You searched for City|State: wayne, nj
Showing results 1 to 10 of 11
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z6J_historic-newark-pompton-turnpike_Wayne-NJ.html
(side facing north) On February 24, 1806, Businessman Israel Crane obtained a charter from the State of New Jersey to build a private toll road running from Broadway in Newark to Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike at Pompton in Morris County. He saw that g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S8Q_demille-gatehouse_Wayne-NJ.html
This building served as the gatehouse to Pamilco, the seventy six acre estate built by Hollywood producer Cecil B. DeMille's father who first came to Pompton Lakes in 1891.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18U9_morris-canal_Wayne-NJ.html
NationalRegistered Landmark
Feeder Canal crossed here
→←
Passaic County
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16PT_morris-canal_Wayne-NJ.html
Morris CanalNationalRegistered Landmark
Feeder Canal crossed here→←Passaic County
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16PP_kipp-nellis-farm_Wayne-NJ.html
This land was part of theKipp - Nellis FarmSettled in 1723 by Cornelius and Eva Berdan Kipp.The farm served the Preakness Valley area for 250 years.The farmhouse, located across Nellis Drive, was built circa 1840 by Nicholas and Sophia Berry Kipp.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16PO_wayne-township_Wayne-NJ.html
Indian peoples inhabited this land from about 10,500 B.C. up to the early historic period. At the time of the European Settlement, they were referred to as the Munsee Delawares.
In 1694 Arent Schuyler, on a fact finding mission to the Indians i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16PD_samuel-van-saun-house_Wayne-NJ.html
Headquarters · Nov. · 1780 ofMaj. Gen. Lafayette
Placed byThe William Paterson ChapterD.A.R.1931
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEEQ_demarest-house_Wayne-NJ.html
This house, which once served as a Dutch Reformed Church Parsonage, was built by John Ryerson before 1762. It was sold to the Demarests around 1814.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4S8_schuyler-colfax-house_Wayne-NJ.html
This house, which is Wayne's oldest, was built in 1695 by Ardent Schuyler, one of the leaders of the original settlement. William Colfax, who married Hester Schuyler in 1783, gave the house the Colfax name.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4S7_schuyler-colfax_Wayne-NJ.html
This house is an example of 18th century architecture. The Schuyler and Colfax families were prominent in shaping New Jersey history.