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
- Apr 3, 2016
Asher B. Durand's Life in Art: From Jefferson Village to Maplewood
During his multi-faceted six-decade-long career, renowned Hudson River School founder Asher B. Durand truly lived a life in art - as an...
- 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, ...
- Feb 19, 2015
Reflecting Back on 160 Maplewood Avenue
Susan Newberry, Maplewood township historian and Durand-Hedden president, writes about the Maplewood post office.
- 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....
- Mar 13, 2013
The Hickories: Cornelius V.S. Roosevelt Jr.: A Generous Man – With Some Limits
At his death at 59 in 1887, the estate of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, Jr. was valued at between one and two million dollars, and...
- Mar 12, 2013
The Hickories: A Budding Naturalist
The extended Roosevelt family were great believers in the benefits of summer vacations in the country and outdoor pursuits. Teddy, as a...
- Mar 8, 2013
The Hickories: A Fashionable Country Retreat
The C.V.S. Roosevelt Jr. mansion, built c. 1865, was a rambling country estate known as “The Hickories.” Its prominent tower would have ...
- Apr 10, 2011
How South Mountain Reservation Began and Grew
The familiar park with the awesome views to the east on the mountain above Maplewood and nearby towns has far more interesting origins...
- 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
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 –...
- Aug 5, 2008
The Lenape Who Came Before Us
The earliest residents of the Maplewood-South Orange area were The Lenape (len-AH-pay), Native Americans who once populated “a vast...
- Mar 8, 2008
After the Hickories: William Howard Curtiss: Visionary or Failed Promoter?
The executors of the C.V.S. Roosevelt Jr. estate were enmeshed in a long dispute over his will, but upon its resolution, William Howard...
- Mar 8, 2008
After the Hickories: Thomas Benton Ackerson, Master Developer
Thomas Benton Ackerson, owner of the eponymous T. B. Ackerson Company, entered the Roosevelt Park story in 1904. A developer of houses...
- Jun 1, 2007
Maplewood Past and Present — On Glass
Opportunities to see the 1915 show of glass slides of historic Maplewood images come along rarely, and they always draw a...
- Feb 11, 2007
Down in the Valley: The History of the Dunnell Road Area
Long before the police station and fire department were located beside Memorial Park following Maplewood's incorporation, the area had...
- Aug 29, 2006
Apple Groves and Cider-Making in Old Maplewood
For centuries, apples have been the most commonly grown and consumed fruit in the northern latitudes. In 2006, a detailed and expansive...
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