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The Van Duane Jacobus House is one of the many historic resources threatened along theentire length of the Susquehanna-Roseland Electric Corridor.

VOL. 31, NO. 2 Fall 2009

An annual list of the county’smost endangered historic sitesis succeeding in focusing at-

tention on signicant buildings whosesurvival is threatened. Representa-tives of four county-wide organiza-tions — the Morris County HistoricalSociety, the Morris County VisitorsCenter, the Morris County Trust forHistoric Preservation, and the Heri-tage Commission — meet to make

Morris County’s Ten Most Endangered Historic Sites

the selections from nominations sentin by the public. The list is intendedto draw attention to the value of ourcounty’s historic assets and encour-age public and private involvementin their maintenance and longevity. Anomination form for 2010 is posted onthe Heritage Commission website.

Three new applications were re-ceived in 2009 for consideration: theMorris County portion of the planned

Susquehanna-Roseland Electric Corri-dor, Harding’s Glen Alpin, and LakeHopatcong’s historic boathouses

Three 2008 listings moved from theEndangered to the Watch list: Morristown’s Olyphant Park District, LongHill Township’s Millington School-house, and Washington Township’sAndrew Dufford House and “Asy-lum,” where they join a host of othersites. Only one property from the 2008Watch list moved to the Saved listMorristown’s Willow Hall.

The list of the Ten Most EndangeredHistoric Sites in Morris County draws

attention to the value of our county’shistoric resources and encouragespublic and private involvement intheir maintenance, preservation andinterpretation. New sites are listed inalphabetical order by municipalitycarryover sites are listed in alphabeti-cal order by municipality followingthe new entries.

Category of the Year: Preservation

FundingThe Category of the Year listing was

introduced to dene a broad categoryof historic resources which are endan-gered and under pressure as a groupWith all levels of government experi-encing deep budget cuts through lostrevenues, declines in philanthropicgiving, and the state’s failure to fundhistoric preservation through pres-ervation agencies or legislation, thisyear’s Endangered Category of the

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Glen Alpin may be mothballed by thetownship in an effort to save tax dollars.

Administrator’s Message

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everal months ago, I describedthe Heritage Commission astightening its belt to the last

hole; now it is preparing to take offthat belt and tie it in a knot around itsskeletal waist. When longtime archi-vist David Mitros retired and with ahiring freeze in effect, we went fromthree to two staff members. We arepleased to announce that Peg Shultzhas been promoted to Archivist,but soon she will be on her own.

By the time this reaches our constituents, I will have left theCommission for a position in the private sector. The hiring

freeze is still in effect. In accordance with that policy, neitherthe Administrator’s position nor the History Program Coordi-nator’s will be reflled. Other budget cuts under considerationwill affect public programs and workshops, grants adminis-tration, publications, markers, and professional development.There are limits to what one person, however talented, can do.

We ask for your patience and understanding as the Com-mission retrenches and adjusts to these changes. The Com-missioners and staff are seeking creative solutions to theshort-term challenges and long-term effects of budget reduc-tions and staff shortages. As the Commission moves forward,you may see more information coming via electronic mail,e-blasts, or available on www.morrisheritage.org; fewer printpublications and public presentations; specifed researchhours; and a more competitive re-grant process. These andother measures are designed to maximize limited public taxdollars and available staff time, and to ensure the Commis-sion’s continued presence as an independent county agency.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for welcoming meinto the Morris County history community. It has truly beena pleasure to serve you.

Carrie Fellows

Administrator

[Editor’s note: Ms. Fellows may be reached at Macculloch Hall Historical Museum in Morristown, where she now serves as Executive Director.]


Year is Preservation Funding.

Morris County (Boonton Twp.,East Hanover, Jefferson, Kinnelon,Montville Twp., Parsippany) —Susquehanna-Roseland ElectricCorridor

Historic resources known and un-known are threatened along the entirelength of the Susquehanna-RoselandElectric Corridor. Designed to carrypower from an electrical generationplant in Ohio, the corridor will passthrough the northern portion of Mor-ris County and also impact Sussex andEssex counties. Signifcantly highernew towers will drastically change thescenic and historic look of rural MorrisCounty. Known resources threatened

by this project include sites listed onthe State and National Register of His-toric Places, locally listed sites, farm-steads, stone walls, and abandonedmines. (First year on the list)

Harding — Glen Alpin, 1847

Despite over a million dollars inrestoration funds raised by the GlenAlpin Conservancy through countystate, and federal granting agencies

and private donations, this municipal-ly-owned Gothic Revival gem may be

mothballed by the township in an ef-fort to save tax dollars. Municipal poli-tics, project management issues, andlack of understanding of the build-ing’s signifcance and potential useare all conspiring to undermine thetownship’s support for Glen Alpin’spreservation. (First year on the list)

Lake Hopatcong (Jefferson, Mt.

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The Mt. Hope Mining District contains museum-quality industrial relics. Artifacts con-tinue to be vandalized, stolen, stored improperly, or sold for scrap.


Arlington, Roxbury) — Boathousesof Lake Hopatcong

There are many old boathouses onLake Hopatcong; many of them arehistoric. The Castle Edward boat-house, the last reminder of a grand ho-

tel that burned in the 1960s, was torndown over the winter. Like many sec-ondary structures that provide contextto a primary historic building, utili-tarian outbuildings like boathousesare rapidly disappearing. (First yearon the list)

Boonton — Iron Works and MorrisCanal Sites (The Hollow), c. 1830-1863

Commercial and residential devel-opments still threaten and degrade the

context of this important area, whichhas been continuously endangeredsince the list began in 2001. Archaeo-logical and park preservation wouldallow interpretation of the histori-cally signicant ironworks and canalwhich were integral to New Jersey’sindustrial development. (First listedin 2001)

Dover — Bassett Highway Redevel-opment Area

Bassett Highway was built overa lled section of the Morris Canalwhich included three canal locks. Acanal spur leads to the adjacent site ofa demolished 19th-century industrialstructure. A proposed redevelopmentproject (which failed to recognizethese historic resources) recently lostfunding but the site is still at risk fromother insensitive approaches. (Firstlisted in 2007)

Morristown — Oak Dell, c. 1895

with additions in the 1920sListed on the State and National

Registers of Historic Places, this earlyColonial Revival house is one of fourremaining mansions on Madison Av-enue’s former “Millionaires’ Row.”Threatened by demolition because itis zoned for single family/residentialuse, a zoning change to business usewould allow the mansion to be adap-tively reused and still retain its historiccharacter. (First listed in 2008)


Morristown — Central BusinessDistrict, 19th and early 20th centu-ries

Redevelopment sites are still bur-geoning in downtown Morristown,threatening the tapestry of architec-turally diverse, older commercialbuildings and altering the town’s once

historic character in favor of ever-taller, monolithic new constructionprojects. Speedwell Avenue’s busysidewalks and active storefronts, ar-guably the most vibrant street in town,may soon be lost to a redevelopmentthat will erase its historic characterand displace numerous successfulbusinesses. (First listed in 2004)

Netcong — Downtown Area &Musconetcong Iron Sites, 19th andearly 20th centuries

Better understanding and imple-mentation of the Secretary of Interior’sStandards for Historic Preservationis needed in the municipal revitaliza-tion effort. Preservation appears tobe losing to replacement. (First listedin 2001)

Parsippany — Greystone Adminis-tration Building

Declared surplus by the state, the1876 administration building is now

vacant. One asset monetization planincludes selling the magnicent stonebuilding with some 130 acres of landThe old “main” building offers uniquehistoric preservation challenges, butsimilar adaptive use projects are un-der way in former hospitals across theeastern United States. (Listed in 2008as an individual building; originally

listed in 2002 with entire campus)

Rockaway Township — Mt. HopeMining District, 19th and 20thcenturies

Containing extensive former min-ing acreage with museum-quality in-dustrial relics, the district was a majorsite in the northwest New Jersey mining industry. Artifacts continue to bestripped from the buildings, storedimproperly, or sold for scrap. (Firstlisted in 2001).

Moved to Watch list:

Morristown – Olyphant Park Dis-trict (Olyphant Parkway, OlyphantPlace, Olyphant Drive, and JardineRoad)

Major development projects sur-round and endanger this quiet oasis oflate 19th- and early 20th-century hous-es, one of the rst planned neighbor-



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Contact the Morris County Heritage Commission PO Box 900, Morristown, NJ 07963-0900 Phone: (973) 829-8117 Fax: (973) 631-5137

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hood developments in Morristown.The neighborhood is not currentlydesignated as a historic district, leav-ing it unprotected from encroachingredevelopment. Moved to the Watchlist to make room for newly threat-ened sites. (First listed in 2008)

Long Hill Township – MillingtonSchool House/Old Town Hall

The Township received a grantfrom the Morris County PreservationTrust Fund in 2008 for a preservationplan, and resources have been allocat-ed to maintain the building; preserva-tion is expected to begin soon. (Firstlisted in 2007)

Washington Township – AndrewDufford House and “Asylum”

Buildings are undergoing demoli-tion by neglect but the site was movedfrom the Active list to the Watch listafter two years for lack of movementand to make way for newly threatenedsites. (First listed in 2007)

Saved:

Morristown – Willow Hall, 1840sRecently purchased by the Passaic

River Coalition with assistance fromcounty and state historic preserva-tion grants, the mansion will be thenonprot organization’s headquar-ters. Kudos to the Coalition’s tenacity,creativity, and sensitivity to all partiesinvolved – even implementing a fed-eral program to offset some of Mor-ristown’s reduced tax revenues by itschange of use. (First listed in 2005)

The Morris County Heritage Com-mission administers the Ten Most En-dangered Historic Sites list on behalfof the Ten Most Endangered Com-

mittee.For complete descriptions of listed

sites, images, or to obtain a nomina-tion form for sites to be considered forlisting in 2010, visit www.morrisheri-tage.org or contact the Morris CountyHeritage Commission at [email protected] or (973) 829-8117. Nomi-nations must be received by the Heri-tage Commission via mail or email by5 p.m. on March 15, 2010. v

The weekend of December 5thand 6th will mark the 230th an-niversary of Washington and

the Continental Army’s arrival inMorristown and Jockey Hollow. Rev-olutionary War reenactors represent-ing various regiments encamped therewill take part in recreating the lives ofsoldiers and camp followers.

The visitor will be taken back in time— so much as Mother Nature cooper-ates — to the time of the encampment.Soldiers will take part in the tedioustasks of guard duty, foraging and col-lecting much needed rewood, and

doing their best to stave off hungerand the deep cold. This marks the fthanniversary of staying the weekend inone of the huts; yes, the re is real andthe grey boiled meat is their only meal!The reenactors will be sleeping overin the hut both Friday and Saturdaynights. The current huts were built inthe mid-1960s and represent the typeof shelters originally built at JockeyHollow. The restoration project beganaround 2003 with two people and a

Park ranger. It soon blossomed into agroup effort of fellow reenactors andvolunteers removing old cement andchicken wire, rotted telephone poles,and damaged shingles.

The original huts built by Washing-ton’s Army were for temporary use, so

they were not built to last. Through re-search in the Park archives and othersources, a replica of their efforts can be

seen in Hut One. We like to brag thatcertain interior walls were chinkedwith a mud-clay mixture just as theyused; a pole system weights downthe roof and holds it in place with-

out nails, which during the war werein very short supply. The 1960s roofshingles were replaced with hand-hewn shingles and several logs in thehut were replaced with trees felled in

the area (all trees were non-native andidentied by the Park biologist). Wealso used a cement-soil mixture dyedto look like mud-clay to aid in the easeof maintenance.

Stop by Jockey Hollow on Decem-

Experience the Life of a RevolutionaryWar Soldier at Jockey Hollow

Soldiers’ huts at Jockey HollowPhoto by Steve Santucci

By Steve Santucci

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Quips and Quotes from Morris County’s PastBy Peg Shultz

Transportation – getting aroundMorris County and to points be-yond – concerned earlier Morris

County residents. By the end of the

nineteenth century, trains and auto-mobiles became the primary modesof transportation. Roads and bridgesto support the new technologies wereon the minds of county residents andelected ofcials, and improvements,extensions, and expansions to trans-portation infrastructure were widelyreported in the newspapers.

Morris County Chronicle, March 17, 1908

BOARD OF FREEHOLDERS – AMovement Started to Unload theCounty Roads upon the Municipal-ities – Demand Itemized Accounts

The board of freeholders met lastWednesday and for a time it lookedlike a very dull session. There were nocommunications and the committeeshad only routine matters to report.Freeholder Ellis, of Hanover, treatedthe board to cigars and peppermintcandy….

At the conclusion of the reading,

Mr. Neighbor [read] the law relatingto the making up of roads as countyroads, claiming that the county is li-able for any damages and for repairs,

whether they have been rebuilt or not.He said he was surprised to nd thecondition of affairs that existed in Do-ver and that Freeholder Powers hadtold him he was unaware of the condi-tions in Boonton…. In all there are froma hundred to a hundred and fty milesof Roads under county jurisdiction, un-der their resolution of 1904….

Morris County Chronicle,December 17, 1912

Sneeden’s and Punch Bowl GradeCrossing to Go

That the Lackawanna railroad in-tends to eliminate the grade crossingsat Normandy Parkway and PunchBowl Road during the progress ofthe improvements at Morristown wasthe assertion of representatives ofthe railroad to the Morris Townshipcommittee at a meeting Wednesdayevening….

The [railroad] men explained thatis was intended to depress the tracks

at Normandy Parkway and carry thethoroughfare over the tracks by anornamental bridge….

The old Sneeden’s crossing, it is

proposed, to do away with entirelythe one bridge carrying the thorough-fare.

The company wishes to have thetownship vacate the present turnpikeRoad from Normandy Parkway toPunch Bowl Road and parallel withthe rail tracks where the Road now islocated…. This scheme will eliminatethe many private grade crossings be-tween Normandy Parkway and PunchBowl Road, the property owners on

the northeasterly side of the trackshaving direct access to a public Roadwhich will run along the frontage oftheir property.

At Punch Bowl Road, the companyproposes to leave the tracks at theirpresent level and to depress the roadabout eighteen feet, the railroad goingover the public road on a bridge...

They assured the rail representa-tives, however, they would do all theycould to further the elimination of the

crossing. It was privately said thatthere would be no objections raisedto the project by the property own-ers of that section as they were justas anxious to have the grade crossingremoved as the rail.

The township authorities pointedout to the rail men that the trolley proposed crossing the Road at Sneeden’scrossing and that the township wouldnot stand for a grade crossing….

Counsel Mills explained that the

township had worked and lightedthe private Road for several yearsunder authority of an act of the legis-lature passed in 1909 [that] providedsuch a course where a road had beenopen to public travel for twenty yearsand could not be closed. The town ofMorristown has macadamized thatpart of the Road from Madison Av-enue to the rail tracks, even working

The Morris County Traction Company Trolley shown here c. 1910 travelled from Mountain Lakes to Denville on the Boulevard. Photo courtesy Mountan Lakes Historic Preservation Committee

(see Quips and Quotes on page 7)



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The Morris County HeritageCommission, an advisory bodyof the Morris County Board

of Chosen Freeholders, is pleased toannounce it has received a grant of$18,127 from the New Jersey Histori-cal Commission, a division of the De-

partment of State, to provide re-grantsfor local history projects and GeneralOperating Support (GOS).

The re-grant program supports avariety of efforts to increase appre-ciation, knowledge, and preservationof Morris County’s history. Re-grantawards from $1,000 to $5,000 will beavailable to history organizations andsocial studies/history teachers in thecounty.

Examples of eligible history proj-

ects include exhibit catalogs, organi-zational and information brochures,collections catalogues, and conserva-tion of photographs and documents.In addition, funds may be used to payfor consultants to prepare historicsite and organizational long range orstrategic plans and A.D.A. compli-ance plans. History project grants arenot intended for rehabilitation, pres-ervation, or other work on historic

buildings. These projects may be eli-gible for funding through the MorrisCounty Historic Preservation TrustFund (www.morrispreservation.org).Morris County organizations havinghistoric collections or archives butwhose activities are not history-based

are also encouraged to apply for his-tory project funds.GOS grants are intended to assist

organizations in meeting expensesnecessary to keep a site open to thepublic, to extend public visitationhours, and to cover costs associatedwith maintaining an internet pres-ence. General operating supportproposals must demonstrate howthe applicant will be able to contin-ue and/or improve the level of ser-

vice offered to visitors if funding isgranted.Applications are due October 27,

2009, and awards will be announcedthe week of December 15, 2009. Appli-cation packets are available from theCommission’s Archivist, Peg Shultz,at (973) 829- 8117 or by e-mail at [email protected] . They are alsoavailable on the Heritage Commissionwebsite at www.morrisheritage.org.v

Members of the New Jersey Historical Commission and Legislators were on hand to present the grant award certifcate to the Heritage Commission.

The Re-Grant Program WillContinue in 2010 !

(from Experience on page 4)

ber 5th and 6th to experience a taste ohow the men and women of the Continental Army spent the winter of 1779Reenactors will inhabit a hut to dem-onstrate life as a soldier at Morristown230 years ago. The Penn Line Huts wilbe open from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Saturdayand 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. For moreinformation on this public programplease visit the reenactors’ website awww.2nj.org and the Morristown Na-tional Park website at nps.gov/morr/index.htm. v

New Book: There’s More to New Jersey than the Sopranos

In this lively romp through his-tory from the primitive past tothe present day, Marc Mappen’s

message resonates—There’s More toNew Jersey than the Sopranos. Real taleswise tales, tall tales abound throughout the pages of Mappen’s collectionlled with zest, humor, scandal, andoccasionally tragedy. Figures suchas Annie Oakley, Ulysses S. GrantBenedict Arnold, Ezra Pound, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and many othersshare a common bond: New JerseyThe state also witnessed prehistoricelephants roaming its terrain, the ex

plosion on the USS Princeton, a Mar-tian invasion, and famous rsts likethe phonograph, electric light, andmovies. And step aside Tony Sopranomobster Al Capone really did strolalong the Atlantic City boardwalkProviding a lens into American history through lively prose and morethan twenty-ve illustrations, There’s More to New Jersey than the Sopranois as much fun as a trip to the JerseyShore and denitely more rewarding

than a night home watching television— simply stated, this book is oneyou can’t refuse to read.

Dr. Marc Mappen has been described by The New York Times as “theeminent New Jersey historian.” He isthe co-editor of the award-winning

(see Sopranos on page 8)



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fty or sixty feet over in the town-

ship. All the authority the townshiphas in the Road is a strip the width ofWashington Avenue, that thorough-

fare in the old days crossing the railat Sneeden’s and continuing down theMadison Avenue side of the tracks, theold Road still remaining and knownas Washington turnpike.

The rail tracks would be placedabout twenty-ve feet south of theirpresent location at the crossing….

Morris County Chronicle,December 24, 1912

Lackawanna to Spend $324,608.15 atMorristown

Morristown’s new rail station,which the rail ofcials say will be oneof the handsomest stations of any townin the country the size of Morristown,is to cost $86,589. This sum includedthe main station, the shelter house onthe westbound side, the subway, andthe special building for express. Thecost of the entire work at Morristown,including the track elevation, bridges,and station is $324,608.15…. In addi-tion the town must pay for the pieceof the Washington Hotel propertyneeded for the new street to the west-bound waiting yard…,

(from Quips and Quotes on page 5)

(see Quips and Quotes on page 8)

A track gang of thirty men and twoforemen for a period of 270 days arecounted on to take up all necessarytrack, lay and relay all temporarysidelines and construction tracks, andremove them upon completion of thework. They will also take care of theraising of tracks and the dispose ofmaterial under trafc.

Two work trains will be requiredfor 180 working days….Additional ground needed for the

right of way is not included in the es-timate....

Dover Advance,December 22, 1913

Trolley Service Crippled by Breakat Power House

A broken armature on the largestunit in the power house of the Mor-ris County Traction Company hascrippled the service of the trolley com-

pany to such an extent that the sched-

ule was seriously disturbed over theweekend and will continue so untilthe defective mechanism is repaired.Superintendent Whiteld Ford has an-

nounced that every effort will be madeto maintain partial service, pendingthe completion of repairs.

Daily Record, June 18, 1937

Improvement of Route 6 is Dis-cussed – State Favors Four-Lane Di-vided Highway as Cheapest, Safest

Three proposals for the improve-ments of Route [6] and Troy Hills

were discussed at 6 between the Mor-

ris–Essex line [and the] rehouse lasnight by local business men, SenatorElmer S. King, Assemblyman FrankS. Kelley, and engineers of the StateHighway Department.

The proposals included a four-laneRoad on the present highway site tocost $873,000, one-way trafc on thepresent highway with a new highwayfor trafc in the opposite direction tobe located behind Pine Brook airpor

to cost $790,000, and construction ofa four-lane divided highway behindthe airport to cost $640,000.

The last plan, favored by the High-

way Department and declared to bethe least expensive and safest, wouldextend from the Passaic River to Ed-

wards Road, Troy Hills, where itwould rejoin the present highwayThe Montville Township Committeefavors the rst proposal.

The cost of construction was said

to be high because of the need for lon marsh land and purchase of rightsof way.

Daily Record, March 31, 1969

I-80, Road to Nowhere Moving On

More than $8 million of additionaconstruction on Route 80 in the Net-cong area will be completed by Au-

gust 1971, the State Department ofTransportation announced.

A joint low bid of $8,431,000 fromthe Franklin Contracting Co. of Hopeand Tri-County Asphalt Corp. ofRoseland was submitted to construcmore than two miles of I-80 and a con-

nector Road to Route 206 in MounOlive Township, Netcong, ByramTownship, and Stanhope.

The project area on I-80 will extendfrom a point east of Route 46 in

The Chester Turnpike near German Valley c. 1920Image from the Washington Township Historical Society Collection



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(from Quips and Quotes on page 7)

The Morris County Tourism BureauExpands Fall Walking Tour Series

This year the Morris CountyTourism Bureau will featuretwo new tours which will be

held on three weekends in October.The Historic Hike of Morristown willbe held on October 10th and the Re-mains to be Seen tour will be held onOctober 17th and 24th.

The Historic Hike tour is a 90 min-ute hike that will begin at the MorrisCounty Courthouse and

conclude at Fort Non-sense. Historic sites in-cluded in the tour willbe the Courthouse, thearea’s frst water systemand the story of how theRevolutionary War-eraFort Nonsense got itsname. The tour will beled by Al MacLennan,an experienced hiker andheritage tour guide. The

tour will begin at 6 CourtStreet, Morristown at 10a.m.

Morristown’s 300 years of deathand dying are revealed by historiansPeg Shultz and David Breslauer withan evening lantern tour of the Nation-al Historic District.

Remains to Be Seen will begin withthe graves at St. Peter’s churchyard.Ms. Shultz will recount the lives ofthe bones and stones that are at rest.

Buried at the church are Alfred Vailinventor of the telegraph and GeorgeMacculloch and his wife LouisaMacculloch created the Morris Canaconnecting the Delaware and HudsonRivers across New Jersey.

Following the tour of the cemeterythe lantern walk will then enter the historic neighborhood. The grand homesinclude the Thomas Nast house, a

National Landmark, the

Kedge, Edgewood, Goodrest, Evergreens, andthe Potts mansion, ending at Macculloch Halwhere visitors continueto enjoy, after 140 yearsthe place that was hometo five generations offamily members.

The tour will startat St. Peter’s ChurchMiller & South Street

Morristown, at 5 p.m.Reservations are re

quired and the admission fee for eachtour is $10.00 per person. Reservationscan be made by contacting the Morris County Tourism Bureau at (973)631-5151.

Funding for this Project was providedin part through the Cooperative MarketingGrant Program of the New Jersey Departmen

of State, Division of Travel & Tourism.v

Netcong where it will join up with acompleted 12.3 mile portion of the in-terstate route between Netcong andDenville.

The Netcong-Denville link, com-pleted years ago, was frequentlyknown as a Road “that didn’t go any-

where.”v

Mountain Lakes Train Station Parking Lot c. 1920Photo coutesy Mountain Lakes Historic Preservation Committee

Encyclopedia of New Jersey and authorof Jerseyana: The Underside of New Jer-sey History. He has written over 100articles and essays in publicationsthat include The New York Times, TheLos Angeles Times, Rutgers Magazine,and New Jersey Heritage. He has beeninterviewed on the History Channel

and National Public Radio. Dr. Map-pen has a Ph.D. in American History,and prior to his retirement, was a deanat Rutgers University.

Dr. Mappen will talk about hisbook on Sunday, November 8, at theMuseum of Early Trades and Crafts.For more information on the program,please visit the museum’s website atwww.metc.org or contact them by tele-phone at (973) 377-2982.v

The cover of Dr. Mappen’s new bookThere’s More to New Jersey than theSopranos

(from Sopranos on page 6)



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C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T SDate Organization Event Time and Place For More Information Contact

September 16through

November 11

Jewish HistoricalSociety of MetroWest

Traveling exhibit: The Jews of Morris and Sussex:

Early Settlers, Synagogues, HotelResorts, and Lake Communities

Waldor Memorial Library901 Route 10, Whippany

(973) 929–2994 jhsmw.org

September 27

Ayres/Knuth

Farm Foundation Fall Farm Festival

Ayres/Knuth Farm

25 Cooper Road, Denville

(973) 625-9345

[email protected]

October 3Morris County

Historical SocietyHarvest Tea

Acorn Hall, 68 MorrisAvenue, 2:30 - 4:30 PM

(973) 267-3465acornhall.org

October 3Stickley Museum at

Craftsman FarmsFall Gala

Mountain Lakes Club6 p.m.

(973) 540-0311stickleymuseum.org

October 3Boonton

Historical SocietyTour of Greenwood Cemetery 210 Main Street, Boonton

(973) [email protected]

October 4MorristownPartnership

Morristown Fall FestivalMorristown Green

Noon – 5 p.m.(973) 455-1133

www.morristown-nj.org

October 4Whippany

Railway MuseumPumpkin Festival Train Rides

1 Railroad PlazaRt. 10W & Whippany Rd

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

(973) 887-8177whippanyrailwaymuseum.net

October 11through

November 8Morris CountyHistorical Society A House of Mourning Acorn Hall68 Morris Avenue (973) 267-3465acornhall.org

October 21 Jewish Historical

Society of MetroWest

Program: Ladies First:The remarkable women who shaped

the history of Morris and Sussex Jewish communities

Gebroe HammerConference Center

901 Route 10, Whippany7:30 p.m.

(973) [email protected]

jhsmw.org

October 21Madison

Historical Society

Program: The History of the Madison Police Department

Presenter: Ofcer Joe Longo

Madison Public LibraryChase Room

7 p.m.

(973) 377-0722, Ext. 8rosenet.org/mhs

[email protected]

November 7 Lake Hopatcong

Historical Museum

Program:Hopatcong on the Big(and not so big) Screen

The Arlington450 Howard Blvd.

6 p.m.

(973) 398-2616hopatcong.org/museum

November 7 Morris County

Historical Society Armistice Ball

Clifton Community Center

Main Avenue, Clifton7 to 10 p.m

(973) 267-3465acornhall.org

November 6through 8

Harding Twp.Historical Society

26th Annual Antiques Show

Tunis-Ellicks House16 Village Road

New VernonCall for event hours

(973) 360-9426

November 12Long Hill Township

Historical SocietyProgram: Cyrus McCormick

Presenter: Walter CarellLong Hill Twp. First AidSquad Building, 7:30 p.m.

(908) 647-6456longhillhistory.org

December5-6;

12-13; 19-20

Ayres/KnuthFarm Foundation

Christmas Tree SaleUnion Hill Farms Stand

Cooper Road10 am-4 pm

973.625.9345www.ayresknuthfarm.org

December5-6

Morristown NationalHistorical Park

Re-enactment: Life as aRevolutionary War Soldier

Jockey Hollow,Penn Line Huts

10 am - 3 pm

(973) 543-4030www.2nj.org

nps.gov/morr/index.htm

December 5Madison

Historical SocietyWreath Sale

Luke Miller House105 Ridgedale Ave

1 to 4 p.m.

(973) 377-0722, Ext. 8rosenet.org/mhs

[email protected]

December 10Long Hill Township

Historical SocietyChristmas Program

Long Hill TownshipFirst Aid Squad Building

7:30 p.m.

(908) 647-6456longhillhistory.org

December 11Boonton

Historical SocietyMuseum Holiday Open House

210 Main Street, Boonton7 p.m.

(973)[email protected]

December 6;12- 13; 19-20

WhippanyRailway Museum

Santa Claus SpecialTrain Rides

1 Railroad PlazaRt. 10W & Whippany Rd

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

(973) 887-8177whippanyrailwaymuseum.net



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Publication of the Morris CountyBoard of Chosen Freeholders

Gene F. Feyl, Director William J. Chegwidden, Deputy Director

Douglas R. Cabana John J. Murphy

James W. MurrayMargaret Nordstrom

Jack Schrier

Morris County Heritage Commission

Larry Fast, ChairmanHenry Kafel, Vice Chairman

Karen Ann Kurlander, Secretary

Tracy Kinsel, Treasurer Dave BogertEpsey Farrell Kathy FisherVirginia Vogt James Woodruff

Peg Shultz, Archivist

Morris County Heritage CommissionPO Box 900

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

www.morrisheritage.org

For a Large Print EditionCall (973) 829-8117

Editor’s note: Giles R. Wright II re-ceived posthumously the prestigious Maureen Ogden Award for Lifetim Achievement at the March 23, 2009 His-tory Issues Convention in Trenton. v

Last fall, the Heritage Commis-sion was pleased to announcenew two online exhibits on its

website. This fall, visitors to the web-site will fnd two new exhibits — and

the old ones reformatted for a moreuser-friendly experience. The Celebrat-ing Exceptional Women and A Photo- graphic History of the Cultural Center exhibits have additional information,more images, and a fresh new look.The new exhibits feature our CountyCourthouse and an in-depth look atmail-order or catalog houses in Mor-ris County. Both exhibits encompassarchitectural and social history.

We hope to add new exhibits focus-

ing on a variety of Morris County his-tory subjects in the new year. Onlineexhibits help the Commission to ex-tend the reach of its public programsand provide information to virtualvisitors.

Check out the Online Exhibits!

Sears “Osborne” in Pequannock

The online exhibits may be viewedat www.morrisheritage.org.

The commissioners and staff hope

you will enjoy the new online exhibitsWe look forward to presenting newexhibits in 2010.v

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