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Durand-Hedden News


Poet Heru Stewart to read at 2025 Juneteenth at Durand-Hedden
Durand-Hedden House & Garden Association and the South Orange/Maplewood Community Coalition on Race are pleased to welcome Poet Heru Stewart to the 2025 Juneteenth celebration at Durand-Hedden House in Maplewood on Saturday, June 14.
May 29


Poet Eric Shorter to perform readings at 2025 Juneteenth at Durand-Hedden
Guests at the 2025 Juneteenth celebration at Durand-Hedden House & Garden in Maplewood on Saturday, June 14, will have an opportunity to...
May 29
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...
Apr 3, 2016


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 14, 2013
Acquisition: A Folk-Art Portrait of Asher B. Durand
Generous donations enabled Durand-Hedden to purchase a wonderful addition to our collection in 2009 that honors Maplewood artist Asher B....
Feb 1, 2009


Durand Family History: Cyrus Durand Chapman
Cyrus Durand Chapman (1856-1918), an artist, photographer and architect, was the grandson of Cyrus Durand and the nephew of Henry and ...
Aug 28, 2006


If Walls Could Talk: Maplewood Town Hall Murals
The story of Maplewood is all around us, in the array of houses that span three centuries, and in the ancient trees that predate our...
Apr 1, 2004


Joseph Veach Noble — Renaissance man with his heart in Maplewood
Joseph Veach Noble, who died at the age of 87 last September, was a true Renaissance man who stood large on the world stage and yet had...
Jan 12, 2003
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