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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNG1_sparta-war-memorial_Sparta-Township-NJ.html
Erected byJames B. TitmanLieut. and R.O.M. of 27th and 33rdRegiments New Jersey VolunteersWar of 1861-65,in memory of allthe Brave Heroeswho served on land and sea indefense of their country in anyof the wars of the United States
[Rear of Monum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNFW_the-works-of-the-new-jersey-and-pennsylvania-concentrating-company_Sparta-Township-NJ.html
On this site in 1891, Thomas Edison developed an enormous complex of mines, crushers, separators, and subsidiary buildings that came to be known as "Edison" or, more properly, "The Works of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Company." T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLC4_sussex-county-veterans-memorial_Newton-NJ.html
Veterans Memorial 2005Honoring all Veterans - Past, Present and Future
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHQ_dar-van-bunschooten-museum_Wantage-NJ.html
This house was built in 1787 as the home of the Reverend Elias Van Bunschooten, a Dutch Reformed Minister. He was a farmer, mill operator, and large land owner. The farm was part of a 1000 acre plantation. The Dutch Colonial house is post and beam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHL_snufftown-stockholm_Hardyston-Township-NJ.html
Settled c.1750. Named from early inhabitants fondness of snuff tobacco or perhaps because "snuff" was a euphemism for liquor. Windham, Stockholm and other important forges produced iron goods. Paterson & Hamburg Turnpike (organized here 1806) brou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI5F_the-lackawanna-cutoff_Andover-NJ.html
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad started construction on an eleven million dollar connection between Port Morris and Columbia, NJ in 1910. Completed within less than two years, it was an engineering marvel of its time, given that it w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI5C_newton-green_Newton-NJ.html
The only Colonial county seat in New Jersey where a court house on its original site fronts a town square or public Green.
In 1908 architect J.J. Vreeland added an upper story and Classical porch to the County Clerk and Surrogate Offices, built…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI5A_kilpatricks-reenactment_Wantage-NJ.html
At the invitation of Major Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881), a native of Wantage, over forty thousand veterans of the American Civil War and guards were treated to four days of festivities from August 25-28, 1878. On the final day of the encampm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI58_old-schoolhouse-and-firehouse-museum_Ogdensburg-NJ.html
Built in 1910 as Ogdensburg's fifth public school, it was adapted for re-use in 1930 as the Borough's first firehouse. In 1989, with the aid of two state grants, the Ogdensburg Historical Society adapted it for re-use and dedicated it as the Old S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI56_prices-switch-schoolhouse_Vernon-Township-NJ.html
Built in 1840, Price's Switch School was the last one-room schoolhouse to operate in Sussex County. The building originally stood on Route 94, a quarter mile north of Price's Switch Road, but was moved to its current location in 1883. It is the on…