Branch Brook Park Historic Site

Branch Brook Park Historic Site (HMTOJ)

Location: Newark, NJ 07104 Essex County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 46.268', W 74° 10.412'

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This is the oldest park in the first county park system established in the United States, and an outstanding example of naturalistic landscape design. The Essex County Park Commission, formed in 1895, acquired the first 60 acres from the City of Newark that year. Later land donations and purchases expanded the park by the mid-1930s to its present 2-mile length in Newark and Belleville. Named for a brook that flows into the Passaic River, these 360 acres once contained swamps, cornfields and a training camp for Civil War troops. Most of the design was by John Charles Olmstead, stepson of Frederick Law Olmstead, planner of New York's Central Park and the U.S. Capitol grounds. A large lake, ponds, winding paths, meadows and woods surround numerous recreation facilities. A skating rink now occupies a former reservoir that was carved out of a brownstone quarry near Clifton Avenue. Branch Brook's 3,000 cherry trees are the largest collection in the nation, begun in the 1920s by Caroline Bamberger Fuld, sister of a department store magnet. This elaborate gateway, modeled on one in Scotland, was donated in 1899 by Robert Ballantine, whose brewing family once owned some of this land. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
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Placed ByThe Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee
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Date Added Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 3:57am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 569747 N 4513679
Decimal Degrees40.77113333, -74.17353333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 46.268', W 74° 10.412'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 46' 16.08" N, 74° 10' 24.72" W
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Area Code(s)973
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 586-642 Lake St, Newark NJ 07104, US
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