Feb 21, 2016ArchitectureFrom Farm to Suburb: The Birth of College HillCollege Hill is one of Maplewood’s most clearly identifiable neighborhoods due to its roster of collegiate street names: Amherst, ...
Mar 28, 2013Architecture“The Hickories” and Theodore RooseveltBy Bessie Sharp, in Maplewood Past and Present In 1862 Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, uncle of Theodore Roosevelt, came out from New...
Mar 13, 2013Maplewood HistoryAfter The Hickories: The Ackerson Company HousesThe Ackerson Company offered prospective buyers at least six pre-designed house models, as seen by these renderings from their brochure....
Mar 8, 2013HousesThe Hickories: A Fashionable Country RetreatThe C.V.S. Roosevelt Jr. mansion, built c. 1865, was a rambling country estate known as “The Hickories.” Its prominent tower would have ...