·Mobd) used

Ihe bUlldmg 1$ a traimng center, and

buIlt In Ihe basement 1I s ~ 1 3 1 records

'"lIult Intended to ",.),nand nuckar war.

The: CorporallOO'S tKeds changed about

!he: same I1me thai Morns County ""liS

begmnmg to establtsh Its park system.In four tI"alISKllOllS bc:.....C<"T\ 1959 and

May. 1968. the cowny ;acquu'ed all of

lhe 105lcres. mOSlly for 1.e",S Moms

Parle.. The early wooden AUTon Health

Farm buildlnl becam. headquarters for

the Morns Coumy Girl ScoutS

(demo1tsho:d In 1992). The newer

hospItal became the Moms Count}·

CullUr:aJ Ccnlc:r, whe". E s s o ' ~ vault now

stores the county's oldeSllJcruves.

Dunnl thmy fears of counl)'

""'nmhtp the CuIIUr.tI Center. under thestMO"3fdshlp of lhe Park CommISSIOn.

hu been horne to . ""lflety of .gencles

and cultural orgamul101ls. Natalie

Schulman, by then Mrs. Harold Soler.returned ....uh her husband to ,",sil her

old home In the carly 1970. and "'"s

pleased th<lt 1\ WIS I culrur:al center.

Mrs Soler dIed In 19%. The Hmtage

CommiSSion '$Iratefulto 10.1.. Soler for

allowlns us to copy the... photographs

P a g ~ 3

from MT album. The Conumssion

would apprecIate hanng from others

" '110 may have memones or photognpm

of hIS bUlldml

Ra il road Symposium(«I. I I .wd Yr>M ".,,. /)

economies. w,1I be lold by ' I"ah rs

Larry Lowenthal and BIll Wtlk,c.

Lowenthal. I fonnerhlStonan ....,lIt!he

Nanonal Park Ser.·,c", , . well Irno"n

among " ' I ~ enthusIasts. He acquired

• \astlOl Interest III nnlroads dunng hIS

youth III lronta (Randolph To"nsrupl.

when he I,,'ed a l o n l s l d ~ the abandoned

Chester branch of the D.L & W

RaIlroad. He lSIhc: author of Iron .l/m .Rallroods of N C f ' / " ~ r n ,Vel> J .rsey

(1981). C " e s t ~ r ' s Iron Heyday (\987)and, WIth W,lham T. Greenberg,

Morris CoulOiy TraCtion Company.

Bill Wllloe, • CIvil englll«T. IS acnve

In t h ~ Tn·Stllt Ra ilway HIS tOrical

SocIety. He 1$ a ",dcly «cspected expen

on the former Roc:k.awiY Valley

Railroad, kno"n as the ··Rock-A·ByeB.3by." "The Rock·A-Bye ran from

While lIou5" StanO!! through. u"eSlern

Moms Count)·. Unl1Sual stoncs and

anecdotes " '111 accompany h,s shdc:s.

"h'Ch offer rare ghmpse. of lhe

"an,shed raIlroadFrink Redly. Mom. County's

OlreCI(lf of T n.nsporr31l0n. wtll give an

u ~ x b t e on the shon-lin. raI lroads no"'·

operaled by />'loms County as fre .gh!

raIlways and modcrate • btlef pan,1

diSCUSSIOn.

May 17 'S the d ~ a d h n t for

restt\-1mons. SpaceIS

hmned and anculy response: IS = o m m e n d ~ d _





r elebration of Marquis de Lafayette's by IldarJ C. Simon

_ ~ e r u 10 Morristown 175 years Ago" lh e MomSlown N a u Q n a l H I S l o n ~ a l .l. Park iUld the HistQrtt Moms

V'Sitors Center have announced I

fund-nus,"g c>'en! ulc1M 1751h Ann,,-crsary of w

~ 1 " ' ' " q U I 5 de L a f . y e ~ s ""rum 10 Moms-

A grand Nil. Inelud'ng a FrenchWill be held on J\Il'IC J al the

arden of the Cross Estate '"

(adJ3<;cnt to Jod,cy Hollow

ark). Penod music. includmg ongmal

for MarqUIS' retum

WIll be perfOtlllcd by the Baroqueof Boonton. Rc\'Olu(,onary

, , ~ l l be present and "111

p=od dancIng. An cxhlhll

memorablha ",,11 be

I ...fayrnc's return to MomslO"''ll wasof Ihe greale.t celebratory events In

me, Green In the 19th ten·

j ' AI the mvitanon of PreSIdent

the French hero of theRc"oiuIIOfl ~ n t D"CT. ~ a r

a lour of 11124 S!aIeS. Laflyenc ",'as

e \ · e t ) ' ' ' ' h C T ~ "'lib mlbIlSI&$UC

, .."

mtCTtamed w,1bpartdes. dInners. balls. and

~ " e r y SlOP; hiS \1511 10

was no execpttotl. Follow

wdoomc. a banquet was

il the Sansay Hause {)Tl DeHart

The dumCT ....as a!tended by the

COtinty 's m O S l d m m g u l s ~ d and weallby

gentlemen. lathes no t bemg adffillted.

However, later thai evenmg he allc:nded

anolber ~ p n o n $0 WI he could beIntrodllCed to the lad,es af 1M to"l1.

In May, 1780, al the Ford 1to1anst{)Tl,

George Wa5Iungl{)TlJO)'fully welcomed

lafayette'S return from I Slx-monlb mp

to F r a n c ~ !a sahel! aid for Ibe

A m ~ r i c a n s . 1lIe I>13rqU1S annaunced

Iha! the French Km g was Knding theComIC de Rochambeau ... th 6.000

French IJOOp5 and a major nayal force 10

$Uppon the rebelhon. Stibse<jumtly.

L a f a } ' ~ t t e (by spet'lal COmmISSIon a

major g ~ l in Ibe Conlmmta] Army).

Rochambe3u and the French n e ~ t played

a major role In defei"ng the Bnt"h al

the SIege of YorkIO"l1, Vlrgmia, 10

17S l. ~ n e r a l Cornwallis sent his

emissary I<> 5 = 0 0 10 Washinpon,

skillful command of ... dely

seanered forces on land and sa

essentially ended the: American

Re'·olutlon.

TIus Lafayette celtbrallon IS beingheld as a benefit 10 help fund the

Momsto"'l1 Nallonal H1510ncal Park's

mvol"cmcnt m de,'dopmg the

"Cromoads ofthc Arnmcan Re"olunon

Hentage Comdor" project and a

hemage l O u n ~ m assessment ofM<><T'is

",,<>

County for the Hlstonc Moms V,51l0n

Center, The W3shmglon ASSOCIation IS

prOVIding addltlonal suppan for Ihls

major eVcr1t.s.,"''e11'' Ribbon· 1825

I hI> "bbc. "'.""}ro .. , ~ . " , " , " , . . , ~ ,H.odq""", '. <<>Ilwio" " .d ,..'"CI>"I.,.d ' "I""" 10 n..s. "bbo<u . . . ." . . ro."",,,, ' I \ ~ " "...,.,. b}'-' • l A f ~ ' l < ~

Hi sto l'ic Preserva tio nCom m i ss io n Trai n ing Sess ion

A ay of Histone Preservation Commission tra""ng w,11 be.offcred as pa n of the Drew UruVCf'Slty ceni!ieate

program 10 h,SlOnC presen·anon. CalledApplymg Pren,WW011 allhe Local w'el. the course offered II Dre ..

on Saturday. J1UIC 17, from 9:00 10 4:00. Orchestraled by lhe New /.,....,y H,SWt1c Preser ...auon Office. 11 ",[[ be a\lghl

by profeSS1<)nals pracncmg In 1he state. TOPlCS .... [[ be moSI a p P r O p n a t ~ for lhose ...."h bellnnlng and tnlermedtalt

levels of e ~ p m ~The cow-se will cover master plan elements, land usc law. requ,,,,ments for formmg local commISSions.

relallonsh,ps to other offictals. precedent scttmg. confl Ict of Interest. cond\ICt of muting ' and Te<:ord·kttpmg. USIng

case studIes, pamclpa!lll; ",11 receIVe hands-on trammg In usmg the S ~ c r c t a r y of the [ntenor's Sandards m revIewIng

appl,Cal\OnS, TIme willl:>e alloned for group d i ~ l 1 S s l o n and problem-solvmg. The fee IS S75. mcludmg c o f f ~ and

lunch. For mformal1on call Pal Peek. Drew Umq::rsity Continuing Educal10n Program. (973) 408-3185 Cred l1 !owartl

the cemlicate may l:>e earned,



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Notes from the Archives by {)add .\'(i'rO$

Abusive Slaveowner Indicted/loUtlho eightt-enlh """rury, .avery bad Men a pa n of life in Ne"" Jersey and olhcr nonhern co lon;",_ Though opponems 10 'lave

ought lo t emancipation. !hey mad. little progress. Bu t in 1804 Ihe New JCr$e)" S,..te legi,lature fmally passed a gradual emancipation I

need slo". .

born after July 4 of that year-·when thoy reached age 21 for ""omen and 25 for men. The law' ' ' i s

a step toward progre.lit hi!<llinle irwne<iiatc effecl. In fa u slavery and other fonn< of involuntary servirudc iJ1 New Jersc)" continued werr intO the midd

lhe nine teenth crnlUfJ TIlough $0" ' " ,la,·. owners treated !heir , l.ves well. docurnenr.d acCOUll" of cruelt}· exm. Th. followmg

document Mscrihes one ,uch lncident th.! inyo!>'e<! a slave boy.

The jurors of 'h i StOle oJ N""" Jerst:! of body of t h ~ Ctllimy of Morris up<m I h ~ j oath prnem .. liu

Abrahnm Cooper. lale o/tne TOl<71Ship of o .w t r R 1M Coullt}" ofMorris in the t w ~ m i e t h da;' of Novemb

in ,lui yeor/f our Lord. one ,hOUJQnd ~ i g h ' hundred and t lgil'. allil. Township of Ch. . , , ajoresaid in (I

case 0/1 on. ColO. 0 negro /xIy. Ih. 'u"·. of said Abraham Cwpu . _did IMkt an o=ul1 and did 'hen a

' h ~ r . iTlhlU1li1llefy fum and abuse hi , wid ,Un"" by brwding 'h t said Cow Oil his fouh . OI! ~ " h a hOI iron

mean.; ....-},t"of lhe foreheOl! of ,h. aid ColO ""'S Ihereby grl""Ously woutlded Qtrdltun. and also 17) mean

~ M r e l 7 ) the said Cow ww pur '0 gUa/pain.. IOnu". and other wrong. ..ro 'he grem damage oflhe said CoIolld againsl ,h . S/mutt jn such cwe nuut. &. prlNid€d. and againjl ,h . peau oJ 'his S,m •. Ih. Gu..mmen

&. dignil)' of ,hnallle .17";,' oboiitiOllW aniSi

19th UfIllUJ!_ The Jury

MahioD Pimey

Stephen TIIOmpson

William Pa=j"

Silas DalrympleTimothy T uchr

William Morrow

I'Ilbl.,.don of !he Mom' C",,",y

Boord crf=n Freo::oolde"

Jacob Thomp:$On

Danid Wa1Iing

Daniel Prudden

Jonalhm FairchildJa.n"$ Morrow

John Dufford

Called as wiUte."" at the lila! were Henry Cooper Jr

Benjanun McCamy. Daniel COl"'". and D."i

Dickcrson . The jury fOund t h ~ defendant, Ahu!

CO<)f>tr. guIlty a, chrugti!. "'as iinti! forty doll:..equal to about S400 today.

County CircularDoogl1< R. C.blIna. Directo'

John J. ~ l l l I J l h Deputy Di,..,,,,,

* J Drurul.r M . , ~ . « t No«lstrorn

!<.lorris Coumy Heritage Commission

Morri, County Courthouse. 1'.0_ Box 9(J(J

),lorrislOwn. NJ 07963-0900.. G LoufeJ" JoseP" Penn>e<h'o

)1Ok Schrie,

b) ,ho

.'torti. C",,",Y He""ge Com""" ","hhtp'N.",,.· .co .morri•. "'"'Horn.ge

M ,,)" P r r n d , " , . " . C/w."P"'()IlR>cbanl C. SImOn. l'iu-CI\o,'P""""M,,;o t. Moore. SUUl" ' }

D.,Oc)· M Kmscl

Krupp BarN" K . Woodhull

OJ}ict ,.tdmonmralO'

,1 ,!arenro@<o.tIIO""_nj.usMn,,,. . ATcili,is/

l ~ m , " o s @ c o . " " ' t r ; '

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illounty illirrularffioms ([oulttY1!!rlilagr ([ulllll1issiLm

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Barefoot All Summer:A Childhood Near the Great Swamp

' Ihe mlIil«li0n5 o f . ~ r m boy mn;"dof Iht mJJ"y u.;n t""t """,kind

"". uuJ lind clumgtt! lilt Gmll

S;O:ZlllP '" s o ~ l h e , " Morns County. AIIlI"

TU"<S, />om ' " 191)7 lI"d II M'tlc"g rnrdm/

rfNno Vonon,did.mmt/y. 5ft'mli yrJ'r'S

«go hi! " , r o l ~ " memoir. The Way It W;u,

hi5 fomily. AIIlI", adltd "Sli"," by hi$friends. his boyItood I I I " formhcuJt.

blIl<d""" t r J I I I 1 ~ m g ..phil! rom tlvG>tII/5<1.",,1'. lMIIoulf:hudb.m ""ilrin the 1790sI1y hi, grc1/-g_d{tItl!c, Oo-nltlTuni,. Tilt

"ad" lu:yfirld u ~ / h ; n wlillt if now<ksig'JJlt.:d os tIv VVildiifo Rt/Ugt!. II/>oU/ a,",It ro'" /J""r/"'''$und boim Allan Tunis,tealled;

T h ~ Great Swomp w,$ no wildem.:ss

biock there lJ l the lUI c ~ n l u an d Ihe

earl y parI of Ihis. MOSI of th e low

ground waskeptdeared and devoled 10

gro . mg h a ~ · . Foul Medder hay it was

called Some of the old tnners ._made a

!ivmg from il All tho2 old =ad"" .are long grown up.

The swamp has . l w a y ~ HUflgued me_

M)· nr l iHt r«ollecllon .ore from

hayingQo.."TI in the big mradow in front

of L m d , ~ · , . Wide ~ " i s t a 5 " 'en ' rorruoonlhen. Wide stretches of rneadow._.and

tree lined ditches were aU ~ 1 S , b l e from

lhe lower {PltasAntville] road, althoughthe C reat Brook was probably II nult

awar[Unpowtd dirt ro.ods W<Te t h ~ ",I.;" Ntw

Vtm"" 11ft hmt, trctpt for County road"

p"vtd 'n d"'1Ji m a c ~ d a " , . ] 11;e "de down Over Ihe dusty road,

Ihen down the lant! __ .way biocl< Into Our

(M' Cw. t S w ~ m p Qt' P"gt' 4)

FALL 2000

CONFERENCEPlanning for Preservation In

Morris County

Saturday, October 14

PreservatiONS'S, planners, and Ihepubllc In Moms Countv are Invne<! to e h 3 l f - < l ~ y work$hop Sat,

U I d ~ y , Oclober l ~ , " ' the H a g g ~ " ) ' Edu'c.tion Cenler of the FrEllnghuysen Ar,

b o r ~ l u m . The program, Plam''-''Ii for

Prru"."tll"', i5 ~ p o n ~ e d bv 1M Hell

tage Commission and the Mon,sCounty J)"partment of Planning and

[)e>'eiopll"Oe'nl.

A group'" outstandmg ~ p e a k e r s Ard

,·,sual presemauons w,11 offer s o m ~ soIubono 10 thr (Nllenge 01 ~ l a n U l g growth with p.esenati(;n. Arch,tectural

hiSIO,ian Janet ••__ . . ._

Fasterwillopfn'"

IhI>PC"S',. < ~ " " , , ; ••,l ew"

~ " . . . Yakirn,k.

c o n $ U " " " ' ~eng"' ...r.h .. loric

i ~ i · ~ ' ~ Nak.. \ \ ' o \ I ~ r Kneh. \lorri$

County's Dir«tor of Planning and

~ \ ' e l o p m e n ! , and planner H(,,),»'oodSommers will deffi(Jf\S/1"ale how h'SIOn<;

"tes ar e bemS ",eluded in the COUI\IV·SGIS syStem. Fin.oll.,. planning consultant

C.rl Hintz will descri\)(o an elieell'"

(s « CDnft:,."" 0" pag' 6),



The Book Shop: A Taleby S. Christine Jochem

T

he building now known as 1k800k Shop is b e ~ e ' > to have been

bu ilt in the 18th century a

single family home•• presumably in17&5, the date sct in the gable end. It is

a five· bay 2"" story gambrcl·wofed

structure w ith a painted brick exterior.

There are thn>edonner ..... indow. in the

front of the houS<!. originally coNlee'' ' ' '

by an orna mental railing and balus

trade. In pictures of the ho use from the

19 th century, a Oat-roofed fronllX'ITh

with white taihng and balustrade ex

tended across the entire front of the

house.

By the mid-19th century, the housewas owned by Mary Ann Deshon

Brmdisee, wife of Theodore Talbott

Wood . Mary Wood "'as the daClghler

in.Jawofjames Wood (d. 113-19) a promi·

nent busmcssman and landowner inMorristown. James Wood's p r o f ~ s -sional and s.ocial conne<:hons are of his

torical intere,t.

In 1799, when the M(mis Aqu<."duCl

",h,eh <:envey<."d wa te< from a spring on

Mount Kemble went dry, James Wood

purchased the rights to the Aqu<."duet

and restore;j it to use, He replaced thebrick tiles through which the water had

originally run with ehestnut logs with

twO-inch holes drilled in them an d built

a wooden ctstem on Western Avenue

which had" capacity of 100 barrels,

James Wood lived in the Morristown

Inn, a spaciou, mansion jus t down

South Street from tho home of his son

and M ~ n ' Wood, The Morri'to"'n Inn

became a fashionable board ing house

servmg wealthy S U ~ r tourists and

t e r i n large I in the capacious

,

dining roon\<, Lafayette spent the night

of Jwy 14, 1825, al the Morristown Inn

as the guest of James Wood, while in

Morristown for a reception held In his

honor. When James Wood dIed, one of

th e propert ies he conveyed tohi '

widow and children was Ihis mansion

with ac",age ruruung from Pme Street

to Morris to Elm to South!

Mary Wood's house stayed in th e

Wood lamily unt il it was purchased in

19:14 by Dr. Hemy N<!herniah Dodge, ButDr. Dodge, a denlist with li terar}" i r ~ · tions, neither lived in the hou"" nor us<od

it lor his dental l k ~ . He apparently

bought the house as an investl'rn'nt. By

the 20th century, thIs """lion.of South

Stred had changed from primaril)' res,

denli,l lOcomn>erciaLDr. Dodge p u r ~ h a s e d 83 South Street

fu lly furn ished in high Victorian style

lSI'(" p hoto1but sold the contents at auc

tion and rente<llhe house unfurnished,

Th e Women ' s Work and .'Ht Ex

change bought 83 South Street in 1922

and owned il untill%ol. The Women's

Exchange Was" not-for · prolit organi

Ul lion founded to help women In finan,

cial need by prm ' Iding a commercial

outlet for Iheir handwo rk or home

cooked food. By Ihe time the Women's

£ xchan),>e bought 83Sooth Street, the h

fronl porch had been modified 10 a fl3

roofed entry porclt.crol.;ned WIth mo

of the o n ",mentai caillng and ba lustrad

used 10 connecl the third floor dorm

window,. A second-floor blind oriwindow hJd lJe<>!I added 10 the nort

west side of the hou"".

In th e lasl years the Women's E

change was operatIng.. lhe number 0consignors dropped, and Ihe Iype o

workmanshIp cha nged. More an

more, 5o:;i.1 5e<:uritr and bi>bysittin

w en: s upplymg the ex tra financia l ai

women had p ...viously soughl from th

exchange, So in 1%·1. the Women', E

change sold 83 South Street 10 Bel

Thomas and Margaret Ktementz, Ihe

proprielors of The Book Shop. Th e shomoved from its rented qua rters (}n th

s-&ond floor to take up the entire fi r

floor. S p " ~ il still occupies, Other buS

nesses and two apartments occ up y th

basemen t and upper floors. Exterio

changes were made In t h ~ ironl whe

t h T ~ talse bar wi ndows, used to di'

p lay merchandise, we re added, T hongma l entry 10 the houS<' Wllh ils SId

lighls an d transom has remamed una

tered.

(am/mod 0" "f..-I pag

Sl South Stroot with ,hune", <10..,<1, On • sum",. , d . y b d o r ~ 1922.,ei_' f"" P , , ~ I > < Lill, .'Y M<>Tri.,,,w" ".J Mcm.1 'ow", j,;r



O I e r a l ~ 83 Sou.h Street has mnaintd

largely intact, the basi<: 5W! and design01 .he house l\aving be<en u , . . . . l I e ~ lo r

over 200 year$. The major d i / f t - r e n c ~ has b e ~ n i. s c h a n g ~ in USe. As

Morri5tOwn grew. Sou.h Slreet b e c ~ less and less residential J.nd com·

merdal. illS fitMg !hal 83South Streetshould I \ a " ~ e v o l " e d along WIth the res.

0/ Morristown. And it IS lortun.lte forUlI ihal83 South Street w ~ s n ' , raud 10

build s.orefronts or offices. a$ mJ.nylu>me'i in Monistown were.

Another change in use IN" be on thehori2on. The Momstown Library Faun

datton purchased the building In 1995for futun- e.cpansion of the libraryO r n $ l o n ~ Jochem is IIIl archll.",1 In.

JO;"I Fra Public ub ..ryofMorm-rown lind'\forn.< T"",ns/up Sht r«tllIly romp/tied

1M Ortifian" In HiSlon( Pnmt"11OtI progrum at Drew Un,;ot"rs,/y.

tn,.rio, of III South S, .. " 1890.LIb•• )' <1 Mom" .... ow4 Mom. T _ · . ' ~ " ,

Lake Musconetcong Marker RecognizesMorris County's Industrial History

This NOHmber marks the 3(hh an·

niv.r$),rv of the Morris CounlV

Hentage COmmission. Since its"",eplJon the Corrurussion lias pined

much m:ognition 'hrough its pubhca·tions. sympDl'lluIJIS. aOO e>.hilllts OIlierprograms mclude the drsignation ofroumy historic sites. Since 197:. tile

Since 1975 the Commission h.u

m a r k . ~ over 115 sires through-

out th e counTy with .ltfrdCrive bur-

gundy iUld grey cast metttl 5/gns

Commission has lmI.ked o\"er 115 sues

throughout the county ,,·,th altractJ\"e

burgundy and Py ClSt metal SIgr<$.

Th . vnr HentILge Commission

lias placed ,hree !"\el'I' trUL'''''rs .1 suesassociated with MonisCounI'·· s IndU'tnallustorv. n,..... "",tucle Ihe V l l ! a g ~ of

Stirling in LonS Hill TownshIp. IheBrookside H,storic Dt5tnCt in "lendham

Town.hip. ancl L a k ~ Musconelcong

along lcdgewood Aqmue III Netcong.The Commi$Sion ehOS<' to mark d>o! t a ~ e

for lis important role m the industrialhlslor}' 0/ Morris Counl}·. n.e "loms

u.nal and Banking Company createdLlkMusconetcong in 1846astheMor

risUnaJ·sStAnhopeRrservoir. Thrt...U

5uppliL'd water that filled the canal andpowered local ",dustries. Mules tread

"'g an earthen causeway acr0S5 thr lake

pulled b o a t ~ INd...J wi,h cool. iron ore.or fmgb.t .Ionga channel in. the lake bed.

U"" of tileWee lor industrial purposeswaned during thr early 20th century.

E f I ~ to ",,'-eand re>'itILlize tN,!aU be

gan 11\ 1989 w,th the form.auon 0/ the

lake MUSCOIl\'toong Regional Planning

Boud. SwroundingmuniOpalttiesfrom

"Ioms and Sussexcountle$ ha,'" pat\1CL paled w,th the En'"U"OnlIlmtal ProtcdJoo

Agency (EPA) in =';";ng the I.ke.The May 12 d;:dtaL'Jon of the marker

was auended by N e t ~ o n g COLlIlCil memober and Morn. County Freeholder

Cecilo. Laureys. Councilman V " ' ~ o m t Koert. and Hopatcong Sta.e Park Super·intende n t Bart Wallin M. . .Prendergasl and Richard Fran'2 of the

H e " t ~ g e CommiSSIon thanked the oor·ough of Nelrong for its enthusiastic as,

SlSlance

N o f e ~ (rOf"7 Ihf: Itrchlve:>

by DOlid 11l1ro:>

Tr ~ d ; t ' o n . I i ! l ' gn",bJ'H8 ."0; bunum oS 0 lllti, desp"t 11$ I'<lP'I'

I<lrily. I" Moms u,unMi u""n8 lfu-

toriYnotlelanll,W' I" 11. au 110m trtfim"tdS/.rltt p " ' h j & i ~ n g g a m b l m g . Ilt:1ug" thtygrnrra1ly '"mdeli ,iw." I,ght ft"It",n 10

lhog f r ; ~ n d gUilty Tht f o I ! o o ~ n 8 ,nd,,,-

men! or - ~ ' M g · -o f ""'ys"chtlonl·rno:ls m Ow <n:Ords cf In. Oyrr .mt Ttr-

mmlTCOIl"". windt t n t d . ~ , , 1 " I I I S I S -Morris County Court of Oye. Ter_

m i n ~ r , Marrh Teron.

1lu1 juron of the S I ~ t e 01 r \ ~ " JE1"Se"for body of the Count>· 01 Morns.

upon th,s N th present t h ~ 1 John "'IP , ~ . .on. late of th e townsh,p of

Pequannock ,n tllecount>' afOftii,d. on

' ....18th day of Febroan·. tn the , 'W" ofour Lord, 1824 .." ( ~ m ' n gamt ofcards (ommonl\" c a l l ~ •all fours .. for a

~ 1 f g ~ l l o n o(pot rum of the \"iIluc offifty cents with ComtliusCoutter. Will·

,amStee!e. and T h o m a s ~ l e . . t " " n a n d there unlawfully did pia) agains, the

form of the statuto!S III such cues "" , t i t

and provide-d againsl ,Itt pea«! of ,his51,'te. the Sovemrn<!nt a,1d d'gnitY of Ille

"m,The def'Mdm'ls Wtrt .11 jowmf g " , l t ~

rn " ,We" Md, fi''''' 0'"

i i o l l ~ ,

,



(from SWdmpOn pIlgt 1)

lot was pl'<'tty rough. Bil] \.Jndsley hadfi11rd in Itun l a ~ w i t h g o o d · s ; % e d stone

from the hill behind his nouse. There is110 stone in the SWillTIp. But despI terougl\ness the ride down " 'U funl Al

ter the onerous tosk of getting the rigloaded. ,t was ;I. delightful ride home

hig.. up on top of the hay. All that hay

tool: up the shod; of the road-bet",rthan spnngs'( T u l l l 5 ~ a ~ d G ! I ~ S f " ' g g l l n g

up hiU "' " of the SWlZmp withf . III01Jds of

hP:y in the fo«l1ftrll QF'PrOIIdIiJlg 5/O,..."j

As _0'CII0SI'd the me.dow [ ~ P o p if there "'ere in the Lane. in !he ""<!1

plact _ had juS! come Illlough. HelOld

me INt n",ro! were r"ls la,d ilCl'OSS theland, under the mud alllhro\lgh wei

~ - . c o r d u r o y road ... Oroourw;l.Y upthe hill we could hear thunder oi f 10 the

west and as " 'Cappr();ld...;d the ba m wefelt a drop$ of rain. Big fat douds

were piling up west and OM h lind mov-

ing 0""" us. Pop dro"c!l\ on the bam

floor and dosed thebigb;!mdoors",the

rain Slaned in e3mest...therewas a brightflash of hgh!ning with a close clap of

thunder. That ~ n d e d tuy"ng for the

day ...

A bog in theG.ea! Swamp (n by the

n o m e n d a r u r ~ of t h ~ loeal$) ""as oot a

low ""el place, but • l»g turl of perennial gra15. A5 ..ears wenl by II ""ould

get larger and l a r g ~ , proj«tmg 10 or

12 inchH high. The gri$! il produced

.....a ' .. ~ I e n by the cows in earl\" spnng.

but it soon got tough and JaW

toothM .. t u l t ' m a d ~ f . i r h ' rot,,'er u ~ m "stepping SIOnes" to Cf055 a weI

plan. Howe\'('I" would be ..... ,11 ad ·

v- . l lo do it gmgel)' as O!\'ery o ra LIlI., .hil .. on.. could encoumer a bPpya n d e n d u p , , ~ t h .. - . , t f ~ Ofcourv

,uch In aCCident . " '' ' '_:-'

"'ouldn't have

worried metoo much.

•

as I never WOfe shoes in the summer, ex ·

cept mayl><! Qfl Sunday, and then only

long enough to go 10 Sunday

school ...It would also be ll<'Ce.",TY

In creating, ..meadow. to run

dralNige dilchH. Thi. wa.

done often along propertylines . tl\es(o old tinw:n .....ent

to ludicrous lengths II> d()-

ing ttus. In many . . . . . . .!hey

,,'ould dig dilC..... through

long 5Helches of h,gher

ground where il ",mlld have

been • lot ..aliI( '"[ to follow the

natura.! lerr."' -... In the Gn>at

S"'·lmp ..the .. we .. higher

knolls, often with h o u ~ Orfarms. bul l1'>Ort' . . .mote knolls

w ..... kept wooded an d ....... .d as

wood lOIS for timber and finwood .A m.m by the Nlme of Billy DeMoH (I

....... er knew h,m) ran a ",wmill an d bas·faero,," in Gn-0l Village. He owned a

portable s.l!wmill an d ,team tractor. He

would buy I "'hole wood lot.. 5eI up hi .

equipment, then strip the woods, When

he (irushed il was a saine of d!'50lation.

a f""'!ittle scraggly tre..,; and slash e\··

ervwhero, would ha"" transformed

the t r= into luml><!r and cord wood 100

I suppose,. [Two ne'ghbors bordering

theSwamp) sold wiT ....ood. to him. A.lI

this happ<."Tled w h ~ n I was onl" a Nby.

By the lime J was old enough to go hUnl-

ing with Pop I h ~ woods had rt-

sumed growing B r i ~ r s ~ n d young Ite<!Swe .. conl1ng up In

wild profusion-oJ regular

jungle The slas.h WilS s6l1;n

evidence although lIorllng torOI a"-av. H .....as a hunter 's

p " r ~ d i ~ , TI>ere 's noth:ll8 Il'IO«

allTaCh,'e 10 wild hfe IN n CUI·

over or t>umed ov'" arfoa .....nh 1M

ne" gro",th provid"'g food and

cover . . he "SprOUls" pro,'ided

good huntmg f(lf about 20 ,'ears,before the treeSgot!lO IMgethat theunderbrush diffiolf TI>e rltbbots.

phea",nl5 and woodcock thon were

first the bIg altTxnon gave Wa\' t.ter on

to dee•. A< I ,'oungster. we ...non-ex,,,,,n\, but;os I gn"" up the-.' b«imoemore pt...,tifuI I "-"S nIa"be9or10 , ·tan

old be-fore any of uS e,'en "' ' ' .. d ~ r Iremember .....e ""ere genmg ,n N\' dow"in front of undslev's "'hen th,s Np

pene<1. lYe were soexcitcd 0"'" thIS tNt

....." Mlked about ..... "8 this buck lor

........ks ,,/terward. If I 50 mu.:h i>S fOlJnd a

hcx>!' prinl m the nlUd m tM swamp I toldeverybody about ;t!

Thnllh 10 L ~ " J / t TUlliS P,ud,,, ~ . r .I"lorri.low/I fo' ",,",,,If'''''' 10 U$t 11m;: tX-

"",,,'"



Upcoming [ vents:

Mount TaborHouse Tour

The Mount Tabor Historica! Society is pbnnmg a Hou"" and Car

den Tour On Saturday, Septembet3(l,2000, from 11 a,m. to4 p,m. "A

D3'- inOl d Mount Tabor" is the se,.,enth

."':;ual house tour in that charming Vic_

tonanneighborhood. Mt Tabor, thes lteof ,evi\'a l meetings in the 1.:1' 19th [e n

tUJ'\' e"ol, 'M into a vacation commur u ~ . ' . u w later permanem ,. . dences for

th"", .eeking a historic and Commu

nity-spirited IOwn. It is located along

Route 53 between Denville and Morri$PlaInS_ The lou: includes histork pub

lic buildings. Victorian cottages, and

special gardens. Tickets are $1200 and

rna)' be purchased the day of the tour atthe Gazebo in the Park. Other attrac

tions ind ude 3 Memorabilia Display, r ~ _ freshments. quilt displays, lace-making

d e m o n s t r ~ t i o n s , b.Jrbershop qUJrtet

and a crafl fair. Call Michelle l./ICon!o

Munn at (973) 586--1693 for addnionaJinformalion and!or acivOJl(e tickets.

New E.xhibit FeaturesAntique Artifacts

If you stop by the Count}' Ha n of

Re<:ords m Morr!Stown, be sure to

" '" the Museum of Early Trades and

Crafts e ~ h i b i t in the displ.y case o u t s i d ~ the Freeholders' Coni"",,,,,, Room on

the 5th floor. Sponsored by the Hentage Commission,. the exhibit i f \ ( l u d ~

examples ofa ~ t i q u ~

cont.liners; cases,shot pouches, boxes. a dinner pail and

the l ih, Another exhibit creali'd b)' the

Madison-bawd museum an b<:' seen at

the Morris County Cultural Center, 300

Mendham Road , Morns Township.

This display, also sponsorl'd by lhe

Commission, features 18th· and 19th·

century toys. The objects in these " X hibits are just a sampling of the

museum's e"tensive collectio n Forlur

ther information on the Museum of

Early Trades and Cr.fts, call (973) 377·

2982.

Vaudeville Lives In

Dover

Aperformance by R. J, Lewis.

"The One Man Vaudevi ll e

Show , " will take place at

DO\'er's hIStoric Baker Theater a lon g

with . presentation on the history of

Dover. featuring rare photographs pro

jected onto a "larger than life" scre<>n .

Sponsored b . the Dover Are. Histori

cal Society, the special fundraising event

is scheduled for 7:00 P.M. Wl'dnes.day,

September 27. Admission IS $5 pe r per·"m. S3 for ..,nion. Call (973) 366-2200for f u r t h ~ r information.

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Boonton FeaturesE.dison Protege

Thomas A. Edison's pe'son.l ... .:.

r ~ t a r y 3nd biographer, Wi lhamH, M.,.dowuofl, ond EdlSQn

himself will b; , featured in """t thang

ing exhibit at th e Boon ton Historical So

~ i e t v and Museum. Meadowcroft m.r ·

ried Phoebe Canfield of Boonton and

settled in the town . 1he e,hib,!, t t ~ e d "William H . Meadowcroft, Famous

Boontonianand Edison's P r o t l ' g ~ , " wi ll

openOctober lS in the $O utheast rOOm ofthe museum. 11 will indude a,chi"ai

materiaL p h o t o g r ~ p h and ~ f l i f . C I ' about Meadowcroft and Edl<on, Con

tributors to th e ex h ibit include

/>·Ie.dowooft's ""tabe, Il'oe Qwle.; EdisonFund, th e Edison National HistorIC Site,

and the Newark MuS<'\lffi. The Boonton

H i s t o r i c ~ 1 Society and MUSWln IS Io::ated

at 210 Main Street (near eXIt 44N/S of 1-

287) in Boonton, It IS open Samrd.v,

from 1 to 4 p.m. or by ~ p p o i n t m ~ n t : (973)

402·88·n



(frt1'" C''''/",,1IU <m P " ~ JJHIStoric Pn>servabOn Element in th e I<xalma51ff pla,,- Publications and handouts

, , ~ l l be a v a i l a b l ~ . Theevent starts with <:<>fff,eand pastry

at8:30.and the program beginspromptly

al 9:00 a.m. Registrootion by October 6 isrequi:«l. A ~ t r i l t I O n form is included

",th t h J S " " " ~ o r by ~ u e s t from theHmtage COmm.i$SI<)T\' telepho ... (973)829-8117 or fax (973) 631-5 137.

Spe.kers. Planni ng for Preservation:

Jand Fasl", helpold produce the Mor·ris County Historic Si tes Survey. an in_

ventory 01 historic r e o u ~ e s in every

t",,'n in the county. and has received

STatewide m:ognition for her books on

pa ttern-book a ~ h ! l e c t u r e and the his-torIC build ings of Mendham. She is

CUl"I"ently a c o m u l ~ n I in private prac·

and am=lberof the faculty for DrewUni,'ersi" "s Certtficate in Historic PIes·en.·abOnprogram.

John yotki",ik iSl civil engineer em

ployed a project manager by

Goodkind & ODea. 11>1; ,_ a consulting

Conference October

" .............

Public . ion of he Moms County

Boord ofOv:>!en Freehold"",

D<>og'" 11. Co"'''''. D,,,,,,,,Jolin j, M"",hy. o . , . . . , ~ D,,,,,"',

F,.nk j ~ , Mugotfl No,d.""",

C«;I;" G. L..o....... ~ p / I p.........,.,tIl<>J.o<k 5<hOo,

MonisCQUJ\ty Hentage

Commi:;sion

.. ) ' Pt<rukrpol. 0..''1'''''''.Rlc",.,d C. SutI<><\. v ...-a..''1'"''''''

~ b t ' " L Moe,.. s.."''''Yo.,id. R. 5<0 ...... T_" . , .

R_ F . " , ~ T....". M. KmkI

r-,....,.. 8 "" 'PI ' Sub.r . "" WQO<!hUUlIonm .. l) .... N.d ......

D.",d ~ h " . . . Moh",,,,,

...... 1 d " , , _O """"' .oj .. .

firm. HIS speci.lhy is !hestructural design and mocilficauon 01

bndges. He has 5e!""N! ., . projCCt mo.n

a g ~ r for wo·..,...l hiltonc bridge replacement or rehabilit.lltion p r o j e < ; ~ in Mor_ns and Passaic Counlies. His p'l."Sffl-

!ation "'ill deal with \'flgineering aspects

01modifying lustoric bridgesAndrea Tingey will di$cuss lustoric

preservation rnnsid..,..abons during theIltHation of roods and bridges. She isa Principal Hislone PresH'o"ation Spe

cialist in the T ... ~ p o r t a t i o n and Planning Urut al the New Jersey Histone

Presen.'ationOfI>«and ConciuCIS regu_

latory revi""os of b r i d ~ rro;.<:ts. Previously_ she assisted ",th t}.., develop

ment of .. stotew,de MIone bridge sur·"ey and management plan and worknl

on a h,s torical study oi I h ~ 5 1 a t ~ high·way system.

Walter Krieh (5 the o.r«tOT of the

MomsCounty ~ p . t r t m e n t o t Planningand o..veIopml'nt [t s d,visions include

Pbruung, TransportallOn. Commuru'"Develop""",1 and Fannland P=;erva-

tion, and " admin,ste,s the county'SOpen 5p"ce Trost Fund

Heywood 'Woody" Somme", is the

Awswu DInctor of the Moms CountyPlanning Bo.ard in charge of !he Ge0

graphic: Information System (GIS). His also ,,",,ponsib[e for ad,-iSing the De

parlment 01 Planning on compu terneeds and technolOJlc.t s y s t ~ m s .

Carl IIinlz i$ ' IandSCipe aTdut;!CtplaNlt'r and e n " u o n m e n ~ l consultan

"'uh ovt'r 32 yea", of practx:e. He hasworked as a coun ly and municipa

pl""""r and prep"rt<l hlslo""P't5e,,-alion i n ~ e and plans for

Hunte.don and Mer<:er c o u n l l ~ S ondh,storiC pre-servation maSle< plan ele_

ITW!!1IS foT East Brunswick,. ~ - I l d d l e t o w n .Flemington and Tewksbury, He nosbeen an idjunct prokssor in programsin urban planrung;and landscape archit e c t u r ~ , He wrote secTion on the

Histork Pre'<.'J""ation Plan Element loThe Nnv ftrtcy MW"'CIPQI .... "strr PIR"

M.tnW41 and will demonstrate he,,· GISnupp'ng and olher '·lsu.ltectuu<!uO!S(an be u....d in plans for pn-s""',atlOn

14: Planning for Preservation in Morris County

iiJlrr QlIIUl1ty QlirrularMorris County Hentage Commi:;siol1

r.o. Box 900Morristown. NJ 0796:>-0900

Ofhe" If ! 1M Mornl County Cultur.lOl c."...,..

300 M.ndhaffi Road. Morn. Townsttip





The

mnunty mir.cular

Morris County Heritage Commission

WI P "''0 ( !WT fR JOlla

Frances D. Pingeon, Member & FonnerChairperson of the Heritage Commission, Dies

by Richard C. Simon

O. Pmgron. an. l ondependent scholar and long

anOla.ted Wlth !he MOJris CountyHemage Comnltssu:m, d,,:<1 onScplrnlM 17 It age 73. She had been.. member of !he Comml$SIOll Since

1975 and was ~ h a l l l ' C n o l l from 1992

through 1995 and os Mom.

County H Slnnan fm- many years.

Mn Pmgroll, "'en·known in the

field of New Jersey hIlIOf)', "'liS an

enLh"SlulIC a d v ~ t c for p ~ ; n g and promoc"'l $tlte and Ioeal hlstOry_

FortMl" Qwemor lbomas Keanapp'"nted htt 10 ilK N ~ ' JerseyHmQl1cal Corrurussl<m:and has Stilted

she ,,-as the ~ s t IppOmlm<:rl1 made to

tNt orglluuuon. o:mphas.Zlng her

.bJllly10 gmen.Lr

excllemenl aboutlustory In othen.

Her par\K'P111Ofl on hl<lory-",laled

GrlllnlZl.l1OnS wlS broad. Sbc was a

fOrmeT trustee or Histune Spttd,,-.U,

Stephen Vail's homestead and ille Olf

!he df;\'clopment of the lClcgraph. She

was a mmlbeT of the New Jersey

H' Slonc,s1 SocIety and a trustee of the,,'.wuk Museum. Most ro:ently she

.. all acU'". U an offleer in !he

Ad>Ullel for N.,,· Jeno:y HIstory. a

IK "- sr.ieWldc 8I"0UP dedicated to !heprcser.'lIuon Ind promoilOJl ofluslOry

and gatnL'lg suppon for Iustor)-. ",lalMorgl.m:u.uQIls throughout Ne»- Jersey.

Stirling, an Industrial Village

S tIfling, '" Long Hili Township,WI. a planned corrununny.

Today"s VenlOnl exclude the"orkplace, bul th15 ",nlKe was mean!

to h a v ~ . fKlory I I lIS h ~ a r t . laId OUI

m recWl8ll11t blocks on open f:mnlandIn the Passat<: Vllley. the U"'1I pvc

cmploytnml and sheila 10 S " " " ' t : S S I ~ " " f\oc:lcs of Imrlllgmlu and Ilrirdllldn:n,

T h ~ flclOI")' thai nurtured lIS growth

" 'n consumed UI a sp«lilCular fire

Iv.cnty·fi"" )",,&I1lgo and the area hasbecome ,nclUSJ1\Sly suburban. Yct the

10""0'5 deSIgn and the chara<:l<T of

older houses stillleslllY to ,IS indusP"i.1

history.

Long Hdl IS the new name lor

PlSSalC TownshIp, whIch was created

just .fter the C,VIl War "'ben Ihc

southern pan of Moms Township "-assphtoffln 1866. It ",Ua qwet famongoommurllty. A hlllt of tho: changes I<)

rome .pjit . '" the MDlTisto ..n. k n ~ ~ In 1&68 ",Ih tho: announcc·

ent lhal the Mutual Ltfe Insurance

Company of New York, "'the weahluest

on IhtS (OnIU"lClII.·· wa. Indy 10 ",vesl

lIS Immense resoun:es UI Mom.

County. Restdem.s wen: ad"sed to

dlfc.:t l().!ln appliCII!OnS 10 local

She becameI membeTof

wadVlsory

board of TIte

Encyclope ·dia of NI:'< '

Je.-sey. I

R Ulg e r s

Unu'enll)"

Press proJcct for a lIOOI1·to-be p ~ b l i s h e dreference book on the State of }-;c"

Jc:m:y. Mrs. PLngt:on was p n : ~ gh i s e o r y · r e l a e ~ d tue (or \"&nous . . . , t n ~In the ....cyclOpedIa. l1Ic edl1lma!board has thaI ther an:~ d c d l c l u n g I/us landmark volume to

( _ " ....J ...._J/

aTIomey Frcdenck G Bumham_

Shonly afterward thc Passa,c

V:alle)' and Pupack R3,lroad. elUted

to e ~ t e n d nlLl 5(1"VICc ffOUl Summ,t I<)

Peapack. p u r < : h a ~ a nght of wayacross lands ofPassaIC To",nsIup fanner./osqIh Bl.:al:c. Bum.harn witntssed

comnct. ,,·hteh desIgnated ilK Iocanon

of the Stf.l1on we woukl become

Stulln.. l)ays later. Frcdencl: S

......nslOrl. longTIme prCSldent .n d •

t n L 5 t ~ ~ of ehc Mutual lIfe Insw:ance

Company of l'cw York. bought the

land WjO tnlng the proposed station(COIt"""ND. P"It' 1/



P a g ~ 2

STIRLING (-....I)

In February 1869 he purcha$ed :IIi

"lru$Iee, • SOO.ICTe tr.ICt as5Imlbled by

Blake II lwean thaI !he Mulual LIfe

Insurance COmplny. no", \:no"" as

M,O,N.Y,. was !he inve5lor in !hed ~ " e l o p m m l ofSlLrhng.

By a neW chant!" In 1870, the

ra,lroad'l name "'3$ chan.ged to the NewJer!.Cy ""'est Line and ils temtory ex·

tended 10 lhe Dclaw,,", Rl\"t<. The

expecllLuon of coal slupmen" from

Pennsy!>...,L1 <In,w mveslOR and ron·SlruClLon began. Rural PassaIC Town.shIp ....ould get three SUUOf\$.

MIllmJlOn W"5 ItI1 old ~ ~ I l . 1 g e . butGIllem and S u r l m , , , ~ Il<"" IWJ1CS for

!he desIgnated stops.In November 1870 when WLILSton

hLred a carpenler to put up a building

near !he depol his con(J'8(;1 IljlJ refe<Ted

10 the: sne 1$ '"Lon, HIll." The name

Stlrl",. may ha"e fim '"""ared on amap ,n M ~ y 1871. h would honor the

Re.oluuonary general William

Alc:undn". known lIS Lord Slirlmg.

Wm$!011 Ju red builder Clarkson B.

Moffen 10 pilI up e'&hl houses U1 the

nt\O, 10\0.". n-.e conuact. no'" In Morris

County's arclu'c:s. reqUITed the houses

to be cOJlles of Certain dw",lhngs buill

earILt< In PI"nfield. lie felt the ~ i 1 l 2 g . nccded a church, and made an

agrremrnl "1th minIster lIenry Grant 10en<:ouragc lhe formallon of a P r ~ .bytman eonil"'gallon. Winston wanted

n sober "'llagc • deed to LLICY Blake

forbade the manufactwe and sale of

,"toXICallnll dnnloa on her lot.

Regulad> scheduled trams began to

run [MOUllh SUrlmg m early 1872.

".,.,thm 1\\'0 years a $rnaU ~ s b y t c n a n congregallOn OCCUPIed a new ehurch on

land C$$eTlu.a]ly donaled by Wmston.

Joseph Blake ""IS a church trostce.

W,rt5l00 !'tUlnW Blake 10 bUIld the

"" I .."y depot and to c ~ p l e l c Crnlntl

Avenu•. A new t<)\OTt plan fearunng a

park, I lake. and C\ll"\1Dg dnves on the

hIli "'''5 drawn. A!kr thr« }'cars of

slo" progress, W,nston had 10 engag<:

Herber! G Torrey \0 f,ntsh the ne'"

bUlldln".

Torrty, •

geologist,

w 0 U I d

ha"e •I m a I Im e t a \

town.dra"";",

the depot.

aho m !hecounty arehlvcs. shows horse posts,

flo.,,.er bed$, and a crornhoose.

A f"lory was but!! 00 Railroad

A,·er!L>e and leased 10 Joseph Naylor.

By 1880 he employed 75 men and 50"'OfI>rn. most dra"Tt from nearby farms,

10 make comPOltUon bunorut. Sub-

sequently the JCr$<IY"'(1n rqxmcd thai

the New York Mutual Life Insuran""

Company had buIll elcven new bouse. al

Surhng for mechanics. During a mmOr

econOmIc d ~ S J t o n WInSton sold 1M

e n l i ~ "illage 10 a New York TIWl who

assumed the mortgage ,ul1 held by

Mutual LIfe. By laiC ]884 the factory

was closed.

Tht 10\10"'1 renalss.ance came in 1885

"'hen Claude ChaITanjOl"l. a naU' . of

France who had I SIlk mll] m

CIty. pun;hased the rnnn: inteL He con·

verted the ( " lory 10 a SIlk m,n. m·

stalled e1eclnC h&h1S and filled the com·pany housci wllh sktl1ed F!'tnch and

ltahan wcaVeJ1 who were soon turning

OUI 2.000 yards of silk a week

ChaITaQJon put up . dozrn more houses

but when he med to bnnll In 25 new

WCII,'eJ1 from Lyom. immlgranon

authonlles, Bru<1OUJ 10 prolecl American

JObs. fOfbadc tnttr entry. The disappom.

ted Frrnch workers ... .,..]d ha , . been

paId more thmt Ih'c IUlleS!he ""ges!'t .

"",vcd In Lyons. ChaITanjOf1leascd!hc

farmland around the "nage to f:mner

James Ha,">" who ""as 10 g,ye half tho:

crops 10 Chaffan]Dn and SCI OUI a '1nc·

yard for h,m. The SIlk manufacturer

donalcd land for a new CalholLc Church,

St. Vincent de Paul, IIl"ld. 101 for the

new pubbc school. In "ddmon 10 the

185 peOple employed U1!hc factory. 50

others apen.ted hand·looms U1 p!1 '" le

houses m the VIllage. By 1887 silk OUI·pul had tnpled. Tht new Stlrlmg publIC

school. D"lncl 108. opened 11\ Sep-

tember, Wllh • grand ftmd·",ising fa.r

and celebrallOn. There was a special

tram from Hoboken. • brass band, and

dancing. A mghl school fnr e m p l o y e ~ s was planned. ,

ChaffanJoo'l success was !mer. In

January 1889 he sold .11 Ius Slirhngpropmy 10 J .h\1l Schlachtcf of lerseyCity and returned 10 Ii"e there next to

Ius ftrsl mill. JUSI OVer _ } ..... laler.

ChaffaruOrt c<"nnnned SUIClOe. Like

many l!lUll ntanuflCturcn. he had foundII rclau .. y euy 10 enler lhe sdk bus·

IJICSS. but e x ~ m e l y dIfficult to sustain

profiublhty,

In Sllrhng, the new management

replaced French employee. WIth

Germans and SWISS. Thcy pUI an addi·

t;on on Ih( factory and t h ~ Jer$eymanreponed thaI Ihe !ml1tanlly illuminaled

mill was OpCrl110¥ InlO the night Pro-ducoon was fi r from Steady, hov. .vet. as

the mIll would brc shul dov." IOoilcnever

demand for broad lilk fell. I'ohsfommc

stru:;k '" OctOber 1896 whtn the mill

burned do"". throWlltg 250 people OIItofwor\(,

They wcre back on the job a year

later. thanks 10 good 1l1SI.1l"I1>C(. The SIlk

compolny erected a new two·story bnekmIll (see tllustraTion), By IB9B lh =

r""",..ot<I ... fH'C< 4)



N G E O N ( ~ her m c : l I l O I y ~ In recogrutiQII ofher U

frn:nd I!ld enthuswt for scholarsh,p on

the SllIte o{New I ~ y . " She wrote WIdely on $t8.te hIstory

and was a wen,pubhshed authonty on

Afnean·Amencan histOl)' and sl:very

In !he $laIC. Durmg!he 1970s. wlule on!he New Jersey H,SlIlncal ConummQl1.

ihe ",-rote a booklet.. Bloch in

Rr.oo/utionary Era. :u pan of the:

Commlss,on', Bicmtetullal sencs. In1971 she r""e,,·ed an award for bes th,story art,cle bas..d On a scholarly

cQlltnbulton. Dissenting Atilludes

T"..-aro lite N«gr" in New J ~ , , ~ , 1837.for the New Jersey HlSlory maaume.

Clement f"ru:e. Professor of H,story at

RulJCf$ Un""CrS!ly, has alled Mn.

l'1ngeon !he foremost aulhon!)' onila,·ery and the black npcnencc In

colon1l1 and caTly 19th cenrw-y New

lme>· .Durma h.". affiliation ""th l-hstoric

Speedwell. sh<: co-author<:d the boo l:: AI

S{Htdwtll. the definl!lW' publicatIon onthe hlslOI1' of the V,ils and theSp«d",-.:IlIron":orIcs. At tk Hmtage

Comm,U.on she worked WIth the

COUR!)' Atch",st. I)a"d MuJOs. Inedn,n, the Cornmi'lSIQII's booklets,brochures, n(wsletten;. and other

publical1ons. as well as orgamungvar,ous hl$ lory· rclatod $}"mp<>sia.

In add,t,on 10 her New Jene}" lunory

a<:UVltlCJ, Mn. Pingeon "'-as a member

of!hoe Shakespeare Oub of MomsJO\OoTl,the CosmopohW! Oub of Nc-t.. York.

theModnn l>londaysrcadmg,...,..,. the

Mmdham Golf and Tcnrus Cl ub. and

the MomslO"" field Oub.

TIle State. Moms County. and theHentag. Commi&'lion have lost a g r e ~ l fnend and I M o c a of hislory In the

pasllnl (I f Fr3nce. PIDgeon.

•

"age J

BOONTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

ANNOUNCES EX HJBITThe Boonton Historical Society opcood on Deoetttber II an emibi! at ilS newlyrenovated headquarters and museum. entitled "Boonton's Backbone: SmallBusiness and Professions."

"The =I l s earlier perioob of villalt life wben!lllC typk:it! main nteets ofAmeric.l. "cater«llO!he day·lO-day t I e - e d ~ of residents with shoe repair shops.JDe.a1 markelS. hal shops, S & lOs. and paint and hardware stOles dispensmg

advice as "'ell as loods. For!lllC n1<)$I part !hoe", small retailers have

! f u ; a p p e a ~ from dCI\ . . own areas. victims of OIIt Iru,e mall compbe$li ld blg.box stOIcs.

Boonton's exhibit will this earliel pcnod of village life by displayiQg

memorabilia· artifacts, papers, documents. and phO!ographs· dealing with !lIIC

forlot lCn small b u s i ~ s and professiOtts wbicb used to flourish Of! "nt.1in

screet. - U>e museum is open on Sarurdays from I ·4 PM (except bolida)'s).

The Myth of the

Forged Cannonba llTn he 1970s. neighbor of the Old

.1. Troy [nciustnal Hamlet, which In ·

clll<kd. bloomery forle. sugges ,ed thlt

cannonballs were ITUIde ICC"'tly on the

Stle for George Washlnll!O/l's arm}".

n.., "'lso<:.auoo of t a n I l O I I ~ l 1 s ' ' ' th for·Ie . is a common mJJUndermmdmll.

even among persons "'1th • hlgher·than·IVmlge

."'vcrtessof

.ronproce$Slnl-

Carumnballs an: made of cu i lJOII. a

c!}"Sl3lline maICna! witt-a cold. thai wasproduced In enhe r . fuma,e or a foun.

dry and poun:d In IO a mold wh,le In.molten state, The product of. forge 1$

"TOUght mm. I h,ghly fibrous malenalthat wu formed &om • pute by ham·mering 01 forgang, "The phvSlcal

unpossibility of forgml a sphencal 0b-

Ject that could be $mOOthJy andI(:o;uralely propelled from a annan IS

• concept thatI t

not easily grasped.

In February [998....., met WIth the

CllfTenl o ...n.". of the Old Troy Forge

Slit. After we explained the bloomery

p:rocelS and the dIfference between cn l

and " TOUglt1 iron. silt became qU11C

p e n S I ~ e and asked. "Bul w ~ l . b o u t thecannonba]!?" She then producoed acannonball, about two and. ~ l f , , \ C h e sIn

dllllletet, that her laiC husband hadfound "'lule dlllgmil m the garden. We.100. "'OI1dercd how II had ~ o t t e n t h e ~W1tlJ We c o n ~ " k " , d the early "U lttll)'aCIlVlty In the area. W,th two anmes

pas.llng along Be"erwyck Road In OldTroy dtJrull the Re\"OlulK>t\l.l)' War. illS

likely that aticast one of them SIOppC\l

10 fC$I Of camp 810ng the s t n : ~ m . l1ICnnnonball may ha,.., rolled from an

altlllny wagon. Or ma)-be someone

JU$I gO! llrcd ofearrymg It.



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STIRLING (<oonnued)

wtre ""d to Ix- 98 home. in the town,.bundant work and good pay. New

Jersey .tale law limited the work weel::

\0 55 h o U f S ~ 7 a.m. 10 6 p.m .. Ie. . an

hour for lunch, and 7 to noon on

Sarurday. Young people went to work m

the m,1l after complelmg Ihe eighth

grade, often starting as sl1k spoolers.

Be$ides Ihe 380 mdlhands counted On

!he payroll at the rum of Ihe crnrur:·. the

mtl l pr,,>,ded employrmm for others.

Boys picked up wooden ,..,els ofwo'·en

sill:: after school to take 10 thetr mo thers,

who worked at home as pIckers up to 12hours. day, pulling ofTbroken threads

or knots from the finished fabric. Other

women took employees In as boarders

The ~ mill workers seemed exotic

m rural Passa1c Township l.n 1905

resIdents of SnTlmg employed in 'ilk

were Armenians, ltaltans and Germans,

m that order, followed by the nam..,-

born and a few Hung:aflans, French, and

RUSSian, OWr employees came 10

work by mlln. Stirling Silk "".,nl

bankrupt In 1908. but lIS assets were:

qUICkly sold t" a vel)' large manU-

facturer. the SWlss ·owned

Schwarzenbach ·Huber Company, whooommued 10 employ 141 people 10 make:illl:: In Slirlmg dunng World War I. By

th IS time Italians greatly outMmt>ered

the Annenlan, and new Polish wo rkers

had ..nwed. The Ku KJux KJan resented

all oi them and staged al least one

demonsrratlon m Smitng dunng the1920s.

In 1928 Schwarzenbach_Huber sold

Ihe plan' and 'h e company h"u,ing.

During the Depression [",..,closures put

thr i.clol)' mlO bank o"""",,,ship and 11waS vacant for a Itme. A millwork

company and other 5mall operatlonsle.sed space T h ~ Hannan brothers'

Hammered Piston Ring Company which

manufactured a i r p l a n ~ pans. During

World War n a large wor\::for« worked

full tIme to fill the critical need for

aircraft . 1 k company stayed for twrnty

years until its pia u was taken by

Genrnll AIr ProdLl(;lS. The faclOl)'·S la>l

owner was 'he Industrul Foam

Corporation.

On May 2. 1974 , a cuning machi""exploded in the factoI)'. touclung ofT

racing flames in the po lyethylene and

p o l y u r ~ t h a n e foam manuf.ctured t h e r ~ . TIle huge cloud of fir" and smoke couldbe seen as far away as Westfield and.

according 10 one obsen·er, resembled a

mushroom cloud. llte efTen! of ninc fi",

companies could only prevent the f!fe's

spread t" nearby houses . V ' ~ " ' n g lhe

ashes. Ihe fire cluefrecalled a

Shrlmg Broad Silk Company and tho 1 ~ ~ ~ ; : : : ~ ~ i 2 ~ : ; : ~ rank Marko Company connnued 10

m.ke stlk and. later, rayon products in

'·anOuS localions m the village with 10

to 30 hands e.ch. but by 1940 Ihry were

dosed.

In 1938 the mill had bern sold to

Alben \"cnzel. founder of the US.

··communlty workplace. It S e ~ m $ hkcjust about evcl)'body in the township

worked for one company oranother.··

Perhaps the best "'ay l<) tmdcrstand

Stirhng is ro meet Its people in the

marvelous photogn:tphs m Mary Lou

Weller·, Long Hill Townsn;p (Arcad,a,

1997). With !he help of the Long Hill

Township Hi,toric Prcser"\"atlon Advis-

oryConunil lee, the Long Hill To"nshipHistorical SocIety and a contribut ion

from the Slirling Elks Club, the Hentage

COmmiSSIon will place a marker in

Slirl!ng soon 10 eoscrrC lhat their shared

memories will have a place in h'SIOI)'.

An annOIQ/ed ver • on of ,n;, artieie is

cw"·I,,blefrom the Commission.









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Save the Date May 2), 2000

Heritage Commission Railroad Symposium

f " u ~ h " . , i o o of <h< Morr;, CoomyBoud of 0lDsrn F,<t"l>oldom

~ b ' } ' P r , _ ~ . O : m ~ ' - RJcbard C. StmOIl, Via·C!o>i')W'S""

M.no: l . Moo . . !S«"'M)'

D."d R. SOv",. r"'MIlT"Mario W Femon

RIchard Franu

Nl,",)' B. Knapp

B:uba. . K, W<><>dlwll

SU"," Lno"",. 0fJi« Ilti"'''''tI>'1JIC'

<·"",d D,,'.o Mi,,,,,. AMi";'"

e--m.;,j drn" [email protected]>

County CircularMorris County Heritage Comrni"ion

Morris County Counhou.se. P.O . B o ~ 900

MorrislO"TI. NJ 07963.(1900

(973) 829·8117



I'OL 1J. NO ]

Introduction to

PicatinnyBy Pa t rick Owens

On

Ma y17,

th!o HentageCommis.-

5iOO will hold its annual Mor

tl s County history symposium

at United St.;Ites Army Armament

R_arck, [)ev . opment an d Engine<lr

ing Centolr, ThIs is t h ~ name the Army

ha5 used since ]986 lor what e"erybody

~ I S I ' call! Pkarinny Arsenaln.... installation now covers approxi

mltel)' 6.soo Kre5 and i . the Anny'srenter for d < n ' e l o p i n g ~ ' weapons and

m u r u t i ~ and /o r improving old ones,

Whm tM base opo>nN On Septcmb.T 6.

lsao. t co"eted onl,' 1,866,13 acre fo<wluch the go"emmomt had paid about

S63.(D), AI !h e n ..... a civilengmeer and

a 5uperinlolndent each ~ " e d SI50 10 '

thetnonth. Sl<Uled workers such asSI<lne

mason'! ."""h'ed around $2 to 52.25 pcr

day, and gomerallabo ...rs from SO,75 to

51.25,

Theb.tsedid notopenasPicatirutybut

a.s the Dover Powder Depot_ Since th e

ba ... wa$ no t in D o , , ~ r , th e first com

mander suggesll!d several ~ l t e m 8 t i " e names, .ncluding ROCQway (for IN

t.... f\$hJp), Mounl Hope [for !he postal

district al the tune). Mount Pleasant. andin the mlddleO( !hellst. Picabnny _ al_

te r a mountam 1""'1< on the property

htdently, the !..enape word strucl< a

poetic fanc\' down in tlw bu""'UCTx\',b e c a u ~ the name wnged to !';catinny

PO"'der DepotAttendees at the wrue ...nce can ex_

plo.e the historv of the base .ince 1880

WIre

QIauniu QIirculariRnrriIi <!Iouott! l ' ~ r r i t a g r <!IOtntniS5iDn

Spring 2001

Arming a Nation: Morris County As Arsenal

Symposium to be at Picatinny , May 17

-n, i Tank ~ l i n e " ' - " ,b ly c. I 'HJ

The Heritage Commission's ",-m

p o s , ~ m .1 P i c ~ r i n n ' Arsenal onThUliday, May 17, prorru5eS 10 be

• stin,ulating ""tning. Relative'" Ie'"p e o p l .ulize the utenl of Morri.CounIl'1 in mairoboining the nabOO'S

'" -n optional tour of Piciotinn)"' . own

museum rna, be taken at 5:00.lion W:.,. pIKe If th e Cub at Picallnrll'

begtnningatH5, an d I buffetdinner"ilI

be 5e"wd 116:00

The p r o g r ~ "ill begon .t7 p.m. Can.grtSS1nln Rodnev FreJinghupen ,,·illopen !he program (schedule pen:mfllng)_Fred Bartmsle1n, author 0( the carofully

.......>.rdoed -"ell! ~ ' . R n " ; ~ I t i > I > D 7 y \ \ ' . r Poo'lJ.-rMiIl,will the manufacture

of black powder in Morristown lor theCOntinenta l Army. Eri< O l 5 ~ P a r ~

Photo <O\In. . A KOEC muoewn

Rang;;:,. /HisICria.n ,I the Morristown !'-:a--

tional Historical Pm:. "i l l ",late the story

of the Ford., John Jacob Fac>ch, an d the

forge$ thai p r o \ ' , d ~ d a.ms for George

Wasltlngton's arm)', R(Jb.,rt A. How.ud,

fonner curator the Hagky M=eum inWilmington. Oela"'lre, will COVer IUgh

pout'" an d rrushaps in !hi> u-ans;tion from

the manufactureoIbiad p""'der t h r o u ~ h !hi> age 0( dyn .""te to the production 0(

smohless powder in the Iw""beth cen

Iw )' Finally, Pbbnnr historian Patrid..o..-....s .. l Id_ rd m u s t r ~ t e the bs

cinoting story of PIcIIlnnV ,,;th

anemphasi$ on lI'orld War U

S i n c ~ l.. . )'wneIloutcrowd Idt""",,-,

prosp«llve S)'mpos,um a t t e n ~ oul inthe cold, we 1 I 1 ~ rOIl to s.md in the.,.._

closed registration 500.1. fo r furthe< infor·motion. pie."" ,aU 1M Henmge Conlffiis.sian at 829--8117 .,.



There 's a Bit of Morris County inNewark

Did yo u know t h ~ New lel''' ')' Historical Society's library in dowllro,,-n

Newark has Morris County m a t e r i ~ l ' Some of the Society's unique Mor

ri s County manuscript items include the 1812 orders lOT the M0Tn5 Count..Brigade of th e 1\:ew je"",,)' Militia and the voting "'Sister from the May 1776 de.:.

hon for Morris Counly representatives 10 the Provincial Cong,...,... The origin.aljournal of surveyor John Reading, wh o t r 3 " e I ~ the area in 1715 to survey land

for the Propri etors, (an be found here. The library ('<)lIecoon also includes bothphoto and dipping file'S for thecounly itself and major cities and towns, as well a.;

. ."wal pamphlets. with Morris County conne<tions. such as th e 1824 ConslitutlOn

of the Morris County Sunday School Union.

'fhe Society is near the New Jers.,y Performing Arts Center (NJPAq, the,e's adean and safe parking socage ou t front under Military Park. and entrance to the

Society is free. The library is open from nOOn to 5 PM_. Tuesdays through Satur

days at S2 Park Place. Newark, NJ 07102. Telephone: (973) 596-8500. Ext 249 Ex·hibits on th e 5 o < : i ~ t ) " s "ther floors open earUe, in the day. at 10 a,m. The building is

totally accessible. (+

History in MaySomething for everyone!Reservations are required for most events below.

Arril Z'/-).1,,' 3 1

M'y 5. s..""doy

M.), 0, Sund.y

M.y 10, Thu,sday

~ ! a . 12, So ""d .y

~ ! a , 13, Sund.y

-It.)' 15 .Tu_.y

\1,), t7. Thor>d.y

Ma), 20. SW'Il'Y

M. )' 26. S'''"rdoy

,

M.",..". n M.l"' ElI<r<k., ~ l o r r l < ' o w n _ c.JJ 1m d.toil . (973) ~ 5 < m St . . H i.t"'; ' r..5<",.Hon Conf.,. ."", ()p<o S,..,... H'->iOf'C PI.en,h i " " " " " , , " Unlv"" 'Y< W. . Long 6,,,,,,, , 9 . .. . (009) 9&!.Q5.I3

Opening o.y .n d 175'" An"lv..,...". of Coop<"' ~ n l l . 0... ,",. 10 ._m. -5 p.OL

(9081 S79-5lb3

M.,;<;o tho C ud.n. Acom H>I! 0(1-;1<10). 1m;2(;,-:>1«1

v . ~ d . , . ; n . in 0",.' ,",. Do"" To"'" H.an. 7;3j) p,OL. {'P313<»-2<00. .." 190

Morn , C""'<y C o u r t h a u ~ . Tri.1 of An,oin. l<BI'n<' Moe"",,,,,;'10 ,.ne, (973) 631 -5151

Hi"ori, ,.,...."'.ri"" "'.. , j , ; b kti"'''' fc< , C,"'iag<H. . ,.M"-"'Um'" w I )" Trod.. I< CWts, ).1.d"""" 1_noon _ 5 p,m., (9731 377·2'J82

MOI I, , ( , D.yC; .......y, Coot><' ~ l i l l . Ch<s . . to L "' . _ 5 p_"'_ (97)) :!26-71\4 "

Hi>tori< t i " " 'V . &0<. '""" rio< B..id .~ l ~ m 01 Eon)"T",l<. " enm.M.d=n . 730} p."'_ (971) in-=-

Morn.Coun<y Hrn .¥ Commi$<;on SymJ><><;u",,, P;.. inny "-",,n.1p.m . (97J) $l9-811 7_

\..<du",: IS" C<n'''')' C"d<n< .n d Llnd".!""' _Mor", C", H;,torio<aJ Soc"""f,.lJnghu""" Aloo""'-!m. , .3() .9 p.m..1'T.31 20 ; · '465,

v,,:'en.n ."otnSlo"·n Ar<n""ct"," ·1wr.lJ<l)" " " "= r " '. , ... ltl u n_(973 ) 631_1151

. l I o g g C l u ~ Hi"ori< Hoo" " ,d Cud., . Tow . "0"" ' 0" ' " 11 "m. _ p," '(973) 63BI5 1

T n for Two Mu ...."" , Acorn H"u, M" " " ',,,"',," l p.m. (973) 267-3->65

R<volution''Y .... , "d f ' R > ~ y t . r i . n ChUl<hC."'.t<:ry T"..,. Scot.W ._ .. . (973)631., 151

Mom,,"",1 D,y W«k.nd: Sp<ing on ,o. rum. Fo.,..-f;<ld•. I p_rn .(=P.M.-7Mi

ifrom Pictltinny Infro an page 1)

at the post museum 0< in a talk at the

meeting, Both will cove, th e c h ~ n g ( from a po"'der depollO a m a n u f ~ c t u r -ing arsenal in 1907and 10 a research and

developmenl o'ganintiM after World

War I. Picatinny spent World War II

turning ou l bombs and artillery shells,

piollffring prooucllon processes lat£'tranSferred to manufacturers around the

country. and achievong ,e,earch tr i

umphs thai included de,'elopment of a

ddar fuze for sk.ip bombing and spe

cial bombs for dams and oil fields . I t

supported forces in Korea, including an

impron,<l 007.00b round and an illu-

•.... -- ' ; -' : j . ,

, , , , . "" " '_4 __ - • \:!- , - - ' -I•

,

!';,at ;nny Powerhouse with Loke Picattltny

in ha<i<ground,. c_ 1%0

['bOlO <ourtosy AR OEC m ~ _ m .

minating rille r ~ n 3 d e , I t also gave

troops in V i e t n a m ~ complete f ~ m i l y of

-Wmm ammllnitwn for grenade l a W 1 ~ h _ ers an d hei;copte, gun ships as well as

the ~ v m o r e m j ....

The presentations ", il l also cover the

expJO$ ion at the odjoining Lake [ ) ~ " , . ma,k Naval Ammunition Depot on Iulv

10. 1926, and the SIt"'" installation' s

post-World War 1I w o r k ~ . a rocket test

site Involved in the de"elopmentof en_

gines for the X-I .n d X·15 rocket planes

Fo r those nol interC5tOO in things go

ing boom. the pr"""ntations touch on

the role of P i o ~ t i n n y in lhe l o c ~ 1 com

munity . 11 Ims oIten been the county's

largest employer; . t present, it is One

of the coun!\"s lOp ,;<. During Wodd

War H, it empJo",-d enough people tc

r c ~ creation of a new borough, Vic ·

tory G ardens, .;.



Burying GroundScott Shepherd

ust a few steps oil t ~ C " " " n in Mor·ristown ill the BurvingGroundof th e

Prl!:lbylerian Church. Behind the

century-old 5aI1C't\IM)' buildIng are the

ofover !,soo po:oople dating frOlne 1730s, ;",Iudlng many who helped

de Morristown through it s first cenry. and five whose likcl\e<.""'" appear

n facade 01 the IIOW vacan t Ma cy' s

This spring is a pilrticuhdy signifi_annivClNry On !hi: history of th e old

ground. It was 150 yell"5 "g o

Alfred Vail. most ramous fOT Iil i

in thcde-.'CIoprncntd the telegraph,

the Ii!'!'! record 0/ iMcnptions

grave rnarkm in the burying ground

" . i l l), that "., . . " p d ~ 1 : < > d in th eof a Who' 5Who .....hid> now is a,·ai].

on Inll;1'nCt at hltp" "

" ' .... ,pcmon'!Sto ..nprg

Among l h o s e m ~ in th e buryingis FJi7..bE1h who truly

as t h ~ · Super Matriarch of

1orris lown · ElIu1>eth arrIved in

1681 at t h e p l a c ~ that is now

e CIty of PhiladtJphia. Her father

while d ~ m b a r ! W ithin

}'Nr the familv mQ"cd toN",," le"",y.

... Blubeth "<OS 10 meet and LoI.".

marry'lohn Ford Elizabeth. who died

U\ 1m. "'as I"1!IMmb..n!d in the diary

0( hcr grt'ill-srarodson Gabriel H. FOTd

• ... th greal filial tend erness: and Hloc

he-r short itaNn! an d $lender bent pe r-

AmQng the fam ous descendants of

Eli'''''''''lh and Joh n Ford are Co lond

JacobFord,Sr. and Jr., and CoIo,"",lJacobAmold.all ...ho play.w important rolesin the Ammcan Rc-voluUon. Fam:.us de-5O!fIIUn1S of the 19"' Cmlw;' mdudl':Stephen Vail. OWner and ope-rA!Or of

Spftd.. dllron Works; Stephen's sons

Alfred Vail of telegraph fame and

George Vail. a two-t""" "","""",r ot th e

UnitedState Congress. Morem=1 de sc,""",nts include' Theodore N. Vail.first Pres,den! of AT&T, and BarbaraPinre Bush, wife of the 4 1 ~ Presidmt ofthe Uru«.'d Statt'S an d mother ofGeorg<'

W Bush, ~ 3 r d Presidcnt of lhe United

Stiltl':5 Fo llowing the death of hcr first

husband. Elizabeth manied John

Lindsley. Jolm has the dlsti,\CIiOfl of be

ing tho> oldgt pt'rwn ,ntcrrro in the

burling ground. His 1666 dale of birthm<>kes llim the thltd male child born in

Ne .. ,k .

Among John L,nd.ley·, off·

~ p r i n g his first wife ....·as Ma;or jo

""ph lincbley, who helped build an d

Later Operab! the ford Pow<kT Mill fol-1"","8 the death of ,,<:lib Ford. Jr. in1m. Ma)Or Lindsley, a carpenter by

trade, a1:1(1 did milch of the carpentrywork on the Ford 'vIansion and ...as thehe.od '_,-pente, during the c o n s t r u ~ t iof the Second Meeting House of thc

P"",bvteri.an Church. *

5<,," Sloeph• • ! ", , ;[J 1iP- h Ob. .of Ih t Firs' P r f l b y t ~ r i ~ n Church

<e ..."'ft")' an d Revolutionary War_ Around tht- Morrist_.., Crer:n

on ihrH Saturday" 'fa" 26, J ......o. and ju]" 7. at 10 a.m. Ti<ktts: 58(.d'·....:e pun:hiose) oC SIO (do)" of

tour). ReservatiOns are n > q u i r ~For rese,,·. t ions and tic l NS.r""''''' c4 11 the HUlOI"k ~ l o r r i s Visit<m. Center. 6 Court Str<'CI. ~ j o r n s'own. at (973) 631_51$1. «

Paper PreservationWorkshop inMadison on May 23~ T a o..m" Til"." Pine ... ,,'" T«h-

nJJb>g>ts 10 DtIIl u.,h BnPlk PIlpff • a one-

day workshop sponsored by th e N.J.

StateU b t ~ ! " \

and the Nonheast Docu·menl Conser,'ation Center ....-ill be presented at the M.dison Public Ubra!"\' onWednesday, M.y 23, from 9:3() to 3:30

The feaNR-d speaker is Steve DaI!onof thit NEOCC, Hewill di5cuss the reasons for P"1"""dctt>rioration and the

currenl sl<l,tegiflavailable to coun_

teract tlwI probim...includUlg the 6001<

keeper de.lcidiftci·lion technology,

p""",,",'11tOnph0to-copying. papeT

.plilting. micro_filming,.OO digiti·

.... lion. A combina·

/

tion Q/ videa;, slides, hands...,n ~ f ' l ' " and diScus$,on will provide a live!v and

Wormati'" da,· T h ~ cost SI5.oo.which ,ncludes lunch. For a registrationfonn. p l e ~ telephone or .,..mail Bett\'

Steckman at the New Jer..,,·Sta le LibraT) , (609) 984·3282

bsteckm.mSnjstJIe!ib,org.o-

Vaudeville in DoverReturns

The Dove. A ~ a Hi$torkal Socicl"l'

... lt prl':5ltnl R, J, Lewis' #TheOne

Man V a u d ~ , ' i l l e ShowH

at the&kcrTheatre ThisCflCOn: performance

w u fi,.., rr-ol1.Kl b,· ,he wei.,.:> I ...fall. Due TO (l'.'.m,'helming demand, the

socict\' is plcucd 'o p.-ent th e pro

gram 'V'" on Thunsdav, tIola>' 10"'. TkaUY doon "dl open at 7 p.m. an d the

perlOIlT\.lllCe wdl begin at 7;30.

Adv3t"a pnas IQr tu:k<=ts. a " a i L a b l ~ at th e Do\,t. TO"'n Hall, are SS_OO; 55.00tor ""mars, students an d chiJdffn, Hckcts at lhoc door on the rught of the per·formance In! SIO. For ;nfonnation, call

(Y73)366-2200, Ext 190. -:'

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Under Glass in New Jerseywe. Frase

h t ~ Heyl R O ~ 5 of ChQ I/a:m1 ~ , . > n . / I I " cloud ,n 1999, Q

120-!I''''' Infd,ho" f1/ <Dlll1IIt. -

",1111,. '" Aiorns C o u n t y ~ t1r "Ro:s" Crty. uWS '" ! 900 110.r J f " " . - " ~ <nYt" <loUT! li:tS"

..., /t!1di-d hundmlsof m5t ra"gt•. In

no, (tIm"";""/ ra,/ trampe,lIllion 10

~ 1 t O I t O O k _liel. " ' N ~ ' " y",* nuId. "'""prllfitJJbk. Et't"/,,,,Jly, . , . 1111,,<-

fro- SoIulh t\mrn ... mlng rnI ntok

1md gonmrnw,,'dta-. oa!·

''''purlS 10flood rhe "",rl.;el doo-.J. dtt

",'tu".. dtfPtk liS wpm". qu.ol

N",,, ,n !,i. 89'" !I'"', 8i11 F . >t: of Or·. ,,,10. Fiona., wrote thIS aC

tl/nri pnlCtias in

g,un!rou,t. " ,o l lnd

. . cx BInD" Rlit·y oflh.-

JcxlnJ".t"a l .... r d ~ -....... t t t " " ~ 'IIId young... IIIId a ilmdSCllpt <k-

"!ld "),,,,/ bUSIness ,n lheIl...d lL'Orl<ed

Iht ,..... NI"gN dunn8 foil"d ..."Itt TllUntd . . . .n mto

li t "". / j ~ '" 0.5""" tllt ....1T FOret ~ " ,

11tt .. In 1943 to ",,'k 011"

'(1)IIlrol ,,"'fro, nUl',);.o" btry/o:<>d ,n/UHI 0,,,, ltd

Iod,!>'mloa a,.,tn..m m,lIponJ rop"11

tmtspImIl ,>t, ' n ~ n g ""ttT l<1y.

IS II(1II" ."..".,,,1 I n w . : r ~ Idy ",1111,.

• • nd hIS gar<kn ~ I ' " t /tQlulTd In 1M

Horticul ture I n . ~ t m < . " , 1993.

P ~ r h . > ~ rose growing began in north·

rn New JerSO!y be<:iluse of the doy soil( the region. Roses a h < : ~ \ ' V soil

8fO'" thnr "err best. Cow and 5hf.rp

burned and h\"dratt-d I ~ . "",a) "ere .he r.:rtilizcrs used by

e rose growers of Ne w Jersev, <\S

of th<>m we", from England. they

old English ways of 8m",ng

n preparmg soil for the plannng of

""'" bushes. sod growmS on do)"cuted from tneado""$ to !hi>

and then .....ally s t a c ~ e d inrt'CIaIIgUlar piles which were loy·.hull,·;

1 Inverted sod and !:>one meal

2. Fres-h cow manUN!

3, In,·erted 50d ~ n d bone meal

4. Fresh row manu",

"nd 50 on. lap'c after lay('r, until aheight of four or f i , ' ~ fe.tt wu ..... c!led

TNt n:'Ct:lIngular ho.ps ,, 'ue ofte" 6 feetby 30 feet in extent. The)' were made in

thcsummertimeand stood unlil spring

1hC'y " 'N ! ' cut down, choppC'd up

and thoroughlr mix<:d with appropri_

ate amounts 0(

The benches upon which the bushe.

wtre to grQ'" we,.., usually CO!'l.<trocred

of pecky cypress - . vcry laShOg and at

that time [n""pen5i,· t wood. Supports

w ..... usually ,)"press 2 4', but often

American chestnut or water locust

, , ~ wer'O'..-I as they ........e ' ~ ' Y longlasting in I"" moist groenhouse co"di,

tiOll5, Rose. wen: sometimes grown

in ground bed$ but , . ~ < e d \><:'nche:s we",

preferred, a< rising heat from pipes

which ra n undec thO'fn kept t h ~ roots,,'arm,. prooucln& stronger and rna",

a b o n d a n t T o o t s : ~ _ Q N n l i n e s s " ~ b:p«to!'d. as this dinuni:!;h<'d great!). u.,di:5ieases, e;p«ially

fungull and bocte".l rose d i s ~ a s e s Some greenhouses ha d comple te l yp.J\"<:d noo!'5 with d r ~ i l U . Aeration ,md

g r ~ a t Cart in watering Were absolutel),

necessary and the g""''' ' 'rs had to CIlN"

full)' monitor and watch the humidi!)

and heat-Ie"els \\'elther was alway.

",tic"L In summu th e gla$s was

sprayoxl with while shadIng materi.l

and the ,'('nlilator.;oproro and adju sted

according 10 the judgment oilho: opera'

to r working inside the The

,'"nhlators bo th to p and side "'ece

o ~ n ( ' d and dosed geued hand

wl\tod,., In ... nter il" ' IS

MOeSSltry tohut the gn:enhouses with either ste'lmOr hot Water flowing thcough pipes

pIKed under the ~ 1 l C h ~ ' $ and some

I i """ """,head or On the .idt ,'&115. Theheat kepi th e interioc of the house

,,'armed at night to'fr0.65· bul "",'er be-

Iq,..' 52" F

In the daytime th e tmlpttature might

rise abo ... 65· F" and then tho,> ...entila

tOIS would be opened gradually and the

Ol"',.tor had to w ..uh lhe rising tem

perature, opening Or dos

in g the windows accocdingly. On a c J o u d ~ day they

might to.. opened only

crack. and if the .un came

out they would ha,'C 10 be

opened . . ConsllInt watchin g was absolu.el)' neu$

$ar)' or w ~ r h e a \ l r l g or dUll

ing could a f ~ t rnlirT

crop as 1<1 the number andquality of the roses.

Once a weel: the opecator, dressc,d tn ,,·.terproof

dolhes and MI, .. rubb<>r

apron and rubber

boots WIth a very ~ p e c i . > 1 h<:I$e nozzle

that shol the waler I n an upward

. !rUm ._blew Ihe )'el1o"'1'd dying

1e.I\'e5 from th e bushes, operation

'<'I1hnu\'<l lhe length of rhe S""'nhousc

and each bench of plan" w a ~ Ihor,

oughly washed dean in this wav. It was

\!Suatly pcrform\'<l on a bright, sunnv,

drl' day Th e spray,ng of fungICides"",h a! ' Bordeaux lime uSUlJll' followed

the .\,';"8" bath. t i ..... " .... " " . " " " " "dfeetlve fungicides and h ; o c t ~ r i c i d " . . we'" dl&COVere<\, Horticu ITU,.1 and b0-

tanical kno"'ledgc ""as On'" a part of

wl\.1t an Of"'raloT of gT<"'nhou<;<.' r a n g ~ nHilro 10 know. Various mechanical~ n d str\lc!ural troubie'l " 'eN ronstantly

ansmg. Usually the problems. though

~ r s o m e , could be '1ulCkl,' ",,"-ed.

~ n d the neees . .C) N!palfs would be

dooe on .h e spot. <-

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(fro'" 1I0l>I>i_ ptlgt 6)

~ o m d I f \ IIet mind. She: is a comum-

mate "isual p<'lft.

Tod"),, she Is a ,,·/ute haired,. ()I\('-perso n garrison at '-erb.oJized thoughts, ....actions an d f ~ l m g : s . She has received

numerous . " ..rdsand romrrussion$, shehas muwumstatus,and shl" hoId5 man,'

h e . . ~ with the ... lfk she hascreated 0"""

h o ! r l i f e t l m ~ lucille feels tNt t h ~ Morris Counh'

Heritage CommiS5ion and the Mom,

Site wns named"New

Jersey Artist oI tlle Year"

ill 1957 . ,

Counh' HlStoriuJ Socicn' have become

her iJ"Ue friends Her artwork is pubI,<;bed ,n H,Slon( 5,tn "'Moms Coun>y

V ~ U ' j ( ~ . • HmtageCommission pub'",anon. Her art ...ork also hangs in the

Morris COUnt" Frffholders' conferenceroom In Morr,stown.

l.ucille Hobbie has documented in

h<r ....ork a New J ' . m d an A m e r i c ~ that is a thingoCthe pa'ltShe hasg;'· . n

us. peel< at the farms tNt used to do t

our landscape. lucille's mod .sty

tcl",,1s her a.c.:ompli$hmrnts. Sh e was

named NNew Jer5<!\' ArtISt of the Year"

in 1957 and her work ""as publi<;bed in

p,.,"'·l<'rnn"'l P ~ " " " ' g s , 5ht- h&s donated

enOrmOuS quantities 01 her "'ork to

many charitable cauSl.'5.

SI><. has been a memw of the Na_

tional Societ), of A r t ~ .nd letters ,

ele<:ted into the Ameriun Watercolor

Society, reprcs.entOO bv G r ~ n d Q,ntral

GaUe,,' in l 'e" Yo,k a t . and. a presi_

dent of NewJH'SI'"

\\'at"",olor So-C1<'f\', where me is an ttonorarv lifetime

-"'"counted close 10600 ...... Ie S in which

she has exhibited sUn 1950_ 1"".>5 able

10 locate 85 nOlW$paper articles featur_

lng lucille Hobbie .r>d her a"' ' 'ork.

Dnplll' these e ~ h i b i t i o r u ; , publicity,

.,,· . Js an d wrllten P"'€u, Lucille

Hobbie retains he r mod"'t Image, gen_'rous ""ture ..nd wonderful wit_ Not

tn.my u t i s ~ can do this. •nd certlinly

no! WIth the grace that she h n

A"ge85shu .ys. NI Cln'lSlOppamt

ing; ifJm)' life in more war" than"" '

It re.tllv rn.IkolS me mad when.mists teU

me ho ... d!!flCUlt it ;5 to ge t recognition.

All the;o' h."t 10 do is takOl the lead out ol

their pants ar>d ge t gOing. Other artists

ha,· . . ran gift at"""tion"nJ 5houId}'"

I cOllllted close to 600

venues ill which she has

exhibited ..

thankJuJ for thIS gift E,·try d..;- r , , " ~ l e up. I tlunk,. thIS rna,' be the d a ~ [am going IOCNIIte something good_ I """",. it

will ( O ~ o n e of these 4>'-5.-

ArtlU Gmt"" Holzer l:>ow? teadrt5

Fm, M!!. G"'pl!l( ~ S l g " ~ " d Art H'!wrynt lilt C.c<mJy C o I I ~ ~ ofMOTTl! (0



The Artist as Visual Historian: Lucille HobbieBy Dr. Christine Holzer

Thlf ""'mg IS . ." n t : ~ r p ' fro'" ..brog ••phy 0/ Lucille H Q ~ b r . Thur U . " I ' I I 1 ~ " ' " ltlbors oflDnt, 111-

sp.mI b)I,n.ltjt .,,4 IIWIr of Ih f .,.1'1,'.N/ feol!i strongly thaI a pamling

should have the feeling ofpoetry, It is communica tion at

its highest le .. e l with no

l a n g u o ~ barrier .. a timelesscontribution to civilization.'

u.alk' HoCIM. 2001.

LuciUe Hobboe presen .... our tuslorv

and I.ndsclpo! "'Ith kffn ob!;er.·ation.

beaU!':, "" and groK".. , LuriII .Hobbie.the.mist, is. \ · I S U i \ l I l i s ~ t o o y t e I I . , . _

My first mcounter with work w,""

a of Iustoric lithographs that she

had done ofbuUdmgs in Morris County[ was taken lInJ'I'Cdiately by her worl<.

There WiU.n I"Cdtement, an energy;n

the persp«tives that she used. Then!

,

PubliculQnof the Monis County

Soard of Cho!cn FreeholdeJS

Il CabAN, 0.,..,,,,,,john). \iurp/ly, t:Np.'! [ ) ;mm

F ..... ). DrveWor M . ' V ~ N",d>trom, d ~ t . . u ~ JaM Ingbino

! . k S < ~ r i ..

'-toms County HeritageCommission

..... " ' ~ a . . . ~ R I o. v"".o...,.._

Tr"'l' s.c..,.,."

Oo<><l LS<i-. . T ........

Ri<..... ff..... S<onSlotpt...d

B. Knopp e.,l>o.. I t W<>odhWI

_Lp" 'SodboU..o....1"" ......... .;o.....".,... . . H."tlg<"

Do"J -'\,Il<10, ..1",/0",-"

..moil cltnl.......".""',n...; ...r.s <,hull<, Ih. tory f'rosr. m COOO"<lJr.."",

"",,u- " " M l . ~ _ m " " ' ' ' ' I j _ U >

Artis l lI .bb;" u.d Hl>Ioriu> Jahn

T.Cunninp. . m di"" . H ;,Iarie Sit . "IMom, " ~ ~ l ,., ... 1trH!j, wh""" mnty

of her dr.wi n! •• ppc ...

,,·U a smsit",ity to the historic build_

,,&>.IddiJ\l' ht>r wo . 1o: in a 'ImgIc " ..,..d mltgnly, She Is totally committed 10 ,""highest q u ~ i t y of rtmclering. completely

though t th roug h ~ f o r e h a n Thisthinking and planning inc"'l"'rateslightIng.. composlt;on. color and per·sp«th'e. ! perceiv . this thinking andcam"l rendering as a meciil.3tiw pre>C'-'S5 for Mr_

The description that one COn find of

Lucille Hobbie in 10\100', "',., In Amm-

OIN Art undPl"$tates the "Ividness " ..Ih

which one is greeted "'""",",-.,.,.mcoun-

1CIi,,& Lucille. She Is a pel>iQn of slightstttul'l! and bone s t r u c t u ~ , with. read)'smile and • pnx[amabQJt of 1M joy of

lifeshowingclurly in hoT.y .... This joyof lile shQv.'s in he. ~ i n t i n g 5 Lucillehas a sharply intelligent dry .. t. . .. is

re/'e5hinglydill'Ct .. _ k n o w ~ howto_.NI how to paint wha t she ha, seen and

(set Hobbit "" p a ~ 5)

Wq. o u n t ([ircu!" rMorris County H .. ritage Commission

Morris Coun ty Courthouse, 1.0. Box 900

Morristow n, NJ 07963-0900Phone: (973) 829-8117 Fax: (973) 631-5137



illQt

QIountt! QIircular

illorrt6 QIountll1J.terituge @rrmmissiDn:U, NO. J

Historic Gems of Roxbury by r . S S h " ' ~

SiJ.. .Riu' !Iou..,

Clustered o g e ~ r On triangle of I.nd on "'..un Street in lOOge" 'oo<tRoxbury Township, are t h ~ of Moms County'.lilitonc gems. The SiLu

Riggs house, the King ee"",aJ S l o ~ and the Ktng Homesll'ild hold the

<'Choes of tItn!e centuries of Morris County history_

The land occupil'd by the§e hil;toric structures ...as ollCl' pU t of lho!eslatl'of unilie

King, who marril"d and had 1\ 0 direct heirs ....hen shedied in 1975. TIleTo ..." ..ship ofRoxhury eventualJy acquin>d ",m.-.ofthe WId with C""", Aues funds.

S i l a s Riggs hou:;e is named after Miss King's grell-g:randf.!her, ... ho ""ith

his "ife moved into the p","Revolutionary cotbge . bout 1805. The ongrnal fin.-places, hand_hewn beams and "ide oak floorboards have survh-ed. The second

floor was origiru.lly. loft type sleeping areo thai is 00"" fW'tibor>ed off. You can

still see where the children of the house', ..... y occupants ,",'ould have climbed ahomemade ladder each night to go Ie bed in the lofl

The h o ~ , now at 213 Main Street. WilS originaUy louted less than half a mile

awayon theopposit.. .ideofRoute 10.11 wasrecued and mO"ed in 1962-63 "'hen

de"e]opment incll'ilsed in the aTN.n.e ho",", Ito!; had a ".wIHIQx'" form sioce the

lat.. 19" (entury, when a one-story lun·to " 'as added to the simple early (ottage.

n 'e house ""as pla(ed on the National Register of Historic Places in '977.rnd is

the headquarters of the Roxbury TO""JlShip ~ t o r i c a l Society. II is open \0 thepublic byappointmenL

Next 10 the Sil •• Rly,gs house is the King Store, built in 1&15 and operated then

( ja R,w:buty OIl p I l g ~ 5)

Foil 2001

Long Range PlanningWorkshop OfferedOctober 20

T

he lIerilil&e o m m i ~ i o n will offer a half·day work5hopon Long

Range !'l.n nl ng on Salurd. y,October 20. for hiskJriul wo:;ietil!'5. l 'res·en·. tion groups, mu.seum5 and other

nonpmfib. Dorolhy Hariman of I'.sl

Perspectivl!'5, Inc., w ill guid e partici·pants through Ihe de"dop menl of

long·range pl.n for thelf organlZJ tlons.

Ms. Hartman IS the program (oonlillil·

(sn. Wo,hlto/, "" , . < 2)

9/ 11/01None of us "'ill evcr forge t woo."

we were on Tuesday, Septembo:r

1L TIm members of the HeritageCommission extend Our deepe$1

sympathy 10 all who have lost

lo'uj ones. We grieve forthe deadand for the thousands who have

been depri"ed of family, friends,

co-,,-orklMi and workpL",es. Al! of

US ha,'" been d ! ' ( ! p l ~ affec"-'I1 in away never oeen before In Ameri·

can history.

While We may look at ou r daily

task5 withachanged of theirimportance, we will return to

them. We "ill write down whal

we have witnessed. We will com·

fort each other and d raw strengthfrom oU r unity. We win msume,

with . renewed sense o f their

v ~ l u e , our Ii,-eo; as Americam;.





Greystone Park State Hosp ital Commemorates

I 25 th

Anniversaryby Peg Shultz.

Geystone Park State Hosp,tal

quietly celebrated its 125"' annI"l'fsary 011 August 17, 2001.

'J'be instill,llion t- an inll!restmg IUstor)'

that is note ...orthy on W<XTaSiMd this

milestone. LOCil1ed in P ~ r s i p p ; m r , . onelime it wu. a fully sel/«>ntained andn e ~ d y 5I!1f-suffJCienI rommunity.

Pan"I,,'''.'''. Halp".'fDr .h_ ''''.''8

Dy tlMo third qua. t(Ol" of the IUftl'il'enth

C<!ntury. the New /eney Stilte Lunalk

Asylu m at T r ~ n t o n ho d become III':ri

ously overaowded. AI the urginS' of

lbothe.:l 0iJ< and the Nrw Jnwy leg-islat u re. Governor Theodare F

Rnndolph liSned an le t in 1871 lor the

co nstruction o f I $la te

hospilill '" nonhem

Ne .. Jeney

appointed

five commission

ersto ...1«t and purchase I site suitable forthe hosp,tal. After the at

q l l i ~ i t i o n of the property in

"""""

lhe vicinity of Morrisl'Wns in ...hat ....uthen H a o o v e r T o w ~ p , buildInG pI.nowere su!m\llted 10 the o;ommission. To

properly re"iew the plIM, Ihe commis·;ion took into considera tion the fXper!

advice 01 Dr "Jhomu Story Kirkbrid..

Supenntendent of the Pennsylvania

HospItal for the Insane"t PhlladelphU.

~ f [ ASYlUM fOR TH[ IHSU E U MOUIIIOWN, " . l.,._ .....

Kirlbndt WoK' t e . d ~ m hospItal

fonn. Dr Brown of lhe B l o o m l n g d . l ~ Asylum of New York " 'u.bo a COil-

~ u 1 w \ l on the prc>jtct. TheM " ' a d ~ , . , inthe1r fodd "" f t ' I ! «InSuhN to ~ i e w Wan::hilt'Clu!3l pi..,., .nd ho!Ipit.a1 designand d l.'Cid..d on a design by the dc-nn.guisMd an:h;1KI Samuel Slam. Soon

liter trn, deciiion. the "",in buddingw u under C'OfIStnJctlOn.

Th e mam building was officiallyopmedonAugusI17,1816.

when the f i r s t ~ · t;entJ we rtadm.t-

" " n . ~ Iral J«1ion of

the building

,,·U origi ... Iyseven stories

rug/>. and the north and

south wmp. all four ,tone. In

lwight.. wm. designed to h o u ~ 600 poo-

tients.. In 1929. fin! damaGed thecenlralad Il\U\lStra II'·., stetionoi the main build

ing. nu.....wIN in 1 I O m I ' ~ to the

original s.rond Emp!n:styll! a r d U ~ of the main build,"&- The distincti'-e~ K i r k b r i d e PLm"Jsdear1y evident in the

desIgn that included 10 ac:r. . of Root

. ~ . \'/hen It.ef;ocilny opened in 1816,mp a t i e n ~ .....ere tr"nsfelTfd OVer 8n eight

d ~ y penod from lheo\'eruowd<!d Sate

hospital . t Tf('niOn. Tho trander wu

compldC'd by August 25, 1816. "mrah·

c ~ 1 rhlJJyor llCC'lok,,' by tra"'salong the Bclvidet\'dwisionol the Penn

Iylvania Railroad .n d the Moms &

Esse" Oiv.s.on of the O e l ~ w a r e . ~ W l " " ' " and WeStern i l " 0 1 1 d .

Late. additioM 10 the institution ""

eluded I poM offn. AM d<.>p.1n"

menlS. domutory housing fo rstilff. andoct'Upal1onal and vOO:.llo ....1 t h e r ~ p y building5 The agrieuhural and manu"

f.>Ctured surplus from !he "arloUJ oct'Upational and voo:a tional therapy

xuvit ie . ,:as sold 10 the public. TIle Mle

of these items contribut ed to

G ~ I O ~ ' S ectlnomlc ~ 1 I ...ufflCleTlC}'.

from 1916 10 1m. t h institution

primed Its own magazine. Tht PsychogrQm. which accepted adve.tlsing

from 10Ci11 and out-ol.,uote m=hants.

Earlr edltilm5 of tru. magaz;n.. f ...tured

articles ,,>timon by staff members. newsfrom tru. v;o.rious hospital departmenlS.

and short storil/5 and poems written br

pootier1lS.

The hospllal has organized I 125·anni'-eR.Iry ~ ! t H ' . Membenof tM

committee represent various hospltaldepartments as well as non-hospItal

romtnllnit)' memben.llwe r o m n u t t ~ isworking 10 pi&nsevt'nIl""mlS through

out the yu r for the patimts. employ·..... and rommunity group$_ -:-

,



The Morris Canal Then and Now

This No,'emM>r will mark the

1701h .nn;venuy of the finllrip

through the Morris UN!. The

caNt h;os bI>en included on \hIS YNr'S

lost of !heT"" Most End;mgerm HGIur'i<SHes ,n Morris County, and cko .rly deSl'n"CS more .tkmtion.

In the early 1800s the Unib.'d Stoleswd II l """ ' ly ( o n ~ 1 f t l colle(tion of

K ~ I J , e r n e n b . Tho! movement of he.vyl o a d ~ 'We!" 1011& dl5ti1ncl!S , . ," l i r g ~ y dependen t On the .''ilil.lbillty or ri\ '«

, y ~ t " m s such 05 the Iludson. the Ohio

and the MIssissippi. In 1822 Goorge P.MaccuU och of Morristo ...n ( o n c ~ h · 1 ! ' d the idea of a cllII.d iKl'OSS New Jerw,' tomm" lIN,,), loWs bad IOnd fonh O,'('rthe mountoinous country bef>.,.ft'I\ the

Dctawue Rh'", on the west and thePassaic RJ\'er b.uln on the e a 5 ~

Over the next dl!ode;m <engineoerinll

muwl took ~ h ; o p e in the form 01 5}'S

tern of locks and inclined pLoneo min,froln th e Not and the to a 9\ ... '001summit in the New Jersey Highland.JuSI below Lake HOJ>iIlcong. On NOYembe, 4th. 1831, 1 h ~ l l i r ! ; t trip lhr\'Iugh the

canal from Ne ....rk to Phillipsb\l.rg w.ucomplet...t. In the tNt follo.. ft!

lheurW " ' iHbllmded l y . Although the MOrris Can..! in d !link.

ing Company's pro]KI """.",. a c l t i ~ e d sustained finardalsuc","s. it did muchto lid industrial d . v .lopment in th .

to ...ns through " 'hICh i t pa.sed. TIus"'as paoticulirly tr u . in iro ...rich Mor·rl S County. " 'here the cinil broughtmuch needed coal to i badly d d " o ~ 1 f t I

•

ire.o. illo .mg lhecontinulng growth ofthe iron Industry whose roots l!X tt.ndedNck to the d.o.)"1 beCore the AmericinJW,.-olution.

W,th the "'ming of the riilnwds il l

tOO!iOOn Iller the uN I opened. the fi·nallClil vilbility o( the una l com pany

b"nme mOrt' Il'nuou •. Shottly afll'. thelu m I;1f the rentwy. the sull' Ieg...t.otureordered iI stud}" .. o ....hether the u . ..

.hould bo! iNndoned . FI .. .ny On No-'Ymbl'.29. 1922. the u ....l o . ......ruuppaMO'd to theStoll' of New Je. . ey .... ithlhel'><reptionof portions In l'h.iUipsbu.g

and Jerwy CIt)'. Tw o )· . . s later. theMorru C. ...l ind &o.nlJng Complln"..... ippo lnted Trusille of the propertyfor the Stoll:. i n d the ( i . . . .1 operationwilS te.mlnited , The former "n i l

(ompany'. properly illId Wlter rights at

.... ..e 1I0p;olCOng. Lll.e MuKOI>C1l""Onr.Cranberry Ul:.e. Bel. Pond. SoxlQII Fillsind Cf\'(!fI"'ood ..... I<e (used . . i r e e f ·

,-ojr for thec. ...1 f needed dunng d ry

" '"illherj"'f!n> to he retuned fo. publkuse, with the N'lnillning property to hesold.

From the p(lInt "'heN! It first enters

.\I.....u County from \\'aterloo Vlll.ogein SuIoW!1 County on the west until itp ,u_ O,'f. the Pompton R ..e. inlOMountain Vie ... In Puuk County Dn

tll!! east.1he cMWl (Overs i little less thon3-l miles of M o r r u C o u n ! ) t.ondsupe.

:\t.u!..ers (PlilCl'd br tho! uN I Soc;etv of

:-:1'>'0' Jersey .. th Hmuge Commw;ion

ilnd other County usistallCej n<>tI! itspath neil. !wd cros.sings in Ihe (ounty.in SOme piKes Ihe <inal is "'ildily dis'

cemibJe.. .. th nei'by buildings orclul!yJ"\"!;tored. In other pliICes the path of the

( I N I been lost f( ...~ v e r . sometimesthrougll rughwa)' rigllts ...f·",.y .nd

other 11m.. . Ihroough ~ I t h e r reidcnlill or

commercill and industrial devclopment MII(CII of tile tonal was de5lroyed

.hottly afll!r It was abdnd",,,.'d, "'I!cn thes L U ~ Tequll"l'd the Cinll com pany 10

Jo:o>."eI d l n ~ slnKtures. llU, mi"""

the \1onilt Co....l's remllning elc.mcnts....."" more pnedou5 to !hose "'ho " a l u ~

115 hIStory. Among them mi!mlx>rs of

the Roxbury R o t ~ } ' O u b , who h ~ , ' e ~ . l d y II!StorN the rllWr, i .d l l l l . ~ l l ' l ~ o o _2 E.51at Ledgl!»>'ood (.w iJIUSIrRlwn).

They.re no .. retonng the King stoN',

Ioaled On to"'Mllip ' .nd .cross fromthe lower ( in . l bUin wllere boU5

"'aited fo, lhelr tum 10 enle. Ihe In·cl ined pl....... The swampy II .... lhatonce was the NSin is pnnle l.nd.

Print.. luwJowners with in interet

,n COI\.l.lItistof)' h;>,'e done mlKlI to p ......

sen .. it In D e n ' ~ U e , the store Lept byE. C Peer, "'ho tended Lock 8 £ .. andtold provisioll! to "'ailing o o . . l m ~ ' 1 \ , hasbeen ~ l e f u l l y restol"l'd and is now.restluunt diSplo}'lng i wonderful coJ...Iection of ("1","I,related pictures. Wher

ever the Morris Cand lin been

r«ogni2ro 11)' fix,", plinners, rusll)ri.lnsand property·own .. . the hIstory of

Mom. County hilS b < . ~ n e n r i c h ~ > d .

/<WpIIJ. A-t.,,":sd', Guide to the MorrisC. ...I in Morris Coun!)' n9fJn • u'lllk·

r ~ g guiM. u>tll ,IIU5/nlltd willr ""'1'5 ""d

pNJ1ISTIlJ'fu, l 1 I . u i / R M ~ from JIrt: IIm/RgtCommmicnfcrSIO. #'



by Woodruff &: H o p l J ~ Thel\'oodrufff.mily ...... !he SIOt'e u .eil the 1830s. SII.s

Rlf$s SOn Albert RlIISS """,hued Ihebuilding In 1837 anrl continued to opo.

...... te It ~ S . genenl store. 1101'.00 t o o ~ OIl the dulil!!; of poslmasll!r In the I o t t l ~ hamlet the . .. own d D r ~ h s , · m r , " 'h/Ch md dC'o'eloped whell the MomsCanal opposih;llhe Sl" .... w a ~ "pelled In

183l.

WHhi... Ye;I' after Riggs'd ~ u g h \ e T

Emma L"ul." mu,ied Theod",tFrelinghuj'5oI'11 King III 1813. the Operi

Ii"n "f Lhc "ore poued 10 the next Cell'eration. T. F. King be<llmt n.i,loInlJXl'IDu.ter in 1874. then postma,1et In

1882. King op e ...1<!d the JlOre MId postoffice u n ~ 1 hIS reti......entln 1924.. spoin"f 1l('arly half a century. Upo . his death

fou, yea.., lall',. his daughter Louise

locked thedoorand left. thestore'HO'"II'nIs j ~ t as lbe)' ".t'fe- for lnother IIl lfCelltw)·.

TIm building remWled i s a kind oflimeupsule from 1928 unWI976, whenIhe sto", .... . opened to the public for

01l('day during the l I i c e r 1 t e M ~ 1 cdelnlion. ThefoUo . ng )"eV" most of thecoo

tent!; ...eN! $Old. R o ~ b u r y TO"'nshippossession of the store in 1983 .nd

the Roxbury Roul)' aub regan resto

.... lion il l 19(19,.tilI. " 'ork i . progres•.

The Ki .S Store II&. been ..... onod to

dOi'udOi'J of thOi' 20" ern tu,y . Thepostnu..ter'1 "",,!Lng d e ~ ...d thforigl-.... 1 ~ p i g l . ' Q n 110...... form.il Can be!«ll,.s well u tlw origllul.""I,"('$, (oun\l'nl

~ n d potbelly .tove. Abo on di5pl.y IS

loOme of the mgllul m . O i ' r I : h . i n d ~ .....IOId In 1977.The KutgStorr 1tId the K"'gHometc.d next door .. placed on

lhe N.tio ...1Regi5te,oflllStork P ! ~ I n A p n l l ~ .

the ...ay It would h/J,"e looked In tlwfirst Tbr Kin! ito_orad

In \he 1880, T. F. KiIIg .. .d hi ... leEmma built the hou.e now ,..ned the

King Homestead n e ~ t to their store.n..e.r d.ughler lnui5e loved !here unUI

hOi'r de.th In 1975. The house hu

itali.n;l1C and Queen Anlll! dc l3 i1s ~ n d Iud three ad d ilioR'i d urins il!; long life.Whm .... o .. tion reg .. . a ....,Iu .",,-,," for

the R o ~ b u l ) ' Historinl Society "'15pIe.o.5ed to rUld Ihe origi""l bI",kmarble

fireplace manUe and fa,.;i." hiddenaway In a dose t. A mural painted byJ.mes M.rl.ond in 1936 gnces the di ..mg room and a lund ~ I o m o l e d mal"lhKeroemnalllS i . tact In the upstairs Nih·r""m. Volunleer archlle<"1s from thc

community h/Jvc be!!. . .dv"ing 0 . . ttll!resto ...tion.

T h ~ R o ~ b u r y Rolary Club andRo.bury 11"lOrlCill SocJ.oty pl .. 10 Iw"c

V l c l o r i ~ n ....... , , ~ h t b , 1 ! ; on the first floorof Ihe Kinr. hou .... lVorll"r. "',Ih the

Rotary aut>. the R o ~ b u r y IIntoric TrultIS helping 10 fund !hepreser.·.tlo ... resIOr.tion. and malnll!nan(l! II I the King

Slore and II0me<lI'.d ~ n d the (olle<:'

tio .. .

for inform.tKmabuutlOo.llS Or sp«iol

programs or 10 contribull! to the ""10-t.rion ptofe<:ts, contact Ceorse Wle ...(973) 5 f 1 . 1 - 4 2 ~ 6 Or RIchard Cramond,

(913) 5fI.I·7903 . .)0

,



at

o s t ~ r f i e ' d ~ Living History f lml,,-ill hos t 0.,1 War Ra-n.octmcnl

on Saturday and 5und.y,Octoberand 28, from 10 ' .m. to 4 p.m.Visitot5 can I<lke .I 'eek InlOcamp hfe

d C!C the troops much. d r i l ~ ~ n d fightb.ollk>s. Mounted o,·.lry unilS

also participate during the week.nd. "The W H l o , , ' ' ' ~ ee ....... Rt-,-ere's

.. ill be 0JX!f' for .flemOOn lOUrs.

On Sunday mornlng.t 9 . the

;5 Invik>d to join the! troops 05

& ~ t h e r 0111(1), Rood O!mctct). on

ipp.ony Road in Morris TCI">'ruhip (Ofshort military ~ i c f ! I t the p,u\ti,de

Rewn-. l'orlnfom,alloll,c.tU

lds at (m ) J 2 6 - 7 6 - 1 ~ . •

Calendar of EventsD. le

""""' ,,.

CIn<>bfr Z"

NoY'mItu \4"

TucNn HistoryWorbhop

Ro.bury fall Fftt"'.]oHio .....

L . e r n " ~ -Colden All"Rett.'df'"

Long R.onll" PLlnnlngWorUhop

MCH$ARnII.1 tunchoan-Ra,if AJorog tJw Morm

c..r

N ~ I " Cdebta .... oIC . tu"",

DKnnbI'r r Holoday Open ttou.s.e~ 9 " O u I d r e ' I ' . G m r ; e r b r t ' ~ WorUbop

l ocation

MdhodLJI Atch.J .. .

C e ' l l f t " ' ~ Univ

BoontOllSeNorOr

C u l ! u r ~ 1 C""'eT

Time

10 ......

~ . J O ' .m.

7:30 r.m.

900 • .m.

1 p . . m . ' ~ p

10 '.m. • 4 p.m.

1 0 ~ . m . 4 p , m .

1:lD p.m.

p.m. • p.m.

ToylorH ~ . l k > o n l " "

1 p.m..41>.1>1.

- ~ " ! p.m.. 4 p.m.

and History Day Planned for October 13th

he annuli AId';,""" and HJ.lOry

dly will be he ld I t the

Monmouth County LJbrar)' ina n . ; o l ~ p . u t ons..lllrdoy, ~ " ' b e r 13,be

nning at 9-.30.

(A .w 5 ( I 1 t 1 s " ' r k ~ 1 organluotiollS from

n over New JerK')' will stiff tlbl"" in

exhibit hill A full d ~ y ofprognm.

p l ~ n n e d . A tou,of\he uduv15 .....y

e Lalen by re;eI'\·.tion. An inteml!t" 8 l c a l workshop will hi ' pr5<!nted

J.mes Ralelglt. presidenl of Ihe

Le.gu@ of Historical 500ebes of 1\"",

.. A perform.nce 1»' freeiana hi ..1orlc..Jl inlerp""""

Stileyf lOr i

Roth;u

MoUy Pild.,."ill befedun>d. Dr.!.t-:!'bppen. Director of m.. 1<.:"", Jet'Se).Historic.1 COmmouion. ...il l del,,·.,...n

add....s.t II '.m. and Pres@11t,wllr,h.AI 1:30 p.m.• sympos'um, -Collectlllg

I.luIHislllry. ReouKes.nd ~ S b J d . i " , , : ... \l begin. mtured spe.Mol'S ue

K;o,1 J. /'I1ie-den'r, DIrector, :\'ew ]ene)'

Stili> Arclli,·es, .nd R u t g e ~ Hislory

Prof>.5wr Mark Wuserm.n. wh" will

speak on documenting the Crtal IJe.

p ~ s i o n . Repre5<'ntiltives

ofEstonian.HungarYn. andAsi,n Indian organiza·

MIlS , .Uspe.JabC>ut tt..... 0,.1 history

PI'O)l'CI>·Arclu>-e5 and H'!IO'Y D.y is • f"",

lr\'eIlt for the publ..:, sporu<Ired by the

\fonmouth County Archives. infor

mation is ivailable on their website a t





Local Groups to Receive Grants

E&hl l>lorrl$ County OflIaniz.lborto;

will r K e i , ' ~ & ..."15 from fundsawarded to the Morru County

HeritlgcCommission through the New

J".....y Historical Commis.;on's 2001Gr.nl f'rt>gnm. The H e r i l a ~ Ccmmi..-sian had l'Kli'i,m 19 ""IU<5b tN t IDtlIed

more tl\;In three timer. the funds I , • ..u.hie.Grdnt award "innen for the FY2001

R e - G r ~ n l progrom and their ",o;.-c1S Ir"I!':

The Anlo I bstoric:al5ociely. $l.OO}

ror an ()Ql history of the H1sp.onlc COmmunlty In D<wcr: the FerromonlC l f u ~ cal Society of Mil", Hill. 52,600 forbi.llngual brochures. ADA co...,uJl.onl.and ~ u r i l y ty,tcm; Thl' u!;eIlol1"ll:ony, Historiool Museum. S1,soo toprint b r o c h u ~ the undma.k!; Ad"l·

!oOI)' Commisskm of R.ondolpl\, S2.SOO to

reprint ' local hi$tory .. 111'1 • . - ,hoIp- Ilei' and lrode>;; Loog lIil1 TO"'fIShip HIS

toric ~ · . l i o n Ad,iwry Commltble.$5,000 for. p ~ . U o n consultant theMom, 1'Ll1ru; MU5e\Im Asscd;olion.nIl

Mory r n : " d ~ ~ o .. irpntOiI, Mom . Cuuaty . ~ ~ Ci>mmiJ.loil, . nd Bonnl ...

lynn N. dnll<.o" 11 . . 10&1' COlllmlMlon tnelllbto•• r.uh·I"B ,h. y . n• • won! (rom I) ,.Mot< Moppn. [ .......Ii.. . 0Ittn0t. N.,.. J.,.....,. II ""oo .1 Ci>mmiul"", h , ..... II......." " , , " ~ I c.... ~ ( O f CIIlt" ..1Allai ......d rrof,.._ u ny C .. ."•• NJIIIltorir.l c....mlMK>a .... IIbn.

the Roxbury I hslOne Trusl 52.000 NChfor hIIrd . . . and loOflw;ue 10 m ~ g " coIlcrtkn>s; and the Mt. OIi .... 11iS1Oric;o1

Society, 52.400 fot rcsea.n:h "" IOX&1 rem........

•

Publication of the MoTTis Counl)'

~ r d of Chosoen Frl!ehoLden

Ouoo&Lo> R. Co"'-."" '" ,. ",,,,,,,,,,. llort<o:o

F .n" J. o....w.., __Co<iha ( i, I..ou..,... 101m In,r,l<ou!o

""-MonU County Heritage

Commission

M.ry r - . d o < p o ~ CW ,.,_- ( , " . . ~ \ ~ T...,. KlnooI, S<=wy

o.vld R. S ~ " .... T""""",_ . . : I .... L $<oI15h.phMI

"" ' ' ' ' ' ' . . Knopp a..troon. K.- -4- Nod...a..

t ; , ' < f ' .. m ""'''L .. H.., .

o.v;d M , " " " ' ' \ ~ . _ ~ : d m i ~ H.oo;.:y Prow- ~ " "

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Morris Cou nty Heri tage Commiss ionMorris Cou nty Courthouse, P.O. Box 900Morristow n, Nj 07963-0900

Phone: (973) 829-81 17 Fa.x: (973) 631·5137



Wil-e

QIountl1 QIircular!ilorris C!Iountn ]lrritagr <!Iommission

VOL. ]3. NO J

ostume and Therapy: The Fancy Dress Ballst Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital

By SULiIllne Benton

ediu] .. ll;rt G ~ o t o .... • Fan<)' 0.- 8&U, c.]8'J6.. of the Joint""'" f'Ublic libnty <>f Motri. .crwn .and Mom . T"""",rup

n \876 the facility now known IlS

Greystone Park Psychiatric HospItalwas established as a near sdf-suffj·

-lSO-acre community foc patienosd staff Samuel Sloan. the Philadel·

architect who desigrwd the build·incorporated rnan)' of the ide.>S

try- Dr. T S . Kirkbridt. a majoron the tteatment of mental

through ~ n t 1 . l t i o r w J i " " n o n and

•.... , . ~ P } ' ThIlS. the ho5p'-ta1 boasted state

the art f""I1!nes and a rompetent andstaff who subscribed to the lead.

tre.>trn;;-nt theones of

e day.

The hospital ofierod p.>lIenos an aIT.>Y

of rocteational am,;nes ~ n d amuse

ments, as wasromrnonat instiNtions of

ilS kind III the la"" runeleenth cenNry .y .. from th e iruaiNtion's found ing

through 1903, the most popular and an·

ticipat .d e \ " ~ n t ""as t h ~ Annual

WaMunglon', Sirthd.l\" F ~ ' Dress 6alLI\lhileorganized pnrn.1riIy as therapy

and en te rtaInment fot p.>tJents (though

only -thUS<'" wru- lunacy was of tlwmilder type- partictp.>led. :occordlng to

an ]88-1 newspaper K'Count of th e baIl),

""" ' " staff 1J\<"J!lber; also p a r t K i P " t · < l . ($N COS/limes Qn p < I ~ 3)

i n t e ~ ]ooI

Does Your HistoricalGroup Need Funds?

Grant Writing Made Simple:

A free Workshop in Morris

County. April 7

Local tustoncal 5()CI<-ties and mu·

,,"urns contrIbute to ......,'Yon . 5

q""lny 01 hfe, and granl.makcnd " " , ~ to support and srn.nglr.en these

eflmts. To [ .am how your org.>ni'.3tion

c a n ~ p p [ v successfully for gt3nos. spend

iUSt ""0 hours on Saturd.o,' mor,,;n!$April 7, al a fr"" worbhop .port50red1>\' the MorrisCounty Hmtag.-:Commission. It will begin a\ a.m. at th .

MQrrls Counly Cultural CentN, 300

Mendham Road, Morris Townsh,pConsultant Pat Bohsehali been work·

m.g""th the NewJ<=ey Histonca! Com·

rrus..on to present wo rbhops "" granlprepitration a round the stat•. Her fm n

speruliz"" in management and fund·

rai<tng solutions lo r non-profits. She will

1_ Gr""t Writing'''' p a ~ 4)

Save the Date:

Thursday, May 17

For Amring a Nahon; Moms Cou"tyA. A ~ , a Hentil&"' Commis·

§ lO l l symposium at Picannny AT·<mal at 6:00 P.:-1 Robert A Howard.

former "".ator at the Hagle)" Museum

m W!lmmgton, 0 ..13w .... (once the

Dupont gunpowd .r mills) is a "'''lured

sp".u.:., Qlong with Mornstown Na ·

tion.11 Hl$ loncai Park's Eric Olsen, au ·

thor Fred Baneru;telJl, and Picalinn), h;""

ton.m Patrick Ow ..... Dvnam ite' <>





(from Costumes on pagr 1)

and ,.,Il'ct \'isi tOI'S &om the surrounding

(>mmunity were in\"ited to obse,,'e the

,est",ities from the gallenes. 'The "yent

was l'eld I I \ Ill<' amu""""",," room (lI'I0I\'

nxently the community room) until"

larger, ne w amusements room (recently

a gymnasIUm) was completed In 1901

Though many arri"ed bv roadway, achartered \Tain also transported guests

irorn the Morristovm s].:lhon tt ) the hos.pital grounds. via Greysto",,', conn«-

tor ,..illin<:: Alter 1901. guest!; troweled

tt ) th;> new building via an und..-ground

streetc.u line.Unhampered by dress ,estncttons,

" , • the weanng of masks that rould aid

11'1 a patient's!'SCape attempt, the partJd-

p;mts' choice of c h a r ~ c t e r and dress COY

ered" bro.>d spectrum of ,ubje<1s and

themes_ Most patientscr . ted their 0""1'1roslwnes and tho5e oi .orne staff mem-

bers in the hospit.-.J's ""wing ~ 0 0 I n " "

part of the standard Dccupatlonal

thcrap)'regimcn .n.e warden and hiswife traditionally

dressed as George and Martha I"'ashing

ton while hospital phv.icians as5\lmedthe ro k . of his trusted mlltton' officers.. e.under Hamilton, wllh wife, EiLa-

....th Schu)-'ler, an d Labwue were fIe

quentk unpe,-,;o""ted). In this milieu, a

d""act"r's symbolism assumed specialSIgnificance; that is, t h ~ ......den as

W35lungton ..." " seen .... the paternafu..

tic: guiding ~ g h t of the II\Stitution and

the phnri.1ns, .... his officers, a;;sumed

the role of tmplemmte1'S of his policies,

Th e "...,..,..Uon of tnese unass.ailable

-

,rons ...., th the II\StHutlOn also ser ... J. to

help th"'an an} suspICion of ph"sicalabuse or I ~ a l imp!"Oprieh' on the part

of W hospttal and tts. ,I l i l l b\' an 0Iten-

skepnc.oJ publicBy the 1890's the ho<pital had appar·

ently Iwgun to a p p ~ e c l a t .. the balls'

\'alue as • publK" "'kltions ,001, as In

creasing numbers 01 guests Wen' ~ " V l l / ' d to attend each year Not onl\' dId theballs afford ,"'; tors a postti\'e glimP"<'

o f rnstitutioNlliie; the" also oftered af a , ' o , a b l ~ public forum a t ....hich the

InStitution', managers could p,omote

their s p « " ' ~ ' i c agendas_

Grentone ba!b cam.. I<> an abrupthalt after 1903. due <> 5tate budgi'l ruts.They ""-en" ""entually repl aced b,- an

Annual Field Day that apparent!' SUItedearl\" t .....-nlleth ",ntun· sensIbilItIeS juSt

as the costu_ ball h..d ... istie<!

of the 1.3 . . """""""th centur...-

Su:,mllt Brnlcn of P c r l l ~ n d , Orrgar., ..

• fo""" ,.,.,<Im, of ,""dl>01l She 1toIds.""""..,.', In . \ l u ~ m S " , d ~ : eo...tu_.114 Trxhln frrmr ,Itt F.>I",,,, In'h-

" " r a ' T t d I ~

The New JerseyHistory Plan

draft discussedat Fosterfields

Ocr 50 people met at

Fosterlidds Living History

FaIn, on J ~ n u ~ r \ ' 24 to com·

men! on a dralt of theNrw 1 < N ~ y f/l$/aryPUm P"'pamJ by the Ad,·"""tes f<Jr New

J""""" Histof)' , a non.profit "'i>osc mem·

b<'B ro"", f!"Om rust,,",,! institutions

throughout thc .t3te Dr. Barbara

Mitruck, Chall oi G o , , ~ m o , W1utman's

ToI5k force on New History. noted

pr<>grt'5S < t n c ~ the Task f o ~ e mad . itsreport in 1997. F , ~ c h n g is now a v . , I ~to SUppoM hl.Stonc groups ~ O O places,

though noet.'CIs re""'ln.She noted tllat theNew JCIW)' Histonc.t1 Commisston h.-.s

Just ~ t v e d gr.tnt ~ u e s t s for $3.6 mil_

Iton m o r ~ 'n Geno:ral Operdt'ng Support

lunds lhan it has natlable

Dorothy HaMmon, V"", !"res,dent of

tl'e A d v o < : a t ~ , ....·as moderator lo r cOm·

rrv.nts on thi.' dnft P"'n Some c o n c e r n ~ we ..., the fa!e of l u s t ~ ' " 5tTu<:tures a t

Gre, 'stone, r ~ c o g n " , o n lo r pr j""" ,

homeowners nldintaining historic

houses, crumbling historic buildings

held b\' US, fish.md Wildlife Ser·"I<"<', ....all<>'"MId tustoric pres<!TVanon,

Fu IIdillg is now ava ilable

to support histoncgroups and places ...

the needs of small tustorv museums, in ~ , a n d consWeraMn for pre;e,, 'a·

bon ....·hcn to""1'1 centers are dcsigntoted

lor gro,,'th in theSt.-tte o"..-elopment and

R e d ~ \ " ~ l o p : n " " ' t f'!1UL A suggestion fo r

• county HIstof)' /'Ian "i l l receive a!len·

tlon th e Hcntagc Commission. Only

IUrruIlg Out the ~ g h ] , ; could bring an en d

to ..nthusi ...lic networkmg afte r th .

Several such m""tings were held

around th e state; com:nentl; will bt; in ·

corporatcd in 1m, h",,) Pum I<> be pre--

"<'n<ed 3t the New J ~ ' Hkstory Issucs

C o n f e " " " , ~ al Kean u""'cr< ity in Union

on Friday, ~ I a r c h It> (>

,



Leisure Sports in Morris

new eo:lubit al tho: Mattulloch Hall HJswnc.al featul"O:S tlwsports0 ! f l I 0 > ~ in Morru County. <:mlur.' l lgo /moo". Sports I I I IN Qldid Agt

MornsA,... " J 5 . 1 9 I ( 1 ~ t s ~ . ~ t . . pmod phoCograFhsOI"lSU'l'I drawIngs of .. ,,·.dr'-Mlen" oI'ponsand

MannequInS in volununous b>lhmgslender nd,"3 habits fmm. tIw

ry ar e r""tured ag;unst beaut>p_"med bockgrollJlds, HIghlights

antique rilcquelS, Sk.,Ies, and gol f

an d «t i t"" ' " "" loon from ..,,,.mu,;cun'l.q and the New 11nC'\'

Soc'C1v The ptt:K'l'llil\lOn taJ..esthe SOCi.;\l ch.lnge thalloo!< place

the 11_ and the ,,11«1 thai ..._ 's

,n "pam ..... 0fI l i lt opVi<:torUn d , , " , , ~ , Hentag<'

Vice-a..''l' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' R>clw-dSomon was g""" (Un!", for the .... -

_

e M u ~ " u m . locattd at

...ullorh A,'w"", In M ~ t u w n . '"on W ~ o d , o . c s d . a , , , , , Thundavs, and

from 1 104 p.rn ~ o o n ISS3 ..,niors and stud""",) Tekpllono!

on the Web:Jcr!W}" ~ h s t O l ' K a l COIJImISSion

w J ~ ' SUle IIISIQnrOffou

e,n i,uV4!PJhpo

w J ~ } ' Stiote AKIu,'csw ..tat(.f!I.\I!!bUtcld.mn

J e ~ Hi!toncTrustcfor s tructures)

.g

rvation New Jl'tW"jonnj.o!'&

OI'ris!OWTl Libran' lo<;aI Histon'/

p f.o!1;/nn . htm

T.. p, H",ronr ~ ~ t J o n ." ... ."'.,"

IlESTSOURCE

..,""" p . 1 r t m ~ n ! at Iho1 Morris

LlbrillY. (m ) 2 8 ~ % < I 0

(from G1lllIl \1 nlmg 011 pugr 1)

take "OIl Step-m.'oStcp through b.oso<

docummes "011 should l\ave on hl t to

apply far..." v . . " t . o o t i r n e ~ r o n t m l S of .. good ptopoul. and

d ' K u ~ .....ample,,"'appeolmg- and - ~ P f W l u > g

granl applxanons.

\\,}", sIIouJd you do t1us """" Tho' \ f e w ~ · ~ C o r n n u 5 5 K l n l S a l -f..nng ..... ...ollun<h of grants to ru...

to.y commu.run The HentageComnu.Slon I\as M:efI Ilnpplied for funds 10

granllOorgarw:.allOn&1n M o ~ C o u n t \ rJns ytl lr It , , ~ s h o u l d r«'f'ive this blockgrant (II IHOIllpetltl"eJ. th e d . . .dlinet.,,

,'OW' orgamt.ollon', "pplicatioo to u,

will be lu ..... 29 Should we be UMll(

~ . u . ! other gnnts "OIl emappJ\' fo. throug/>Ol.ll the y .. u- The st>:e

Historical Cornnus:!ioon u intnestN '"granl applo<.!IOnS from ;u-wone . .~ t h ..prol""t to t n C I U , ~ knowledge and

""'-Mft"It'W QI t \ ~ . ' -V' f ustOf\ In.d'\'l,hw511l .. tU as school ;and commit"

ruty groups mo,' apph-P I ~ ' ' " I t ' ' t ~ . b\. \ \aKh 30 usmg thio

" r o : l ~ f(lnn For further Information..caU !he l l w ~ g " Conum,o;s,on al (9':>1829-$117 0

Changes at theHeritageCommission

M

H 5a .d " "e5 " S hultz ha5

fC:'I'Wd theHmta&e Comntis

SJon sui!.as HIStoryProgram

Coo .d ,na'o. 5h... pl.ce$ Sunn

to.eru;o , who Jell county ""'ploy afternine yeatSll5 001 "'f'<'bleotf,ce AdrrunIStrato. Pe g h.as had an Intcrest in 11$

'01')' and Ius,,,",, Pft5'I'1'·.non for many

.ears, Bo.>IOtf ,IOIrung the Commission.Peg spent hit..,., ,'ea",;n a errolt ana·

hosl al "DP 11\ Pus'l'J'1nv and w .....

CO!fItly \hit med,,;a) tu.tonom 31 Waterloo

Vdlage <;M hold, dqlfftS 11\ h,s tory

!Tom 1MCoom\' Colkge 0( " '0 ..... a nd

The Will;,.,,,, p,,,,",,,, U"'''ftSlIV of New

J e ~ y SIw 1$ OI" .ntiv pursu",s he.mMl.,r .. dqllf t '" lu:!tory al Wilham

PalCl'SOn

M ari., Moo, t n:lln, ..I,n ~ b c r af

Ie . eight ),,,us on !hi- I \ e n t a g ~ Conurus$,on. Sh<:- ""as the CommlSS,on' 5 doct<l<lSecretaI)-' from 1995 u n t ~ he r h r e n > e n lHer generou.s sr,nt and ~ u p p o r t fo r thecoun ty's hIStone pI.KH wtll be nilised

N ~ " , m ~ m b c . s T.,(y Kinsel .lnd

Bonnie-tyn n N.duik , came to \1\(>

Conmusstondu"",thcLut year T . ~ · , a Techruc..J

M_ge . ' Lucent.is

Pres,dent of \hit Ralston Hl5lorx:al Associ;>

hOn.ser-.'f!5on tIw ~ I m d h a m T w p HIs.IOric Prese.-.·auon AdvuorvComnu\teo>,and worl.$ on / 'etonng h.is 1807 fa rm ·

hOU5C_ B o r v u ~ l \ - n n h. u held several

POS'tiOns ""Ith mUSo!UITIS In I\:cw Jersey.induding Wateroo Vlll;I.gc, Fosterfields

Living Hiltory falm ""d MacculJochIlaU_ She has;olso """lo!d a t th e Amcri

can MUJ;('um 01 t \ ~ t u r a l thstory and

M,·snc Xapon. A &'I,d",,\<! o f "The Col_

lege of "' ' ' ' ' Jerj,e, Ind Seton Hall.

Bonnie-L ~ - n n i s C \ l l ' l f t \ t 1 ~ Du«lor of theMOfY15 Counl\' HI>toncaI S<>Cietv.

Scott Sh .phnd ,,-u.ppomted to the

Commis61Ol\ thIS /.lnuary- He is a tenth

g e n e r ~ 1 1 O n : \ ~ · I " " , , , - . l I l Wlth;o lifelong

in!n<':S1 in Iunt!nc:In luslOf\l He has .....

centi, completed ,,""'s'\r.o '" ",.. Bury-"'g C"",nd uf Iht Prf</oylt""" O"",}, 111

A-Iorrut........ the "'f$ of " " , ~ . - . a l research

p3pt"fS. A g..-adU<lte of W I ' S I e } ' ~ n Uruver·>tty. Scan rt'i'rc-J from AT&T as a Vice

Pre;,dent for Go"cnvncnt [{CI"hOIIS.



Restoration of Broadsides Completed

TINortheast Oocu"""" Cmtu ll Andcr>"ft, " ~ u s e t t s , m:mtly C>tOIt<i

131 brQadsid"" advmuing land sal"" i n r u n r t f t n t h ~ I U " ' - \1orn, C<IIml',

The H e r i t a g " C ~ o n admirustered lhep.."ect, usmg a 59,%4 p!1'§tI'.

"at;on grant from the NewjerMI' SUIte lIbnuy S ~ d e s a r e w ge p o 5 t . , . ~ publN: nOb<;e$. In th e runel<'l'nlh century, !h.>,' "'......, commonly ...1«1 to annQuOCl'

",edmgs,Q\es, spocial ewnlS, and the like.

j J J m I 8 T B A T O B ~ SALE-L . A ~ !

SITun

·WOOORUFF Mill PROPERTY :

C1RCUI .AR

SAW MILL,AND SMALL BARN :

The restored brOild.,des,/oImd bo,- HentlgeCoovn.zssoonM r l u , ~ 0..,·1d MJtr05 In tho

Orp/'>ans' COlIn e < t a ~ filc::o in

thoc....nn Atdu'-es.Mh-_

5liesd p n : I b . ~ m J I'h'f"'1b. Or·f e I I ~ ' 8P'c d e l . l ~ c d d c s m p I IOn§ oIlOm1ll famu ..nd snu1I.sc.ok 1lKIu.slnl!:!. tvpK.alh ! t im -

Tlooms farm bUlldlnp. ,,00"""""" o ~ ~ dJstill..ones, ......mI1l$. and ""tbudd

IfI9 1M .00 decnbc Sf'>

Fpruc future I"ou""",,,,,1M bK l rc-cord .... .. 1M

brooWSIdei ...ere POSIed. pro,"\Jmg ,.am",ulf ttw stOIa 1.>,.

ems. MId other pix,.. ............

~ p l f congrellaTednorords p;>ml " pKtUf"(>oi \ \or·

ns Count,·'!, run<'1""",h «n·

N,", J\I(;aJ and mdlUln.lllwof·

~ " . Mas .. of 'M documml'5 t..J

=7'.:!:-"":.:::- .... - .. - - -_.. . . . . . . C I " R S o e S . , . ~ o r S Q l n S . " n g m .

be< "' ' I 'n prmted on poorqu.&l,n wood pulp "",per t:...J",the supe .... lSlon of the NortI>Nst DocumentCon5oer\-aoonCenter's p.tper A·

tors. the broadsid"" were cleaned, deacidified through ,mmC'1'lllOO '" an "'Iu"",,",alkal",,, $Olution, and reinforttd i f ~ ' After miImltilnung.. the\" ",,",,, mcap

rulatro II I Mylar polyester shle\'es and stored in a o d · ~ m d o s u r e s \i,1ro!i hal; p"'pared a d . o t a ~ o f the broads.ide5.s .. find,", au! KIf

;md lustonans. The nucrofilm IS ' ' 'Aibbl" III tho! : - ; ~ . In>n HISIO,",- 5«t>on <Ii tho

MomsCountyLibrary

ReLftIests for Literat«re anI! infontUltionFrom iJ}e Morris Ul«nt;g HeritlJBe Cc llllli is.siou

PO B o ~ 900. Moms!C"",- NJ O:96J.09(J(JFQr 9 7 3 f 6 3 1 - 5 1 3 ~

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_ Me.\Se forward. cO!'" o fw Com:n:ssoo',"s list 01""aibb'" publoUOOl!;Please co.......ct m,' a d d ~ n follm-"

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Historic Photo

Exhibit in Dover

DnnR tlw momh of M ~ ~ h . !'us-

10rie photoso! Dove, WIll },., or," , ~ h l " ' t at l/w D o v ~ r F r ~ " ' " I'uo.

lK llbral"\' n.... O m . ' ~ ' A ' e ~ H I ~ l O n ~ a l S o c ~ ' ....111 mount the ""Jubl!. U,;,W1I

from the penona.l coI.ll'CtION of Oove,

rntdents ....ell ".own 1l1e grouphopes W t the dISpLa,· ... l lw i altenl>Of1

tOlhc " u ~ h l \ " at Itsm&mon. "'luch has

bfton ' " 510••8" lo r"'

.. .2 0 } " ~ and

ItSntN for museum space. t n c h a l ) , ~ IS l h .....

toru:al 5o<;:'et)" trust .. GeorS" \..11,,,;,,.

(om) "166-2319 or (973) 361-6205. TheDO\ er Ul:rr.Iry is at 31 EMt Ginton Str..,."MId th . exhibn is opm during lib•• ryh o u ~ . 93tl to 9:00 p.rn. Monday_Thul"$

da\". to 5:Jtl on Frida,. 5000 on Soru.ua\'

llbrMY phone: (973) Joi6.tlI n. 0.

'n

: ll<t>.", Gene,.J lJosp,liI ci,.,. 1914

,



Historic Highlights ofMount Arlington and Rockaway Borough

The Moms CounIV Herit.1g<'Com

mISSion hu ft«11tl)' publi$hed

H,stone H'gh/,gIrt> tour brochure;

of Mouni Arlinglonand Rockawily Bar- ' ' ' ' ' .ough. T h e s e p u b l i C I t i o n s ~ t i l c " ' -laborn\>\'e cffor1 bttwffn the Hentage

Conuni» ion an d ' ' ' -0 local organiza

tM f M Ki rby FOllndal.on fund th e

Hrgh/r,M, cf Hr"C'JI Hrrcs, ,,·hichno .. incilld" 16 b r ochurcs. To ob-

lain cop,es. tall the Huitagc Com

m.ssion II 829-tI117 Or 829-8114. -0-

tions. the Mount Arlington Historical

5o<:iety and the )(OCI<.l"·4)' Borough His

turical Cornmutee

Bot h brochures forus on major

theme» in the h,slon", of the to"msHI>lo . u Hrglt/rghll oJ Mo . A,/""

Ion .e luC' . t h .. Sto rv of Moun t

Arhngtnl\'S North Pu k Historic Distric t, wh ic h began ..... Su mmer I"k"

.eWr! fo r the " · e . l t h ~ , H,./DrtC Hrgh-Itgltts of Rod.llny llaro"gh tells ho ..

the munlcop.hey became one ofMorr is Coun ty ', Industr ial ce n t ." ,

producing m ~ c h l n c r \ · . ,u t iles, bi

ndes . s hoe. and ~ H ' n automobIles

BOlli publications fu ture ' mportant

h" lo rlc SiteS T h ~ Mo.d, CountyBoard of Chosen Freeholders and

:1 l ll l l

J 1 "

~ . \ '

Symposi um May 17: Arming c1 Nation: Morris County as A rsenal

Pubhcahor> of the Morns Count)

Board 01 cm-n FmlooJder5

000gIoo R. c.bont.. Drm10t

john J Mwpt.y Drpi.l)' Dr...:I<>r

Fr."," J. Dn",W... Mar""" ~ " , d > " " " , CociIloo C, .... J-rI>

l o c ~ S < M r t

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' ( ! l ([ount\! (!lircul" rMorris County Heritage Commiss ion

Morris County Courthouse, P.O. Box 900

Morristown, NJ 07'963-0000

Ph on e: (973 ) 1129-.'111 7 Fax: (m ) 631-5137



J'OL NO. I

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]f{tritagt mtUitW( ! J ~ c Newslettt r nf Ilyt

morri s <!luunlulltritagt C!1 011l1nlsslnn

Sprmg 2002

County Studies Funding For Historic Preservation

SDmI'counl)' funding'" historic pn"wvati l) f l ptojeclS ""'Y be possiblo,

if.m i n i t i . > t i , ~ ~ b y t h o : Boord 01

C1D!mr.......tdJmobe.>rs&uillhisbll.ThI'

FreehoIJooB h3ve appolnled an """' . . .

""""bo,r Blue RIbbon Advisory CornnU I_on Historic f ' r e s e o v ~ t i < > n to investig.:>!e

!he use 01 Morris County'. Op:n 5p«e

Trust Fund doll",., for historiclion, as provided by.l.llc Law in 1997.Sochan e><p"",ion of Morris County's "I"'"

Sf"'L'" r r o g r ~ m "'1)II1d .si&nif.QlrIl , i I . t n ~ smor !.he I ' ' ' 'U='s do.""fI'IiOn

a d.....:.od<o a&o.oo would " " " i n > . l ' f " ' O ' · ~ 1 by """"""-......>noJum.

Tho Commit' .... h.Il; thm<' I"'Ls, to in ·

v e . u g . I t . ~ lhe POI' ufop<''' sp.oo:e fuNhn£by otho.·r l"ountl<>!; for Iusta ... r ~ ~ -,kin; to Hlvit,' rubl,,· ,"(lmmN'( on the ,,'"

of Ope" S l ' ' ' ' funds ror h",lonc I'rese.voLlOn; "nd to I''''P lI><! ruk.", .n d ",sukl-

tiOM for. htsto.;' ; r ~ r v " t i o n grant

Families From Foreign Shores:Immigration to Morris County

Morris County History Symposium to be Saturday. June 8

TI-kriIlog;.Commission'sannuat

Morri. Cou nty history sympo.ium will foro. on immigration

and u... inmus,.nl group' that $h.1pedMoms Counly'l hislOry. The morning

evenl will lake p l " c e S o l u r d ~ y , lune 8 a tthe Mo"';" Counly Cultural Cenler, 300

~ l c o n d h o m Rood, Mom, To ..nship_ Rq;-

islrati"" b"gins at 9-.00 '. m • nd !he pro-

gram will run from 9-.30a.m. 10 noon. A

ronti ...n).>.1 b r e ~ l : f a s l will be served_S p < - ~ b T s i n c l u d ~ loon Cunninghom.

noted author of """,ernl boob on New

hislory, who will b>gin the pro-

gram With overview of mmigration

ktNew}er.ley. MonisCounty H i s t o r i < - ~ I Society rurator, D<-br. Wesl""""land,

will di5cu!.s 19'" and early :!O"" century

immisratiOf\ 10 MonU County. Tocon-dudelhe program. loon Konva linka of

the No ... Jersey c ; . m c ~ I O ) ; i o : a l 5oc;"ty will

sre<lk on gl, .... ~ l o g y i 5 ~ " " " sredfio: toMIln"i5Counly i m m J l : r ~ t i o n .

P O " ' Q ~ ollhe /.lomsCounly HisI,uri·(;.1 SocWIfs ""l!nt exh ibit "Mrlny LtnUs,One County" will b" on dt:;p1"y for

lidpdnl$ lu vicw. The e<hiblt, the most

romrJ'i'hcnsive of ! l ~ kind to <Lte, ,"0"-er...J lhrro."enlU/"i(oSof Moms County im

migrdtion up II I and indud"'g the XO )

F . o J , ' r ~ 1 C"II!i I1S .A n o & i S l T ~ t J o n fo"" .. L'nL' k:.;<,d WIth

tht< newsleilPr. For InfonOL,llion. rle..se(ont.IL."l J > t . o g S h u J I > ' ~ l l h e MolTtS CoontyHen",!\" CommJSSlon <It (913) 8l9-8117

",,;.,........w at Ho...u..g..o&:o.mnrri'i.llJ_USor Bonnioc> at the ~ J O f n ' i C O W " I l y H L S l o r i c - ~ J Sodtot)' at m l W ~ Or "'"

....mail at ~ m h . i l l ~ 1 I , I l U . ( J I l U . 5 J ' . I 1 ~ ' I! i hnlLIl'Li, so r l e ~ "'gister

e ~ T l y l .

Th. O I " , C;ull<k It.,... . ••d .1V.n'

"nd.T So__ . . . C ... noy'. Hi.,ori, Prue.• • io n C.-nl r" 'P ' ' ' ' In 0<1,,'-, 2OO(l

progr.un .... .... ) ~ " , " , , ' n L l 2 0 0 2 . AI tN, t"Ommittel"s nnel meetint: on

AmI4. DJoruty FI'l"I'hi;)l,Jpr o.-torJrlS c h T i ~ r nO led lhfo 51t:nlfi . ~ n o : .... 6nd

~ " ' 6 d l h of Moms County's ru"ton.: .....""un:1'S ~ n d t .... lont:.l.isting Iml""-1 of

the d• ..-isio.... 10 "" m .dc.B.im..r. ~ h t n i . . k . Bo.Ird ChaiT of the

New jc""'y HbtorIL, Tru.<t,. ~ i l N sw lp·

(s« rum/i"s "" l"St 4)

Newsletter HasNew Na.me

Wilh tJoi, i " . l h ~ ~ r i t . o & ~ Commiss ion's trUnn",,1 ~ w S -~ 1 t . . . t;oku on 4 ,onJ mo ...

spK ific liUr, 1M I/tritagr R ..-riru'. Th t new ..,plMesI h ! I ~ n ~ r i ( County Cireut"T lurd t inct I h (i!"!i1 Hrritogt

Com mission ntW, lr l1.. ~ p . ~ " , d in 1977.



Morris County 's Rogerenes, Rev isedBy Mal)' Prendergas t

Lake Rogerene. "m:e c,, !led the

Mountain Pond, " 'as r c n ~ m c d nbout 19'>-5 to honor a ", rnarkablc

group of ,,:uly" 'ttlers in western ),-lorris

County, the R o g e r e n ~ ' S _ The lake is no'"

in the Borough of Mou nt Arlington,

which had been carved out of flo. burybetween 1890 an d 1894. The Rogeren.,.

had suffered persecution for their r.illl

in colonial Connecti""!, whe .. tl1ey had

become foUowlOT$ of John I/o!;",," (l64&-

1721). 1l>esc brave people d""""e to be

remember"d. bu t a historkal marhT

placed.t the lake in 1975 is ;n.><cur.le

TI,ere is ampleevidence that R<l&',..",es

came to the Schooley's l\Jountain area On

1734 and that d"",,,ndants ",ma",0<1 in

Mount Olive for centu ries. but the ",,",1-

enee of • Roge",,,,, lake scUk'ffient as d.,..

scribed on the marker c ~ n n o t beconfirmed.

A dupler in 3 1914 h istory of Morris

County prom pted the "" ming of Lak;,

Roge",,,e, It was" revised version 0/

article in the Dover 1ron Era ;njul)' l S9I)

hySuc\'il'Unn,l Joclor Thcodo,,' F. W o l f ~ , W o l { ~ d o i m . . J 1h;!llhe", Wt're Iw" grou ro;

of Rote",,,,,", anJ lha l the e ~ r h e r group

Ii",.] "rounJ lhe , j n Pond weD Il<>-

foT'(' 1715. Fu ,th,·rm o, . II., 'did, I h ~ y mighl h.>ve bet>nlhe first scttl,.rs in I>.lur_

ris County. In. two t-enturi<>s of Rug""'''''

I i l ~ a l u r e , no 0""' eLw ru d .:Ltimed 111.,1

this c ~ r l y group l')(ist..'<I. IVolfeofbro no

tTedi!>le evide ... . 1lle firsl version of h is

tal e was bJsed on "o,.tily I 'J" , mittl..J

,

description.," by Caleb Jenninv; "nd oth

er.;, as wei IasSI"'(uJ..lion< ..boU Id,'p "'S_s,ons in lhe ground an J nld arrI' In't'S

jennings had dit..J 23 yedr.; l><:fori' Wolf .

W.lS bom. and the depn'Sloiuns ~ n d 1rc<."Sprov..J nolhinG in .. longtime mining

.tw. . _ Wolfedid not menl ionjenrungs in

the 1914 v('rsi!)n,. insl",d he cilN Infor

mo tion from "surveyors, tr"r jXlS, e t . . ~ . 11micht be true. os Dr. Wolfe's dJUEh·

I.,. M.uy Wolfe 1l>oml""n ..-role. tn"t he

~ ' < I o 1:00<1 Slnry, dnJ sometimes in

orueT to tell .. good story, lold wrul )'!d,k

Twain m lleJ a streIcher. l lu l me." , .

gr" in !)f trulh l 1 l \ J b)' a balloon

of im" Eiflrl t io,,-" Or. Wolf,' molY h.lve

f .iled d. n hisluridn,. bul his . 0 ,:(= a., "s tory teller insured th " l his a(co u ntwo uld find its way into 1",-,,1 hislory.

In 1924 Nc w . builder Charles S.

Orben pun:h.>sc-d L.md """,nd lhe Moun·

win Pond and fortneJ the Arling.

Io n La kes Develo p ment C o r n p ~Orb.", h.lJ re"d tl ..., counly history. A

1925 t i d " promoling his developmenl

cil"'! lhe book ~ " d d"; ',:ribt.'<I, "A I ),11

Ariint lOn lake - selli,,!\'; anJ a n J Im ,,..

. ~ " , Ih" l l>espe"k a vital, SIJlw,, ,1

pl'Oplc." H,' chant"J the lake's ""me

and be g,1n 6d vertising IOl., 0 0 a hlth-w ~ y biUbo.rJ • man in Puri l,ln Jr"""

rom t"" the way to #Lake Ro!:"",,,,,: 6retrea l , . . : e 1700."

Ot.. as for 1."""iJe lots were fllSt 1'1'

co.JelJ in 19"..6. o.'ed , estriLlions _ no'"

void _ forbid ""Ie!; 10 y o " " than

of ",h;le blood." This sort of " ' S t r i ~ 1 i o n WolS con,n,on during the 1920s. As Afri·

"dn·American m;er"t;on from the Sou lh

anJ immierdtion from obr",,<1 ch.lngc<1

the ("c'> of <:ilil'S, a re"""llo .. r1 ..ce 0"'-". .

inh"hiIc-J hy ,Ll1"'art t"OloniJls JJ"1"'JIe..

to some, fronk,,]]y, john Rog<'rs.rnd sev_

"roil of his followers n"o.1lwen 0.1",,, . <,,,fo r 1"'-'0]']" of ·oIor .

In the 19-1Os IIw o.1<,velopel'S of Shore

HUts EsL ,tes in Roxbury "JUpiN Wolfe',"

<lory, Il."minE Roeers and V6il "",ds at

I" , th<- tW !) r"milies!)fR!)S"I'I'ne:5 wh","-'

("" Rogem,'" all ,,,,,,,Me)





(fro", f u"";"K on I"'K' 1)

wide sludies Jcmonstrdtinll histor;"

rrl':SC,vdtion's broad poru1>r support

an d its rositiw imp_It:1On Nt'''' j ~ " , " . y ' . ",;onomy and i'I/ls. Dr.Mitnicknoll..J tNtcu m,nt .-Idte buJgel cutb.tcks meant the

h"tory com munity was takint 3 hhuge

cu th

; Lhe New jersey Historical

Cornrnis",ion's buJget has oc.,n NlveJ

an J the N ~ w jersey Historic Trust hasslL5prnded its current g r a n ~ , round

CdU5e of aMaLe Eov.,mm,·nt hiring fn'w.c.

c:Ner the I.l>l d,,,,,d,,. tJ., Nj H;,;toricTrust

has funded over 300 g ~ " n t s Lot"ling S65millio", indudinr, o \ ' , , ~ a dozen N"tiona]

NJ Register-listed ~ i t e s in Mo,,;,;

Coumy. n.e TruSL'S E,ants p"'E,am in_

dudes funds for P"-,St'rV.tiI"" , , ' S t o r ~ t i o n amI ,e h . bilit"tion; 100M; emergency

funding; historic site management; ~ n d p"'MinI: for pn'SO'",aLion and fUnd·'dis·

inG·So )mcrwt County Planner ond His

t ~ r i c Sitt'S Coordin.:otor Tom D' Amim

briefed the CommiU"" on Somerset's

three yedrs of h i ~ L o r i p " ~ s , r v a t i o n !l'"nts u.>ing Opt'" S P d ( ~ Trust FunJs.

Some",!i's program, mtoJd."d aft,'r thl'

New jc.,;cy Histone Trust.. has " v e r d ~ l ' < i a r p l i ( ~ ; o n s a yeM. Recently.

Somerset hdS .."nually a I l O ( a L ~ J S830.COl for pT1'Sf'rvatiQn p"'nning anJ

bro:ks anJ mortur l]r.nts. Unlike !he NJHistoric Trust.SomersetCounty 0.1"", not",<!uire m.Jtdling funds.

To50liLit pubt;,; inpu t an<.i <.ie"'TIn;""

p[($i!rvati<m " , - , ~ d s ~ l I d priorities, the

CommiU"" h.lSsent a short survey to allMorTis County municip.ilit.it>s, HistoricPn>servdtion C o m m L ' i S i o l l . ~ , H;"lori,;al

Societies ..n<.i dwritabl" organi7-"tions

with d p " " " , , r v ~ t i o n P ~ r p o s < ' TIl<! s u r v ~ } ' Il.'Sponses wiU help ensure tNt the F=_

hold.,." ",,<.i voh'''; an . ( C U r . l ~ so',"", of historic p"-",,,rvation "'-"'<is in

the county. O r g ~ n i > . i l t i o r - . , ; tNt did not

, eceive su rvey forms may contoct

I ~ u r e e n Soter Lhe !.lorris County De

partrn<!nt of Pldnn;nr, ~ n d OeVl'lopmenl

at 829 -8120 e -ma ,t her . t

with Mount

(stYFrmd;nK oII ,,"-,' c,,"urn,,)

•

Day in the Life Exhibit at

Acorn Hall

The 1 lost exhibit at the Morris

County Historical Society' Acom

Hall f""ure< On tIli' d,ily tives of

individual! from different periods in the

county's hislory. Or.l"'" from ora] histories and other "",tcriats from the l>KHS

a r e h i v ~ ' S , this exhibit wilt I'IIable visitor;;

to n13ke connections with the Ii"es of Our

pred""""",r;;.

\\'hen Morris County was home to a

Revolu tiorl3ry W ~ , e""'mprr>ent.. what

did soldier;; do? What was life like

w",king on the Morris Canal' Sometimes

entrn: families lived an d worked on the

boat•. What were they hauting? How

murn did they makel Cornpa'" the .....

sponsibiliti'-'Sof 3 fireman and police"",n

in the 1800s to the present day. The iron

Hope Hist ork . l Conserv.ncy; Boh

Brennan. E"l. . Morris Township Open

Sp.t,." O , m m i t L , ~ ' ; JJI'Ol'l FOOll'r, Mddison.

M i t l . . : t u r . 1 hi:;to';"n dnd p r e s < ' , , · ~ t i o n consul!.",\; Md ry-Annd Holden. M ~ d iron Coundl Madison Hi<to"'" Pn!serva·

ore mines an d b ~ \ S t funla<;es w,,'" im _po,t""l to Lhe county's d e,'e1opmcnt.

IVNL were the work.",'1iv,," Uke? Find

oul "wut the J ~ y Mabel Robinson of

M.>dison spent wiLh FIrst Lady Be.",,,

RooseVl'IL.

D"l/ in ,ilL Ufo will he On < l i s p l ~ y until

Aur,ust 25. n.e MOrriS Cou nly Hislori

c.1 Socie ly' s histon.: Acorn H.ill at 68

Morris Avenue, Morristown. is ol"'n to

the rublic MonJ"ys ~ n d T h u " , d ~ ) ~ 10a.mA p.m. and SuI><l.Jysl-1 p.m. Adrr,;s

sion pri<;,':\, induding d guided tour of

Ao:om Hdl1. a .. adult 55; senior, $4; stu d o n ~ S2; children under l",clv(': fn.." Visi_

tors wishing II) , ; ~ ' " unly tl-c "xhiHt I"'Y

Nlfpri..:c .0.

tion Commission a"d tro5tee. Ne .... Jer

sey H i s L o r ; ~ Trust; Mel. Fdyder

j . n,,,,;\>,, Montvill" Hi,tori .. P,...,.,rv. ·

tlOn Commission an d h,,;tork a",heo1o

gisl: M"deline l>kCrde, C h d L h ~ m ,( .. .. £,,"'/;,<:; en ""8< i)



"Hilltop and the Torrey Family of Stirling"By Larry Fast

TIu:re is l ~ n d l N r k On long H il l

Road in StlrUng tNl has signiliC»nct ' 10 both Unil<'<! Slates an d~ a l

history. ThiJ Gothic Victorianhorne with French Empire an d A.ian

i n n U ( ' ~ detailing was once known;u

• ~ l i l l t o p · by the Ih"'" ....r.t;onsof the

Torrey family wh o lived there an d wh o

II()W rest in tho! family plot in Stirling

-"".l>e ""'"' f.mous family member ...John Tort'<')'.MD, LLO (1796-1873), tho!notw pi""""",,S Amrrican botanist in.. hose honor the rorc Toney Pircot Coli·fomi • was named. John Tom')' was more

than just a bot.Jnist Trained a. a physieLln. he served as a surgeon at W ..

Point. Working with contem""ra';.,.

such ;u John J. Audubon and John C.F r e m o n ~ he did .""IY515 on field notes

from SCientific e ~ p e d l t i o n s thaI ""'1

hav. includ<"li tI1OS<!' 01 lewis & Oark.

Wilh A . Gray, he publi.k<-d the delio;I ; v ~ FI",a of N",'h Amlri<ll in Is-a JohnTorrey was a ("undin!) m ~ m " " r of 11\,·N ~ L ; o n a l Academy orSd.,,,,-..-s dnd w..sW r C l U n d ~ . , . 0/ the ~ , " " Hem..numof tl>I' Smithsonidn. Simulu.neously ho>

"'os a profeswrofchemlStry;onJ rrunf'I'_

dlog)'. mmmulinll hct"'een Prin<...ton

~ n d Columb .. U"''''''''il.e<,l-Ie ....os the

fir.;t ChielUs.A._y", for the US. hnl

A ~ ~ y ~ r ' . olfk" In NYC. died ""'"

his "ampus offt..... at Columhi . Un;",r

S,ll' ~ n d is buried inSurhng. To lhi'i daylhen' is ,'f)nlinued inlerNhONI inlereil

InJohn Tom')' from org.uw ...lions suchas lhe T(H"Tey Bnt.IfUcal Oub, Cohunbi.l

Un" ...r,;ily. CUNY, lI.,Smil)oon;"1\ and

otll;!t:O.

In 1880 his only,;on. Herbert G r ~ y Tol1'1'y (1838-1915) dnd hl$ ....ife Louis;.l

bou8ht · /-lilllop· U lhe family homesle.oll in Stirlinf:, ....he"' IMy ""IIlI ....n8 forsome u...... Herbert To"")'was" 'e ll kno""TI'" a miner.olOllisI ~ n d melal lury,i!;!. He rouo ... .'" part ofru. f ~ l h e r · s Cdn",r {'<'Ib hy also servin): as Ch ..f U.s.A_yet for lhe U.s. Mini In N ~ w York.

Hcrb<or1 WolS one of Ill;! 1" '41 bustn..-ss.

men ac"tj"" in the bellinninc fNrs of I" "

",n..go' of Stirling. lhe f, • toty town 1;,,11oul . . he n a r.iJro.d WMS ulended

Ihrough lh e P,assdk V.IIPy. He ..... t

Tom>y w,iS mnIT ....led 10 hu,ld the IT"",,JPp<>! buildings doJ buill Ius Own meWI

sh op 1 .. ory in Stirhn/(. He served olS.

founJinll truslee of th,' P ~ b y l . r i d n ~ h u t t : h an.J hdpeJ I"ad "tho·, li.....1 n-.Inutions. In • .J.J,lion to ru. f .. \<lry and

many .. .al esl"le IwJ I.Jings, he 051.11>

hs"'-..! the Trap Rod Qua"),, now the

MJlhngton Qu..ny.1W .. 015 a signi/io...lnl

loc.tlle .der unlll h,. d . ' ~ l h In 1915.Hcm.,rt an d Louisd Tom·y·s only so n

1>.10.1 r"-.J",·" ,,--,,,>J the"" uno.! IN';' JduIlh·

Ic'r!j mo",od oul " .est.\Vho>n louisd d"od In 1923, the hnuse

w";;l'Old. The An:hd .... ~ o f l ' t u L l d e l . I'll .. pun.:h.ised - Hilltop- on beh.llf orlhe Bk-.-d Trinily I>tisslo",,'Y VIlolCIc.

whkh opera led !h"!"e (ron, arrrox,i ' l y 1924 10 1999 . A Jum' ;lo,), w"'-,

10 Ir.. home. "'"ny of 1r..19thI.'nlury del.ils r c m ~ l n In IhI.. s(1)o;!.>n·tiJl.i;lruc1uI'I'.or r",ml:'uur i n l ~ " " " is tho.'- Iog,""in mom.- An:M ...1ur.Ll ~ , i . k n . ..an.! tho.;> 1",1 thai .. SlructuI'I' In thaI 1", ._

linn is sho"'n on olR 111-15 m ~ r 5uIlll""'"IN."room m ~ y be the I \ ' m ~ i " " of .. m u.:h

~ " r 1 e n l r u c l u " , . The I " I ~ ,,'bln room "' ' ' 'il'l(otpOMeJ inlo lhe ! ' ' ' t \ ~ r VictorianIwJme when il w"" constructed \)j·t ...," 'n1861:1 an d 18110.

In 1999 JewlopefS "'f"'''' k Be""",1(Untr.sctl'd 10 buy the house and .tOeaI:"lrom lhe An:hdiocf;;e " 'ilh lhe ,ntent of

sulx\;vl.Jin& ;t inlo ~ ' T < ' lots ~ n d bm l.linR eight new h"ml'b on lhe sile.The original runs (oIllcd I,,, "Hliltop"

10 be demohshc>J dnd "'rl.lre.t by no.'W

lu.,,,ry houoic. The long Hill Townstup

HlSloril: ~ · ~ t i o n AdvssoryCommil·k ~ ' , 1"'-' Long Hill PLonrunr, Soanl an d

IN> d{'v,>lnp('r.; ~ e d oul .. ",odel

.. g ~ m e n l . In ad.!"iun 10 conserv.liun

m"asu,,'S 10 r r o l ~ 1 1 h . C n:oIlSwdmrw.lersllO!lI, 011;"-"'""'111 permiW·J Ih<.'

.... Ic 01 "H il l101'" an d , '" ~ u r r o u n d i n 8 thn .. lien'S (OJ" restocation. Dl...-d fI'Slrio:_

lions w ~ r e ru l in pl. .... 10 rre,, ' ' ' t lhe

dMnoIilIDnof he 19thOntury slru<:turI-'.

A IlmNablc "'dS"'" ur lor the ... e 01· Hliltop- dfle, whkh I ... d ~ " e " r " ~ WI)"ld ,,-,-'ap l " I'I' the nthl 10 demo]i.hthe hous<' Un,1 hui!J on lhe site. To lheir

~ T t ' J M ~ n z a k 1\(,,,,,,'1 { ' n d e d the

bml' I,mil .. .",r .1 tunl'S. Though il hasnot be"'n n:g1Sl.e....J, o p · "' ...15mdny of the crit<'Ti-l lor nomi .... tj,,,, 10the N.llion.Il ~ I e r of H ...Qric PIa.-"".

C um'ntly lhe building'" nu Io( I" ' m ~ _ JUle . ! J " g . . . - o l > o . ~ n ~ ~ " , o u , . h < o d . A p n·

v.II' h u y ~ . ",,-, houghl IN.' property ",,0.1

i n " ' . J ~ 10 reslol'l' it. A.. dny hoUSf' CdI\

be "n,tdnc,',,->d from the NturJIt'fle<-isofl>ctng " " " ' - ~ " U J ' i i - o d f o r ~ with.nul he ..1 ocJlO"""'. il is hof"->d thaI ~ I o -r ~ l i o n bt-g<n ,n!hi' ...... lutu.."

I""", FlU' .. ,"" Cha,,,,,,,,,, (>/''''' LlNlg/f,1/ r ; , ~ " , J " p 11;"0"', /'n.''''' ...·afl<:HI

.M,·!"",), " , m i l l ' ~ ' .;.

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NOTES FROM THE ARCHIVES

by David Mi tros

Building Contracts Reveal Histo ry

I,. nowe;>Sier to di""'=thc historyof many old buHdinv in [ o n i 5 Counl)'. An ! " d c ~ 10 the buHdlng

ronlr.xl$ in th: ~ l o n i s County Archives.which include c o n t r a ~ l s from 1853 to

1973, is being prcp>red. "The county 11.1.these docu"""nlS o o . : a ~ , beginning in

182Q. st>\e low "",ok il J'05Sib/e I<J

• lien on a structure ".""" an o " ' ~ r failed 10 pay a con["""o., To aid in en

/ o r a " " " ' ~ "ale law t'wnluaUy requln!dthe filing of building coot .. I . with thecourl c1erk-.nd 1 u t ~ r with the County

Clerk- ,",' """"".,.. ron rrnc tor.l, suppl iers,or sub-<ontraclo rs brough t a claim~ S " i " ' t the owner for non-pap""n! ofdebts. Such claims an! "",or<\ed in ~ I O ! -maruc.and u b o ~ u.... Boob, ... kithw""" file<! with the County Clerk a$ '"

quire<! by an 1847 law,Under I h ~ slalC" pUblic record rnan·

agement "'w, buildingconlr .xlS for non

I"'btic build ''S' w""" """ ...d . . . . . lCd upermanent !'«Ord•. As. result manysuch contract. ",,"vc bten 1M' Of

ended. trot Morris County t- "'lained

a lub!;I.1ntial amount of these m:ord,.

This isfOrtun,1 Ie

for historic prescrv Iion·"IS. who h a v ~ found them an i1w.luab!e

r C $ O U I T ~ _ They help resean:hen deter.

mi..., how buildingswere built,. who built!hem. how muck theycast,.and . . . .teri·

31s (such as .. usal in their ron-- ypic.Uy.l>uilding COI'Itr;>ct< provide

dCKriptiono of a ' truetu",·. interim and

ulerior. They .peei!y materi,l. and

"""", t im<'S menlion ronstruction lech·nlquesernployed,Some of!hem include

r"",ly execuled drawings th.ot depict or·

chilKiural f .alu ..... in detailBuilding< descriOOd in the contra<:ts

i.-.:ludea wide vario.'ty of structu...s rang·in g from public building••uch as

cku"",,", and schools to simple wor!«m;'houses surn.s those buill by the New

Jersey Iron Company in Port Cram

('oVharton). following t"",Orne from building conlr.>ct for thesub:5lanti.l1 hou5e of W.E. Ford, bui lt in1872and .tiI1 oLlnding on Franklin Strft,

In Morri>town,

•

• . . . CoveT IIIP sIopos of lhe F"'l'I(h

roof. and the (t.eel$ of he Dormer .. n·

doWll. with the boost P.onns)'lv...u.. sidle.of . uniform dMI.: (010' . . . , AU the fLIt

portio", ot lhe main roofare 10 be wv·c n ~ with the boost I.e d",n:o.>l tin. . . .Build the rrindl"'l w.ltS; on the i l s , ........ . 1 J>'l<I.'" and b.oIuslers ,, , be 01 the

l > I ' S t . . : r u l i t ) ' wdl5&lSOnrd SLo..i< walnut,.. . . Provide.nd I l ~ In 8utler's p.>.nI.ry.

b ~ I in

B1.I<.k . . . . nut wh. 1 1/4 In !hid:. edgt'

Dloul.kd wilh pl!Rth on h idcs_ __ AU

Ny .md otlu'r w,ndows ,,_"«<'pt a : l J ~ . WIndows. to bol, ... outS-i.!e rolling .M

hl;nJ. m.tde in the b.-Sl wu.kmdnhl.e

mdn""• . . . . AU 11lI' I" siory winJo"-NCXll'Plln kil"""n. and p.t.nlry. anJ sid,....It "n' to he g1wo.ed WIth lhe best qu"l.

ily0( English rryswl sht-'t-I elds.s. . __ Thrfront enlr>lI1l"l' door to ....VI 'ord"",,), ""II.wilh rull and rloue to lVfTt'Oopond with

front door futnitun'. This ""U 10 he hung

In the hack.t"."",,,)' "" .... kitdle-n door .

. , Pt.,'" on" ""Uln kIt. ho . n and 0114' In

snv.nb· ~ m , .. . Pro"idc.tnd pLoo>

inthe

kilcr..n. f l AmI'ric.rn Kit<h."'nI"r[.ange] . . . with .... ".,. ..... i:. and hot air

pires lu .... I!he 8..Jthroom. [mJdc[oflhe

beslffiJn:wllin . . .The wallso/lhe B.llh

room. aeainsl whit;h lhe lub is sella hewains<:oted withaJtcm.t1e narrow slril'l'ofba..ck walnul and chestnul. ___ Pro-

vidf and 5d in lhe 8.>throom. one O/the

be-;t C. r . f"'lent. ,·.I'1! ,,·ali!.""""'1al'""

p.IMuS. with Il<'SI CNn.1 bowL , , ~ . rull

and CUI'. and" s-trin&i:r"nklrod 1..-"1'. . .

• P r o , ~ d e and set in pos'tlon marl.ed Onr l ~ n . heSI C h i n ~ ...as h b(lwis U

lM.di.tm., ""th I>.Jst silVl" I'L->tt-d Slill>d.rd ( ~ U C P I . 1 s , rlul:!' dnd ( .... ,ns. . . . •Th""Ch .... index to t ...• 'ontra<:ts h.!s

IJe;!n r.l1i"Uy completed. it i.-. hdrful to

know the "I'proxim.llr ye .. of onslru,·

tion .nd !he ""o'e of the o..."" • t lhelime. Rc5<'<In .hers wishing to use the

bwldlng ,-ontr ... ts ,.n~ r T 6 1 l g < ' ' ' visil 10

llu' Morris Count)' "'n.hives 300

Mcndh.tm Road by .....II,n&('173) 8l9-

81H. -0-



New Historical Markers For MountOlive Township

MOtI"' OU. e', n ......... ~ ' "

Moms HeritaS"Commi>.siun """'' ' 'Iy p l ~ e d historic.. l ",,, ,ken attwo""", si tes. 6iir1 lcyv iIJe an d Mount Olh 'e Village.Bolh arc in Moun t Olive

Township.Mount Oiive Village "Iocat"' ! on Schooley', Mount,;n " " ~ r II", ;nt ."""bon 01

Drakestown Road 3M Mount all"" Road. Selder s first ca ..... hoon: in the mid--cigh

''-'''flth century,....,.,.. to faf111 an d <>!hers;n $l'u.;h of Iron ore. N eanY'$ 1768,

s..ptists and Presbyteriam ihated • log <h"rdt "" ~ ' t y dONted by lando ..."..,.lames l leaton. Thech . ..:heo they I,ner built in the 1850s Sland on ~ i t h e r ' ; d c of the

Mount Olive Aad"",y. which ....,," constructed in 1837 ~ f t e r In nrli ... s t ~ s c h o o l on .he Jame site, dating lrom 1820, coIL.psed. The ~ a r l y academy became a public

oo:hooL Rdid""'l5 of the v i 1 l ~ g e indudl.'d the Salmon and Slq>hens f ~ m t l ; " ' . who

owned ' u b s ~ n t ; a l in,,,,,,,,ts in tI.. iron mines during !he Nrly ~ n t h century.

Mounl OIiV<! v m ~ S c " ' i IS " " ' " the ge<>gI1lph"",' cmr..r oll>foun t 0Ij,;" Township

when !he municip.1!ily """$ formed from Roxbury In 1871. ToJay tho. vi1lall" seems

i s o l ~ l l ' d , far from the lownship's bu.iness distri<;L The StruClures remain inta<;l.though lhe I'rl.'5bylcrlan O!urrh is now a priv.te res idence. Vlsilors can find the

Mount O I i v ~ V i l l ' 8 ~ M tmic .l rrm rker in front of the I', founl Ol ive " ' Y ""or thefomll'r Mount O ! l v ~ BJ pti.1CJ,.urrh..

Sou th otMou n tOlive i. Ba rtl l'j'Ville, l= t« I alons the! Br.nch ot th . Rarita"RJv ..r. Thc tiny vdl:lge W01 ""mod ~ f t " , th . BJ rtleys, an industriou, f.mily wl10 ha d

built forsa an d miU. I\ere du ri ng the f i",\ half ot the nlnet..'i'nth c.>ntury. William

BJrUey C'$t;lbllshcd the \'1m. Bartley &0 5'ons Foundry in 1861. By 1875 BJrtleyvillein::1 u<loo • po5I officfo. a gencr-.I sto ... six resido"nCt'S,.nd a dO'V..tuprno:nl 01 "...ncrshomes.Tlw foundry m.1nuf;octun:d a vari..-ty (J( pro<.luct5 thai indU<kd farm rnadtm-

steam eng'no>S. .rod tu rbi"",,_ At times the B.>rtlcy. INnufaclun:d .-1 tn=

bndges fo r Mom. County. (Anexampli> rernai"" at tho Gre.t S w ~ m p m d of Pleas-

ant !'bins Road in H ~ n l i n g To".",.hip.) The High 8rl,Jge Branch of the Cmtral

Roilro.>d ot N.!w J...-.ey g . > ' ~ tho: foundry to wide m.. el!i. It also pr<!Vidcd a.....y fo r local farmers 10 Iheir produ",".

Tod.y 5o!Ver:lI.tnlCtun-s built during BJrtleyvillo::·. heyday a . . . . illlnt;>d indud

ing the 1\om.1'S of the twu s"rtley brothc"" Th . o..rtleyvUle hlSlorical ""'ricer i. 10-e.ted a lon g the I"1Orthbauoo lane of &rtl"J'.u,ng V. lley Ro.. d offof Bar tk>y Rood_

For n>ore inform,tio" on It .. Heritage Co mmis..;"n · • hi.torlo.,1 marker program

call (m) 829-81 17. $

(frnm f ~ " , I i ~ g on P"SC4)commu ruty voIuntt'l'. and aide 10 Rt,-.

F , . , . o g h u y - ; e n ; Rooy ~ y . d n,J of

To ....."hir· ' Hl\oIori<"" PnYrV600n Com_

mittl"'; (,;abel Okolt. H.1nLnf,. ="',..Morris Cou nty !'' 'lnnin!: Bo.tt-U; M .ry

1'TeniJ,.'I'j}IM. d w r of loms Cwnly Hen

W!:"CornmW onand H..nl ingTowffihiplnemlxt; ~ n d ~ I . ! r k T " " " ~ his

tori<: s " . , . . i . with the Morris Cnuntyl ' ..k Comml ...ion.

Wilh .. t..·inht'·...>d Inlen'S!. in r n'Se1"\

in!: Murris' 1><'11 '"'''' ~ n i s County hds....,:un work on5(,w .. lluston.. r n,.;ervalion 'ni tiJtiws. &.-5W<'5 r ..." i,Jing sWff

" '1'1""\ tou.,8IUI'Ri>IxlnGlmmit"-"". t1"eGlu.-y (l /Moms' DI.'J'U1111l"f1l ol 1'1." .....118ant!Dt>wlorrm'1ll l\.Iulw begun efforL<

In "''''''"'u.;. Ht5toric rr.ser..-ationa.. .oftheC1)Wl/y'5 1 . l s I i ! r I'I.mdnt! to update

its Hosto", s . ~ In\ .. .,,(1)'. $

Ten M ost ThreatenedHistoric Sites inMorris County - 2002

S ; ~ " , "n 1'."",, 0.1 ..nnuolllLst of

lho Ten MOlit Th .... efll'd His·Ion.. S,t...,; in Morris Counly.ore:

~ r ~ ~ ~ _ H<Io ......r.1876 K"U ....a.,

" ' " I d ~ I ' ' ' ~ 1 '« _ ~ M l N n & o . . t n . - t .

.... . . . . , ~ M l . . . . . " . . , H I .u.. y T.........J.,r

' i' 0 n 0 ~ L . > J . _ ..."' .......

'i ' B.oyk·y.flt.uJC""'r.o- flou ...Mo • ! ....

Sri" f>o.-' Fu"",,, ",'.J/., 1..1",., ,.""'''"''''r

. . Scl>oy.... 1-\.0""""" _ ' .104<,,,, • ,• ,,

'i ! M.ot,. .C .... l ~ " ' - ..........lor'.,.-

'« FUmK<""'-l .N"""""

.. O"_M . .S ... r . t . . . . . H ~ 1

.. Ito ....... M,II.M<"II<lt.omTw""

UrJ .I,. J Inf"rm . t;on " dV.ul

.",... from Ht.'Iil,,/:<,Commis·

sian.

,



Broadsides On Exhibit at Morris

County Library

Historic PropertyTax CreditIntroduced inLegislature

n e""ibit tho! Moms CountyL.ibmy. opening) ..... !. will fe.>·lun: fuU-siud reproductionS of

broodsides from the Moms County N 'd,""CS. lhese large publK: ""I" .ud",,·,,·Ii.., »1<'$ of o ~ r t i n b<-Iong,ng 10d" " ........J whose est3tft ... ."

prob.>ted by the t.lorrisCounty Orph.m'sCourt (known loo.by as the! S u r T O g ; l t ~ Court). t.bny of thdC docummts describe indi . l d u ~ l I"0pertles in dd.lil.

CArefully noting th e pn!MnCt' of fm n

b u ~ d i n g > . iron mines, forge. fnm 0 ,chards. d .. lLI.".jd, 5;)wmills.or various

o u t b u ~ d i n g 5 . GeogT3phlc f C ~ I " r e 5 suchilS riv","", fOfe!;iS, hill. . . <! valleys ,1:10

are menlion;,.!, I r J n J . w r i t t ~ n inscriptioon n g T c g ~ \ c J . Through words. t l ~ dOCllm.mb p ~ \ n l " picture of M",.,.i> County', n,nele.lnlh

<"" ,ury r u r a . i n J ~ l r i . 1 l l ; 1 n d K ' p e Tho!

,

=Pubhl"h/)n of the MOfT1$CountyIIo.ln.I n f ~ F ~ h o I J , - ' 1 1 i Oooo,,&< II. c.Now.. o.n.,.,

I_I · M ~ ' ' ' ' ' 0.,...,. !lot.....Fr .... I.0.-_. loW""... Noo.Ioo.

Co<. . . c;;. Uoo"')'fo, JoIoo ", ,"_I .d O<. . . . . .

M(rm CooIfI\)' Ho,,;W&,

CCKIUIU'>6ion

.I.ory ..... ,,,,,,. I ' 1 . _

"""",J C.-. . ..... : . "" . . .T, . . , s..rn.-y

1).,-0.1 R. 51,,·_ r..-""~ " , h o > , d f,..... _, I>orf>m!

Nury K.wrr """"',. I( . w.......1 I u n n " ' L ~ n n N.J' ....

~ " I " J I w .......... ..."., . . . . H .U,S'

0 . , ,J :,l " " " , M.,.."",

.."'.., ...,''' .....''"''''''' .....r ~ S I . " I " . HL"",}' r" 'P"" (,,,,,,J,,,,,'",

".,"d, " ' r l < ' 8 ' ' ' ' ' ' - ' ' ~ ' " f " '

('xhiblL which i:o; • , o I ( " h o r ~ t i . . . , effort

bel ........1'< the Uhrary .n d I).: Heriw.g<'

Commission. .... D I.ist unWluly 3n.!.

U71 .c i..<Ii,ing th... of

I . "d ' " 8. . . . . . pw .. k>d.oy k nown ..Linco ln I'. rk.

An.<:1 provOdIng a lax credillo

ward uhabm iJIlng hiSlIlrk

properties h . bem inlroduad

in the sb le k p s l ~ I t m by Assrmblynvn

Tho".... H.Kean. Jr. and o t h c ~ . Assftn·

bly Bill 2Q3O (and Senate Bill 5860)would providecredil up 1IlS5,1XKl urodcrthe sblc'S gross int<>me lax. and up to$10,llOO und.".1heCO<JXIration bu.iness

IaL Tho! propmywoold hi ..etol:..arti·

fied by the s t a l ~ Hi.toric P r e s e " ' ~ t i o n Office"" a hlslOric propnt)' or a contributing propmy in a hisloric district. Tho!bill Is a ",introduction 01 the Hisloric

i'n>?'rtY Reinwsunent Act, II wool,1 p"'"vide a. ."!>"'" lor pnv.'e homeowners.Inform, lionOn the bill " a v , i \ ~ b l e fromthe A s ~ m b l y " " , n ' s ollie<) ' \ (908) 232·3673 or from the _tale e g l s I O \ u r ~ ' _w e b s i t ~ W,Wl'I.n i Cg.5 tat• .nj.w¥b1115. 0(>

Morris County Herilage Commiss iooP.O. Box 900

1\IomslowlI,NJ Il7963-09OOPhone: (973) 829-8117 F'l)I': (973) 631·5137



VOL U. NO 1

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){tritagt 1RtUittui L ~ t

Nrws l!:tttror

0,1fRoms (l!OWlta Jl tr itagt Q:llmm isJOinn

Fa111001

Preservation Funding is Topic forSeptember 30 Breakfast

The ADA , HistoricSites, and Nonprofits:Conference to BeHeld November 9

Cunty funding for historic

preservation prOjects ....ould

t>e<:o...... 3 v a H a b l ~ in 2003 if

county "oters a p p f < w ~ a referendumon November 5, 2002 The public is

invited to hear about tho> proposal

and to offer comment!; a t, breakfastconference entitled Pre5<,ung Moms'H'$l\)ric T ~ r t $ : Pltmmngjor the" Fu_

n .... to be held. Monday, S e ~ m b e r 30 at 830 ".m. in the Haggerty Cen-1ft', Frt'linghuysen Arborrtum,. Mor

r i ' Township.VOt<l!rs will be asked to u.se a por.

tion of existing Open Space w<monies to fund histOric

restorlllion projects, asprovided by stale 1",,in 1997, About 520

million for optnspace Bnd farmland

p r e 5 e ~ a t i o n was

gener . ted by th e

Spaoc:e tax in 2002 The r e ~ " , ndu m asl<s voters to consider allowing the county to aUocal<! each year

bet\'>'een o ~ i g h t h and one-quarter

of a cent from the currenl county

Open lax for histork preservalion. At current tax valuation levels..th e propoeoed allocation could r a ~ from 5730,000 up 10 $1,460,000 in

lVant$ for eligible imlori<; sites in the:ounty.

A ·yes" vote on the November ref

erendum will not increaS<! the Open

Space tax. La.t year, vOlers autho-

rized a potential increase in the OpenSpace tax kI fl"e ~ t s per hund.eddollars of assessed valualion. al

though Ihe Lu is currently sel at

three and /II half The Board of

Chosen F.eeholdef$ annually deter_

mines the r ~ t e of the Open Spoce tax.

Under state h,W, properties listed

on Ihe New Jersey Regisle. of His

toric Places that a re owned by mu

nidpalities, the counly and eligiblenon-profitscould apply for granls for

restoration. rehabi Ii fa tion,. acquisition

and other eligible preservation activi_ties, if Morris Coun ly voters

.pprove the November ref_

erendum.If !o, Morris C"unty

would become the thir

teenth county in Ih e

stale 10 pennil imloricpreservation funding

under /II county Op .nSpace Trust Fund.

Reflecting il s diverse history as themilitary capital of the American Revo

lution and as an lmporta!11 ifOll-producing region an d a ~ ' T i c u l l u r a l center,

MorTis County has hundreds of silrsan d "",.es of diStricts listed on the

New Jersey Resister of HisloricPlaces. Every mun.idpality has alleast

one Regist.-r-listed sile lhat conbib

ut"" to il s community character an d

iden ti ty_

A recent county 5urvey 01 munici_

(S<t BTtakJast 0" ncrt P"gt)

S"ve Saturday morning,b<er 9, for a half-da y session

w ith experts who wi!! explainthe Ameriaons with Disabilities Act

and how it aff",,1s your historic build

ings an d public programs. The Morris County Heritage C o n u n i ~ i o n , the

Morris COI.lll\y Hisklncal Society iUld

the Arts Council of the Morris Areaare sponsoring this conference, to be

~ A D A Oft ~ z t P"gt)

Slave Records ofMorris County

The Morris County Heritage

CornrniMion has just puillishedth e ~ o n d "dition of Sla"e

RIcords at Moms County, Nt'W jnwy;l 756· 184l , CQmpiled and ediled bythe Commi$sion' s archivisl, DavId

Mitro! , wilh prelace by Giles R.

Wright of the New JersllY HisloricalC ommission. The second edi tion,

which featun>S many p.""iously unpublished rt'CO.ds and origm,,1 text

by Ihe editor, has been praised byscholars lIS an important contribution

10 the s tudy of slavery in New Jersey. Acwrding to Dr. David Cowell

Professor of Po]itKal Scienc:.! at Drew

University and President of Advo>-

(S« em IW'zt P"gt)

,



(fro'" Breakfast on p=wus ""g<)

palities, historic sites and organizations showed significant lunding

n""ds for restoration, rehabilitationand technical assistance fur historic

properties and landscapes. Morris

County·s continued growth has

spurred widespread int . est to preserve open space and historic re

sou", . s before these irreplaceable

assets are gone forever.

The Bo....,.d of Chosen Fr""holders

in February appointed an eleven_

member Blue Ribbon Advisory Com

mitt ... on Historic Preservation to

investigate the USe of open space

funding of historic preservation by

other counties. invite pub);c com

=nt , and propose rules and r<>gula_

tions lor a historic preservation grantprogram. The commit! ... ha s exam_

ined the state·s and other counties '

grants programs and will make rec

ommendations which will be dis

cU5Sed at the September 30

c{lnference.

A registration form is endo""d .

For more i!\format;o!"l, contactMaur ... n Sot", or Sabine von Aulock

at (973) 829-8120.

(from AD A om preuious p a g ~ )

held at 8:30 a.m. in the Haggerty

Center at the Morris County Park

Conunission·s Frelinghuys.en Arbo_

retum. Is acceSS to your building aproblem7 Does your local Board of

Adjustment struggle with applica

tions for ramps that affect the look

of your historic main street? DanielSaunders of the New Jersey HistoricPreservation Office will provide ex

amples of good so\utiom;. Do you

need to write an ADA Compliance

Plan in order to be eligible for grants?Samples will be distributed and e>:

plained.Assistive listening devices to

enS uee that your programs can ber",ard will be demonstrated . Regis

tration information will be sent to

everyone on the sponsoring organ;-7",tions' mailing lists in the first week

of October, Or you may call (973) 829-

8117 for a registration form. <Co

,

(from S I ~ D e R ~ c o r d s OM prmous p a g ~ )

cates for New Jersey History, "Thestrength of this work is the gather

ing of primary source materials frompublic r ~ o r d focused on a rural

Northern county in a slave owningnorthern state including the rele"am

public legislation. manumission pa pers. slave advertisements. I\lllIIwayslave notices, slave bills of sale, and

wills mentioning slaves as p r o ~ r t yboth those conveying sales and thoseproviding for their freedom and care.

The second major strength is the car ....

ful and thorough work of the author

in the introductory essays to each

section which are themse lves

thoughtful texts . . Mitros has laidthe foundation for sustained schol_

arship on the black experience in slavery in Northern New Jersey The

second edition is much strengthened,

the essays are clearly readable and

informed, and lthe book] belongs in

every collection on New Jersey history and the American experience in

the nineteenth century." Dr. Oement

A. Price. o l e ~ s o r of H istory.

: ; - ~ " _ . / ' - " ' - .. "*"' ' ' ' :J ,/ 1 ""6'0" 7- .,,_ ..". _, ... ./..,.. r ""'.~ " ~ 7 . " , . · . " __ ; t J - 4 ~ w '''''';6-. /- ... ,_::.,::)-,_ ..., 4V .....

.::... .7- ,"?, .•• - •.••- 9_ . . <'C

Q:••• """"- 4)' _ ...... J'l..... I' " <>v

I/).w . ..~ j . ' ' ' " L . i . & ~ ,.. .<-, ,

, ~ ~ . ( _ - , ' d . _ p . A " ~ / " " " ....""I- .. ftf"-.- "'J-<J_, '" .""

<_-4-_ f l INo

I ' ' ' ~ n ' ' ' r y oJ I ~ ~ John H. Vmland ",'aU.

.. l I id lists ./a.-,sanwng vlhU

/W:<Sessio....

Rutgers University, Newark Cam

pus, comments. H A model lor thekind ofhistorica! documentation and

interpretation that other New Jerseycounties must do, this book also d ig

nifies the presence of enslaved blackpeople in our pasl.H

The public"tion of Slm1e R.«.Jrds...-as

made possible through a grant fromthe New Jersey Historical Commis·sion. The book is available from the

Heritage Commission and fwm 10·

cal bookstores at acost of 510.50. fo r

further information on this and other

Heritage Commission publications

call (973) 829-8117 or 829-8114.

1806 1I0010..,..;ul 5UIoouette of Cal", 51a""

boy of lforriJ COURt)" r r s i I J ' Jolon

lIo ..~ I l . (From liluollertilJn ofE. Leslie

Byrnes}r.)

The Abolition OfSlavery In New Jersey

by David Mitros

g m ~ n U ) " . " o r i . l ~ !Iaverywith Ih< South. bu h o q ' T a c t i c ~ aoo

.xisted in the North. I'>'hile moo'

"oTthe m . t . . . gTaduoHy oboli s ~ .lavery during t1w Re VOlu

tion or «>on !hereMt",. the pr>cti<ee<>ntinued in Ne", l<T><'y into th e

ninet""nth century. In fact. Ne ...

Ie,,,,,,· " . . . the lo;t n o ~ sta'e

to aboli.h 'lavery nu, procu ,

bogan in I$().I In. ,Ia'" logis

I ~ ' ' ' , " p. . ed • An Ac . for 'h e

Gradual Aboli.ion 01 SI. vcry,Hwhich r"'luirod the f_ ing 0/ aU

slave< bo m aI"" July 4. 1804. when

.r.,y reaohed the _go of ,wenty-o""lor w o m ~ n a nd ' ....My.five formen. In 1846. """",d <m.>ncipa_

tio<! forrnally abollihed.u olav"')'

in Ne,·, Jorsey. It . . . . . fied reomairung older .lav . as "appren_

tices for life." This gue them s o =

linuted rights. includIng the right

to .u e for the" fT."do", if their

o , , ~ . . abused them. An 1860 f"d eral c=>u> li>u,d .,ght.-m of Ito.,..,

apprentice> fOT life os ,t.ve,.. In

1865 the Thirb;enth Amffidm",,' to

th e U n ; t ~ d St. . . C<>Mti tu bon

md..-d ; i l l in,·oiurola1)-· ",,"'itudc in

New j e_)" •



The Guerins ofMorris Townshipby Scott Shepherd

The Guerin family name 15 well

known in both southeastern

Morris and in neighborlng

Somerset County. Thomas Guerin

a r T ; v ~ in what was then Hunterdo nCounty with his wife Mary and their

one-year-old son lRomasjr. in 1714/

H. The new arrivals settled in\\fhippi'ny where ll>om.as, ... black

smith. found employment at the forge

of John Ford. The elder Thomas

GuC'rin died in l n 4/25.

at what today is th e south I'1ltraroce

of Delbarton, was the home of

Epenetus Gu erin (1742·1820). The

homestead passed to his son Srunud

and then his grand.son William. wh owas farming th ere in 1868. William'.

son Byram C. G uerin Kttled on the

north side of Jockey Hollow Road

those d a ~ was a toll road. He also

gained a reputa tion for the high qua1.

ity of his hard apple dder . The h o m ~ s tead passed ti l his son Stephen O.

and thl'1l to his grandson Josephus,who sold the property in 1880 and

movt!d to Mmdham. Richard Guerin,

anolher of Vincent's sons, was Ihe

-!

ThomasJr. (1713-1790) and his wi fe

Jane, believed to be a Whitehead, ac

quired land west of Morristown bor.

dering the farm of Henry Wid.,young 'Thomas continued the

family trade of blacksmithing. The

family home oa:up;ed one side ofSugar Loaf Road where i t joined

Jockey Hollow Road_ In the yea.."

thlll followed, a smIthy and two

buiJdings used as a carriage factory...ere added across the road. Tradition h.u it tNt the family r«e ivec\ a

letter from General George Washing

ton at theclose of the American Revo

lution thanking them for the use oftheir fann.

,' -iiOiJ - - - ,---, -._-"

By the tim . of the younger Tho-

mas Guerin's death in 1790, four of

hi, seven sons -Joshua, Epenetus.

Vincent, ;tnd Joseph-owned virtu·

ally al l 01 the property that today is

occupied by Saint Mary's Abbey and

the Delbarton School

Joshua Guerin (1737·1808) contin

ued the family's blac:k.smithing and

carriage-making tradition a t the In·

tersection of Jockey Hollow and

Sugar Loaf roads. The homestead

passed to hill so n Aram and thl'll to

his grand'-On David, who is b e 1 i ~ e d to have lived there until the time of

his death in 1885. The home i ~ l f s till

today is th e residenc:e of

oAic;hael H<mdero;on, superintendent

of the Morn.town National Histori.

cal Park.

Farther north on Sugar Loaf ROiId,

mid"."y between Bailey Hollow and

Sugar Loaf roads . Byram was Ih .

proprietor of the Mansion House, a

premi . r holel of Ihe day, w hich

boasted accommodatiolt$ for up to

100 guests. with steam h u . ~ g ... ights,

and ele::tric bells to each guestroom

Th;: hoteL which stood on what to

day is Schuyler Place in Morristown,

was torn down in 1940. Byram

Gu . in's house on Jockey Hollo",

Road still stands.

1M holIU' of ViICl'Ilt C!>t'rin (lr»1828) once stood on the hiUsid . just

east of th e inl"'rsection of Mffidham

and Whitehead Roads. Vincent

owned shares in th e W ~ s h i n g t o n Turnpike (Mendham Road). which in

recipient of a IIomestead on Wash.

ington Valley Road from his father

in 1814 The home. which was built

by z..,.nas Condict prior to the Ameri·

can Revolution, stillslandsat thecor·ner of Wuhington Valley and

O r c h ~ r d road•.

Farther east on the sou th side ofOld Mendham Road was the homeof Joseph Guerin (1748 . 1803).

Joseph's home, which dates from

1m, still stands, albeit with many

additions. Old Mendham Road ,bell

was a "&hunpiu " for wishing

to avoid the toU ex:tracted for use of

the turnpike

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Changes at the Heritage Genealogy DayCommission

M:ri5 County freeholders

app<)inted Epsey Fa.=U ofding Township to the

Heritage CofTUJ\i$$ion on Augu,t H .

Dr. Farrell repla«s

JanetFoster, .. 110

resigned during the winter to-=ptthe position of Assistant Director of

Ihe Columbi,. Univ<:'CSity Historic

Preservation Program. Ms. Foslerhad been appointed in J."ulU)' to theseat vac.ted when the Her,u,s"Commission's former chairperson,

Nancy Knapp. retired in I:>eamlm

"""Nancy Knapp contributed herron

siderable taJenl$ to the Commissionfor more than twelve yean, havingfirst been appointed in August 1989.

She served as chairperson from 1996through 1999. A U!Sident of Chatham

Townstlip. she worked for manyyears in the office of RodneyFrelinghuysen, who waS a m e m ~ r of the New Jersey legislature beforebecoming a membtr of C o n g r ~ in1994. Mrs. Knapp wasa trustee 0/ the

library of the Chathams and $('rvedtv.·o terms as ~ i o o n l of the MorrisCounty Women', Republican Cub.He, many yean of service to theHeritage Commission are greatly

appreriated .Janet Foster, author of two boob

on histone u.:hitecture in New Jer--Y, is a recognized expert on MorrisCounty's historic si lu, having

,,;orked on the county's 1988 IUstoric

sites survey as 11 p10rtner in the hJs..torie preservation consulting firm,Acroterion_ Though her expertisewill be missed on the Heritage Com-

mission. her current service 115 dllli,person of the Blue Ribbon AdvisoryCommittee on Historic P ~ a t i o n continue5 to bomclit the county.

Epsey Farrell i , an adjunct p r o ~ sor in Seton Hall University's Schoolof Diplomacy and International Re

lations and .uthor of Tho! SocUthsI Rt-publIC ofViet1Ulm ~ n d 1M Law of he $la .She received her PhD. in lntCfTIlIlional

Studie5 from the University 0/ South

Ca rolina in 1992. She was formerly

employed as a res<'archer for WilliamManchester's n..-Glory a"d 'h e D>tam;

A NarTalnM History of America 1932-

19n. and as a researcher for TimeandLIFE. magaZoines. Or. Farrell is a longtime trustee of the Harding Town

ship Historical Society and is a

meml:>er of the Harding Township

C o m m i t ~ and of Harding's planning board• •

The Morris Area GmNlogy Saciety will host Genealogy Dayon Saturd ay , September 23,

2002 at 9:30 a. m at the PresbyterianChurch of Chatham Township. Theevent is sponsored by the Morris

Area Genealogy Society ..,d the l..ocIoI History Department of the

Morristown and Morri, Townshiplibrary with support from the

Salmon Family Fund.The featured speaker

will be John Konvalinb,

a Certified Genealogic.l

Rocords Specialisl and Certified Ge-

nea.logicall.ectu.rer. Mr KonvaJinkawill discuss genealogical research intbe 21" century, new ~ n d u n u s u ~ l websites for genealogists. and majorUS. genealogical reposItories. At_

tendees at the Heritage Com

mission'sJune $ymposium, "FamiliesfrQm Foreign Shores: received justa small sample of Mr. Konvalinka'swealth of information.

Registration fE:(> is $15.00 for mem

bers and S20.OO for t 1 The registration fee includes ~ f r e s h · ments.. For registration in/ormation,please contact linnea fosler of the

Morris Area Genealog)' Society at(973) 377-7243 or by tmail

[email protected] •

8oo\o:s.h1: TheCapital Bookstore is dedi cated to Ne>oo'Jersey's state and loc.il bislOry . The store has the largest selectIOnof 1\ ...... Jersey books in print availableany ....·here in tJ.., state. Copies of MorrisCounty Herilage Commission publica

tions as _ I I as the works of other \lor_ri s County .u thou and hi s torICalsocieties are nailable al Boo1<5 t\'J

The store is operated by the New J..ney State Archives and the

New Jersey Historical Commission. You can shop onl",e al

www. booksnj.comor visit the shop l o c a ~ on the first floor of theDepartment of State Building.. 225 West State StrE:(>t in Trenton. Storehours are Monday· Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p_m. For additioNI m/ormat lon pitas<: contact Books NJ by phone at (609) 943-4444 or by faxal (609) 292-9105_

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From Denville to the Edge of Space:Reaction Motors, Incorporated

By Donald E. Bender

Aviation history was mad" onOctober 14, 1947, w!>en Air

Force Captain u c k · Y H ~ piloted the Bell X-I rese<J..:haircraft on the world'$ {irs! SUC<'<'S5-

ful night beyond the speed of soWld.

llIe po .....,. plant that m a d ~ this Jri5.

ton.: night through the sound barrier

possible "-as designed at

Dtrwille-based Reaction MotOlS. In

corporated (RMI).

Founded in 1941, Reaction Motors,

Incorporated waS the nation's first

company organized to commercialize

the design and manu/;tCtu.re of rocl<etpropulsion. Its prirrwy Oewille-

X_J ;nfli:hl. 1947 ('vASA D ' Y d flight

Rt'HfIrc. Ce1f/uPh I" C D / J ~ ...

cihty " '11.5 bolsle ..d by f " I 1 _ ~locket testing facilities lea$ed at

nnrby l a b Denmark on II portion01 Pkoltmny A!"l>e!\al.

Rocket mo tors designed by RM!

powered a wide \l1I'iet)' of rockets,mi",les and reseal"(Ch ~ i r c a f l . In_duded in the latter-ClItEg<lry "-eJ1' the

8.>11 X-I and the North Ameri<:an x_IS Th . extraordinary X-IS"", nu

merOU5 speed and altitude records,

~ a c h i n g maximum velocities of over.,000 mph and attaining heights ofver 300.000 f...,t aoove t h ~ earth.

rHehing to th e very edge of

1M' DenVille company. innovativenxkt motors enabled those alR;raft

to gather data that significilllly ad v ~ n < : e d the stale of the ar t in avia_ion and spare technoiogy.

Today. two of the most prom;·

nently-displayed historic aircraft in

Washinsmn. DC. National Air andSpace MU!l<'IlIIl are aireraft thai w"....poweN!d by the ~ l l X-I an d the X-

15. Aithough RMl c e ~ operationsover thirty years ago. those aircraft

and their rocket motors remain a lor

ris County company Ihat provided

the power to take mankind throughthe sound barrier to the edge of ouler

space.

Dotutld E. IS !ht- ptT""P"I of Q,/d

w", RDarrcn. He .. ,,--"lIyamtpt..tmg.book__ New J.<r>ry dIi""g tht Q,/d wm

C ." la£1 / . " online ..

c u · ~ $ t Q r d t 2 @ y a h o o . " " " . +

Olde Pequannoc

Township Reun ion

Day to be Held

The Pequannock Township and

Montville Township historicalsocieties will host an educa

tional day of community unity on

Saturday. September 28. Olde

Pequannoc Township Reunion Darwill reunite all communities thaionce made up Pequannock Township.

By ~ ' w O T k ; n g together. the historical societies hope to share information and resourcu to improve

undef$tanding 01 the shared hffltage

of the towns thai were originalJy pan

of what w u or.::e the largest town-.ship in Morris County.

H is torical Societies from

Bloomingdale. Boonton. But iN .

Jefferson. Lincoln Park. Kinneloll.Montville. Pequannock. "omptoll

Plains, ~ · e r d a l e . Rockaway. and

Wayne have been asked to pilrtici·pilte. Each society will give a ten·minute presenta tion On wh.:lt

historical inforIIllltion is available at

(omhnUM 1m ....x l column)

(from , "" , io llS co/ , ,_ )

their site. wha.t they hotve researchedand what they plan to research.

The event will take place a t the

First Reformed Church H all. 52 9

Newar k Pompton Tu rnpi ke.

Pompton Plains. Registration beginsat 8,30 a.m.. foHowed by a wekem

illg address by Dr Thomas Shh-y.

mayor of Pequannock Township. Aconhnental breakfMt will be served

followIng the mayor's address. Pre--

Kntlltion of exhibits will follow from10 a.m. to 1 p _m. Craft exhibits and

demonstrations will I>togin at 1 p.m.and will be open to public.

For mo re infor mation. co n tact

K;.thy Fisher at (973) 394-0554 or JoanShane at (973) 694-7518. 0

(from M I. r"bor on P"St 8)

period cos tumes. and

musical entertain_

ment. The UnitedMethodist Church ofMount Tabor will

hold il5 annual FallFes t ival the s a m ~ day. ~ r e s h m e n t : s may I:Ifl purchased

at the Fall Festival TIc kets ar e S15

P'f'.person.For information pJeaserontact

~ " c h e ! ! e laConto Munn of the Mount

Tabor Historical Society at (973) 586-16<n. You can visit them on t l ~ web at

www.MountTabotl\'J.org . +



ew Exhibit in Prosecutor's

new historical exhibit in theMorris County PrO$eCutor'sClffi<:<o opened on Augus114_

Michael M. Rubbinaccio

that tt... mini-museum is dedito .the memory of retired

Chief of Detectives Paul W.Sr., who died in 1991. The

story display occupies three longcase< th at are filled with bits

d pieces of tt.. 178-yeou history ofMorru County Pro$ecutor's Of

The history of policing in

can also be appreci·here, as numerOUS tum

handcuffs, leg

billy clubs an d batonsn on exhibit

An original docket book in

of the Prosecutor's

interl'Sting re/lding_crimes pros«uted in the

p0sses,

b'ltoricating liqUOr (due

ins terR police reports, colorful state

ments fromcriminal5U5pectsand letters written 10 t he PrOSKulor

r ~ r d i n g cases.

The Morris County Prosecutor'sOffie.! Can trace its history back to itsfirst Prosecutor, George K. Drake,who wll5appointed as "Prose.:utorof

the Pleas" in 1824. DraU was a prominent Morristown attorney and jurist

who was born in Morris County in

1188, the SOT> of Colonel Jacob Orru:e.

operating

~ d u c t i o n , abor tion

d adull",),. Black and white

0 4 &n)' B i t I ~ . _ U F rn..s&«t S . ~ p J r ~.nd Slrull; 0/ HBir. C ~ i o ~ "tOlr0/1., t ' " u:lribil .

from defendants.one of a middle ased

in a fur CQat charged with

si t on tl... s hclves amid d o ~ . ns of style5 of handcuffs, clubs and

badges. While not in a public

of the office, the historical excan be viewed by requesting an

with the cura tor , DetecBarry W. Billenmasl1!r, at (973)

Visitors should be fore_

that "'hite sections of the dis

are whimo;ical an d a remindersimpler times, the exhibit contains

items such as actualweaporu; and photographs

cases that the oHice investi

Artifacts include a revolver

a knife and aof rope used to st.rangle a vic

other doc-u.

an d photographs from the

1900< arealso exhibited. indud-

HiS mother was the Sisler of Jonathan

Dickerson and a un t of Go verno r

Mahlon Dicker""n. Drake was an

1808 graduate of Pri nc_ Univer

sity_ While an effort is underway to

locate a portrait or illustration of

Drake. none has been found 10 da le.

The seco nd Prosecutor of MorriS

County, Jacob W. Miller. ",ho was

a p p o ' - " t ~ in l826 and later became aU. S. Senator, is currently !he earli·

~ I ! o r whose portrait hangsin the Prosecutors conference

~ m . According to Morris County

Pro$«utor's () f f ic. , Crud of lrwestiga--ti01\5 JO!I:'ph Devine, the historyhibit provide II se rM of priM to the

alfie.!. ~ J f an organization docs not

undctstand. ils c u l t u ~ . . d wN:-re it'sbeen. it's going to have a dilficult time

moving forward, " said ~ i n e . -0-

Local GroupsReceive HeritageCommissionGrants

The Heritage Commission will

awnd grants to nVf MorrisCounty organiZlltions to pre

serve and promote the county's his

tory this }·ear. The groups "'ill rec eiven!-grants from funds awarded to the

" loms County Heritage Commissionthrough the New JerHy Historical

CommIssion's 2002 Grant Program.

The Heritage Commission received

applicMioru; fo r three times the avail

able fund ing. which was limited this

year due to state budget cuts.Two groups were awarded f1Ulds

for publications. MaccuIJoch Hal l

Hi stodell M use um will rf'<:eive

$1,500 toward the ca talog for their

forthcoming exhibit, Tho"''''J N ~ ' I Por-trays a O""'gmg AmenCII. 111e Washin gton Valley Commun it y

Associa tion will r«:eive SI.500 to up

dal<! and rqmnt a booklet on the his-

tory of th e Washington Valley

Sc::hoolhouse and its neighboringcom

munity. Three historical groups willreceive funds fOT general operating

support: The Ayres/Knuth Farm

Fo un dation of Denv ille, 51,500;

hrro mon te Histo r ica l Soooiety of

Mint: Hill, $1,500; and Mount

Olivt: Township Historical Society,

$750.

The Ileritage Commission ha5 ap

plied to the stale H.istorical Commis

sion for grant funding for 2003. Theawards will be announced in earlr

September. I f Morris County's appli cation i. successful. funds will be

come available to local groups latethis fall and must be used by June 3(1,

2()()3. Local organiUltions on OUl" mail

ing lisl will hear from th f Hfritage

Comm ission by late Septcmbo:-< about

the opportunity to apply fo r the..,

county pn t s . +

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