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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S67_historic-site-grace-church_Newark-NJ.html
Newark's second oldest Episcopal parish was founded in 1837. The architect of the present brown freestone building, completed in 1848, was the famed Richard Upjohn, a master of English Gothic style. In 1882 Samuel A. Ward, a choir-master here, com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S66_newark-female-charitable-society_Newark-NJ.html
Founded in 1803, the Newark Charitable Society (now called the Newark Day Center) is one of the oldest social service agencies in the United States. After a plea from the pulpit of Old First Presbyterian Church, "Your neighbor is suffering, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S0A_belleville-copper-rolling-mill-bridge_Belleville-NJ.html
J. Moore, T. Sandford, H. Nichols, Freeholders 1838
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q9O_blacksmith-shop-building-7_West-Orange-NJ.html
A Blacksmith Shop has been a feature of the West Orange laboratory complex since it was built in 1887. The first shop was located in the back of Building 4. It moved to an unknown location in 1900 and burned down in 1911. The current Blacksmith Sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q9N_edison-cement-slab_West-Orange-NJ.html
FromThe first concrete highwayin New JerseyBuilt in 1912 by theState Highway Department
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LHT_josiah-hornblower_Belleville-NJ.html
In 1753, he brought from Englandand erected the first steam ("Fire")engine in this country.The Newcomen SocietyApril 24, 1929
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DBK_belleville-first-fire-house_Belleville-NJ.html
Built for the Valley Hose Co. No. 1Foreman - John Hughes, ? Asst. John HawieLocomotive bell sounded the first alarm.
Belleville Historical Society
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BWF_karr-milburn-house_Newark-NJ.html
Built in 1893, this house served the Karr and Milburn families for more than 90 years. Lucy Karr Milburn (1895-1998), was a lifelong champion of human rights, a high school teacher, and a poet. Before World War I she marched for women's suffrage w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BV8_william-hayes-ward-home_Newark-NJ.html
This house, built in 1875, was the home of the Rev William Hayes Ward (1835-1916) from 1875 until 1914. A leading neo-abolitionist and Congregationalist clergyman, Ward joined the staff of The Independent (New York, NY), an abolitionist newspaper,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16GH_kingsland-manor_Nutley-NJ.html
Site of original land grantin 1668 by King Charles IIto Major Nathaniel Kingsland
Present OwnerL. John DenneyJune 5, 1947