Exploring Golf Island
The Golf Island neighborhood of Maplewood, bordered by the Maplewood Country Club golf course, the Morris and Essex rail line, and the...
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Local History Online
- Feb 11, 2018
If These Walls Could Talk: Researching House Histories
Are you one of our community’s many “house-proud” residents curious about their home’s past? In February 2018, nationally known land...
- Feb 21, 2016
From Farm to Suburb: The Birth of College Hill
College Hill is one of Maplewood’s most clearly identifiable neighborhoods due to its roster of collegiate street names: Amherst, ...
- Jul 22, 2014
Repainting the Durand-Hedden House
The Durand-Hedden House, which for many years was painted a salmon color, was repainted in 2014. Thanks to The Village Green and Mary...
- Mar 28, 2013
“The Hickories” and Theodore Roosevelt
By Bessie Sharp, in Maplewood Past and Present In 1862 Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, uncle of Theodore Roosevelt, came out from New...
- Mar 14, 2013
After the Hickories: Clinton Pettee & the Old Roosevelt Barn
Walter Clinton Pettee, an artist and illustrator who had moved to Maplewood with his new wife, Alice Tanner Brown, in 1901, renovated the...
- Mar 13, 2013
After The Hickories: The Ackerson Company Houses
The Ackerson Company offered prospective buyers at least six pre-designed house models, as seen by these renderings from their brochure....
- Nov 1, 2010
The Woman’s Club of Maplewood — A Century of Service
The Woman’s Club of Maplewood, established in December 1916, was a product of a growing movement in America that had begun after the...
- Feb 16, 2010
The American Four Square
A practical, adaptable and livable home-grown original Four-squares are the “little black dress” of American residential architecture –...
- Feb 16, 2010
Edward Balch: Builder and Visionary in Early 20th C. Maplewood
Edward C. Balch, who lived in Maplewood from 1890 until his death in 1934, was one of the most prominent builders of the time. In 2010,...
- Feb 1, 2009
Kenneth Dalzell: A Maplewood Architect Rediscovered
How much do the style of a house and its neighbors impact the way Maplewood looks and feels? What may seem to be an intangible quality –...
- Nov 1, 2007
Old Windows: Preserving and restoring the soul of the house
Are you thinking of buying new windows in order to be energy efficient and save money? Think again! Your home’s original windows can be...
- Jan 12, 2006
Gustav Stickley and the Craftsman Home
“Lifestyle” is a concept that seems very modern, but the work of Gustav Stickley, architect, furniture designer and manufacturer, ...
- Dec 1, 2003
Harold Tatton, Maplewood Architect
Harold Tatton practiced architecture in the first half of the 20th century and specialized in the Colonial and Tudor Revival styles which...
- Nov 1, 2002
Postcards from the Past: Glimpses of Our Towns From a Century Ago
Vintage postcards allow us to step back in time 100 years ago to explore the streets, neighborhoods and buildings of our communities as ...
- Feb 1, 2001
Flooring by the Numbers
Restoration of an old house is an ongoing process. In 2000, as Island Housewrights restoration experts worked to finish stripping the ...
- Jun 1, 2000
A Brief History of The Durand-Hedden House
The Durand-Hedden House, whose original structure was built in about 1790, sits on two acres of the original plantation that was part of a...
- Dec 1, 1999
Timothy Ball House - 1743
425 Ridgewood Road, Maplewood The Timothy Ball House is one of the most interesting and impressive early houses in the region, both...
- Dec 1, 1999
Jonas Ball House - 1750
88 Tuscan Road, Maplewood The Jonas Ball House was constructed in 1750 as a cooper shop, made of massive fieldstone and hand-hewn...
- Dec 1, 1999
Lewis Pierson House - Vauxhall - 1843
Lewis Pierson, owner of Pierson’s Mill, built the House known as Vaux Hall in 1843. Vaux Hall and the Durand-Hedden House are the only...
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