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Iron mine proprietor Mahlon Dickerson's home. N.J. Governor; U.S. Senator; Secretary of Navy 1834-38; Delegate to N.J. Constitutional Convention 1844; favored national tariffs to protect American industry.
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Mining tract produced the magnetic "Black Ore" responsible for present name, Succasunna. Jonathan Dickerson owner in 1779. Tract worked under system of forge rights until 1807.
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Two-family iron miner's dwelling built in area known as Irishtown. Typical of worker housing prevalent throughout North Jersey highlands during iron boom that lasted until the 1890's.
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1855 Built by Dover Iron Company builders of duplex patch houses on property owned by James and Thomas Maloney. 1879 Sold to mining widow Bridget Smith as a two-family residence. 1912 Renovated as single-family home; rented to Jesse and Ida McConn…
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Bridget Lockman Smith and her husband John, immigrated from Ireland in the 1850's following the Irish potato famine. They settled in Mine Hill with other Irish immigrant iron mine workers in a section then known as Irishtown. By the time Bridget p…