In memory of the Continental Soldiers who died of small pox during the Revolutionary War 1775-1781. And of church members in the Old Baptist Cemetery and moved here in 1892.
Dedicated May 19, 1996 — — Map (db m94682) WM
The Continental Store House was located on the southwest side of the Green. It was used to store supplies for the Continental Army during most of the American Revolution. Gunpowder made at the Ford powder mill on the Whippany River was made into . . . — — Map (db m32725) HM
1770 - 1827 Here stood the Court House and Jail at the time of the American Revolution Marked 1904 by the Morristown Chapter D.A.R. — — Map (db m5679) HM
Dr. Condict, outstanding public servant, was first president of the Morris County Medical Society, congressman, and first president of the Morris and Essex Railroad. Morris County Heritage Commission New Jersey Register of Historic Places . . . — — Map (db m42208) HM
Between 1840 and 1950, This neighborhood was a center of Irish immigrant life. Residents worked as laborers, domestic help, merchants and civil servants. Later generations were elected to public office and served in the armer forces in large . . . — — Map (db m155591) HM
This bench is dedicated to the countless patriotic American women who have kept alive the Fires of Freedom from Revolutionary times to the present day. Proudly they served. Proudly we remember. — — Map (db m42220) HM
The Ford Cottage was built in the early 18th century by Gabriel Ford Jr., the grandson of Col. Jacob Ford Sr., Ironmaster, tavern owner and one of Morristown’s wealthiest citizens. Jacob Ford, Jr., was the builder of the mansion used by . . . — — Map (db m32887) HM
Colonel Jacob Ford, Sr.
Prominent land-holder and iron manufacturer
Member of New Jersey House of Assembly
Judge of Morris County Court
Ardent promoter of American cause in Revolutionary War
Born April 13, 1704 Died January 19, 1777 . . . — — Map (db m7553) HM
The Army is quartered within three Miles of this place, in the usual way of hutting. Head Quarters is in this Town, at the Widow Fords, at the great white House at the North end of the place.Major General Nathaniel Greene, December 25, . . . — — Map (db m114771) HM
To protect his army and supplies from a British attack, General George Washington ordered the construction of a small fortification on the hill overlooking Morristown during the Spring of 1777. This became known as the “upper redoubt” . . . — — Map (db m7469) HM
Neo-gothic house built by General Joseph Revere, grandson of Paul Revere. Purchased 1881 by Charles Foster, whose daughter, Caroline, donated the property as living farm to Morris County Park Commission in 1973. Morris County Heritage . . . — — Map (db m42209) HM
Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, a working farm run by the Morris County Park Commission, is open to the public for self-guided tours April through October. The former owner of the farm, Caroline Foster, gave the property to the Park Commission . . . — — Map (db m42218) HM
During the American Revolution, a gunpowder mill on this site provided this critical commodity to General Washington’s troops. It was one of only three sources of gunpowder available to them during this time. — — Map (db m42211) HM
When not managing the Ironworks, Stephen Vail was often traveling in search of business. The Homestead Carriage House was his center for transportation. The main floor was used to store carriages for the summer and sleighs for the winter. Horses . . . — — Map (db m32876) HM
In 1787-1788 copper for horse head pennies mined here and minted nearby by Walter Mould at John Cleves Symmes’ home. “Solitude” house later became tavern, Wheatsheaf Inn. — — Map (db m91685) HM
At Morristown, Washington was close to the northern New Jersey iron furnaces of Hibernia, Pompton, Mount Hope and Ringwood. Cannon balls and shells from these furnaces were on frequent order for the Continental Army during much of the Revolution. . . . — — Map (db m7513) HM
First Jewish place of worship in Morristown incorporated 1899. Present center, housing synagogue, chapel, Hebrew school and related organizations built by descendants of original congregation. — — Map (db m32673) HM
The L’Hommedieu House is an excellent example of late 18th/early 19th century domestic architecture. This stylish town house originally stood on Spring Street in Morristown on a lot first owned by Nathaniel L’Hommedieu and later sold to John . . . — — Map (db m32911) HM
George MacCulloch, “Father of the Morris Canal,” and wife Louisa built this 1810-1819 Georgian Mansion. They established Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church. Louisa was first directress of family services of Morris County. The first recorded . . . — — Map (db m91150) HM
(Front):Erected by the people of Morris County, to perpetuate the memory of her soldiers and sailors, who fell during the great Civil War. (Back of Monument):In honor of our heroic dead, who fell martyrs for Union and Liberty. . . . — — Map (db m32687) HM
One of the finest examples of public buildings in the Federal style in New Jersey. Original Court House on the Green built in 1755. Morris County Heritage Commission — — Map (db m9689) HM
Morristown was a village of about 70 buildings in 1777.
General George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, brought his tired troops to Morristown for rest and reorganization in January 1777. They had just completed . . . — — Map (db m7471) HM
For God and Country Lest we forget Marines * Army Navy * Air Force This monument is dedicated to the men and women of the greater Morristown area who have honorably served and fought for our country from the American Revolution to . . . — — Map (db m42275) HM
The situation of the army with respect to supplies is beyond description alarming. General George Washington To the Governors of Five States Headquarters, Morristown, December 16, 1779 Welcome to Morristown National Historical Park. . . . — — Map (db m33289) HM
Postal service was inaugurated in Morristown in 1782 and has continued uninterrupted to this date. The Morris Street building dates from 1916. National Register of Historic Places State Register of Historic Places Morris County Historical Society . . . — — Map (db m66748) HM
In books are sealed what history has penned: What statesmen planned, what captains turned the tide, the humblest heart to Liberty, a friend here shares the faith for which her soldiers died. - Edgar . . . — — Map (db m32793) HM
Captain Moses Estey, a veteran of the American Revolution, moved to Morristown in 1783. A successful merchant and manufacturer, he purchased a home on a knoll overlooking the Whippany River at the corner of Water and Spring Streets. When the house . . . — — Map (db m32906) HM
Non-sectarian home for deserving elderly women founded by women members of Morristown Presbyterian Church. In continuous service since 1883. Known as “Old Ladies Home” until present name adopted 1950. Morris County Heritage . . . — — Map (db m33834) HM
New Jersey’s Revolutionary War powder mill, built near this site by Jacob Ford, Jr. in 1776, supplied critically needed gun powder to the Continental Troops. — — Map (db m42210) HM
Constructed between 1899-1912. This mound was to carry the tracks of the Speedwell Lake Extension of the Rockaway Valley Railroad. This extension, to link the former Watnong Station with the main rail lines in Morristown, was never . . . — — Map (db m156508) HM
Americans began to commemorate their past by erecting monuments at the end of the 19th century. Monuments started to appear on the old campgrounds of Washington’s army, long before the 1933 establishment of Morristown National Historical Park. . . . — — Map (db m98740) HM
Also known as the Rock-A-Bye Baby Railroad, the Rockaway Valley Railroad crossed Tingley Road on its way from Whitehouse Station to Watnong.
Beginning in 1892, the train stopped in the Mendhams at Ralston, Mountain Road, Pitney Farm, Brookdale . . . — — Map (db m156156) HM
The churches of Medieval England inspired the design of this gothic revival edifice by architects McKim, Mead, and White. Built 1887 – 1911, it replaced an 1828 structure. Features include English stained glass, a 49-bell carillon, a rood . . . — — Map (db m32676) HM
Monsieur Louis Sansay, French dancing school here. House was site of ball honoring Lafayette in 1825. Later home of General Joseph Revere. National Register of Historic Places New Jersey Register of Historic Places Morris County Heritage . . . — — Map (db m32669) HM
“We arrived here the 14 Decr. Since which we have been imployed in Hutting . . [and] the weather is aceedingly cold and the snow two feet deep on a level . . . ” Captain William Allen, Angell’s Rhode Island Regiment, January 4, . . . — — Map (db m98736) HM
Court St. is now Park Place Bridge Street is now Speedwell Ave. Basking Ridge Road is now Bank St. Jockey Hollow Road is now Washington St. — — Map (db m32735) HM
The alarm beacon was a huge pyramid-shaped structure of logs and brush usually placed on a prominent hilltop. In case of enemy invasion or other emergency situations, it was to be set on fire to notify militiamen to go to preselected meeting places . . . — — Map (db m7517) HM
The Alexander Carmichael House located on the corner of South Street and the Green at what is now 42 Park Place, was occupied by General Nathaniel Greene. Colonel Alexander Hamilton met there with a suspected spy. He had prepared an exaggerated . . . — — Map (db m32726) HM
The Baptist Church on the Green was dedicated in 1771. Its first pastor, the Rev. Reune Runyon was said to have been “an ardent patriot, brave and true”. Like the Presbyterian Church, this building was used as an army hospital in . . . — — Map (db m32777) HM
Home of Silas Condict, colonial patriot, and subsequently home of General Joseph Cutler and his son, Augustus, congressman and father of the Free School System. Morris County Heritage Commission New Jersey Register of Historic Places . . . — — Map (db m42204) HM
Early on a cold day in January 1838, a crowd gathered at Speedwell. Just days before, Alfred Vail and Professor Samuel F.B. Morse moved the equipment for their invention, the electromagnetic telegraph, from a workshop across the street at the . . . — — Map (db m32886) HM
General George Washington and Colonel Alexander Hamilton are advised at Morristown by the Marquis de Lafayette that the French are coming to support the American cause.
May 10, 1780 — — Map (db m7361) HM
In 1830, when Stephen Vail purchased the Homestead Farm, the Granary was among the buildings already on the property. It was used to store corn and cereal grains grown on the farm to feed the livestock. The building was built high off the ground . . . — — Map (db m32870) HM
Site of Morris County's two earliest court houses. The Green, purchased in 1816 from the Presbyterian Church, owned and continuously administered by the trustees of the Morristown Green. — — Map (db m5948) HM
Speedwell was an agricultural unit as well as an industrial one. Although Stephen Vail was a noted ironmaker, his world was firmly based on a centuries old agrarian lifestyle. The Homestead Farm had to be run with the same care and skill as the . . . — — Map (db m32855) HM
The Watchung Mountains belong to a chain of ridges running from New Brunswick to West Point. They shielded the army from the British in New York City and helped protect the roads from Philadelphia to New England by way of West Point.
Located in . . . — — Map (db m7497) HM
On August 28, 1781, 5500 French troops under the command of General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau marched on the road before you on their way to Yorktown, Virginia. They had spent the previous night in Whippany, New Jersey. . . . — — Map (db m114768) HM
The original wooden church was built in 1738 - 40 on land donated by Benjamin Hathaway and John Lindsley. With two enlargements it appeared as shown (at left) at the time of the American Revolution. It became a hospital for troops in 1777 . . . — — Map (db m32778) HM
World famous center for training dogs to lead blind persons. Founded in 1929 by Dorothy Harrison Eustis as first dog guide school an United States. Present headquarters built 1965. — — Map (db m36858) HM
No records exist from historical times to tell us exactly what the fortifications here looked like. Archaeological evidence reveals the location of walls and ditches. The stones you see mark the inside of the walls and form an outline of the . . . — — Map (db m7472) HM
This Morristown Green was given by the trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown to the trustees of the Morristown Green in 1816 to be held in trust.
“For the use and enjoyment of the public and to remain as a common . . . — — Map (db m7369) HM
English by birth French citizen by decree American by adoption Author of The American Crisis Rights of Man The Age of Reason Your presence may remind Congress (and the people) of your past services to this country. —George Washington Left . . . — — Map (db m8551) HM
Oldest house in Morristown on its original site. Home of a patriot, artisan, government official and Presbyterian Elder. Morris County Heritage Commission New Jersey Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic . . . — — Map (db m42205) HM
Stephen Vail, owner of Speedwell Iron Works, built machinery for S.S. Savannah, first trans-Atlantic steamship, in 1819. His son, Alfred Vail, and Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated electromagnetic telegraph in 1838.National Register of . . . — — Map (db m32694) HM
The original structure that became the Vail House was probably built in the 1790’s by Thomas Kinney. Stephen Vail, the proprietor of the nearby Speedwell Ironworks, acquired the property in the 1830’s. In 1844 Stephen extensively renovated what was . . . — — Map (db m32896) HM
Washington made his winter headquarters at the Arnold Tavern, January 6, 1777, now a part of All Souls Hospital. December, 1779, he established quarters at the Ford Mansion, now maintained as a museum. — — Map (db m5946) HM
Washington made his winter headquarters at the Arnold Tavern, January 6, 1777, now a part of All Souls Hospital. December, 1779, he established quarters at the Ford Mansion, now maintained as a museum. — — Map (db m33177) HM
Completed in 1937, the Washington’s Headquarters Museum was one of the first museums planned and constructed by the National Park Service. Noted architect John Russell Pope designed the museum to memorialize General George Washington and to . . . — — Map (db m114775) HM
Originally water for the Factory waterwheel was supplied from the Upper Pond, or reservoir, which was located beyond the housing development behind you. When the wheel was installed, the water from the pond was piped under ground to the standpipe. . . . — — Map (db m32894) HM
★ The site of two Revolutionary War winter encampments for the Continental Army.
★ One of the nation's major iron-producing centers of the 18th and 19th centuries.
★ Know for construction of the Morris Canal, . . . — — Map (db m176851) HM
Today, electric power makes it possible to locate factories in convenient places close to transportation. In the early 1800’s, Stephen Vail built his ironworks not in the center of town but in a narrow ravine where the Whippany River could be . . . — — Map (db m32869) HM
Georgian mansion built as summer home by George Frelinghuysen during Morristown’s “Golden Era.” His daughter, Matilda, donated property as arboretum to Morris County Park Commission, 1969. Morris County Heritage Commission New . . . — — Map (db m33180) HM
Stephen Vail employed a large workforce to operate his Ironworks and to maintain his estate. Some of these workers lived on the property. Early views show that a number of worker houses once stood along the road forming a little village. They . . . — — Map (db m135090) HM
1847 Gothic Revival villa, “Mount Kemble,” built for Henry and Frances Duer Hoyt on the site of the house of colonial official Peter Kemble, reluctant host to Continental Army. Renamed “Glen Alpin” by David H. McAlpin in 1885. — — Map (db m8594) HM
Dedicated to the Members of the Armed Services,
The Sung and the Unsung,
The Known and the Unknown,
The Returned and the Remaining,
Beloved Heroes All
Who
In Latitudes and Longitudes
Near and Remote, In Times
Recent and Distant, Did . . . — — Map (db m18225) WM
Built 1891 for
Major and Mrs. Charles Curtis MacConnell
Designed by
Ernest G.W. Dietrich, Architect, New York City
Built by
Lindsey Brothers, Middletown, New York
Is part of the
Washington Valley
Historic District
and has been . . . — — Map (db m150857) HM
By this route, Washington, with his army, retired to Morristown after his victory at Princeton, January 1777.
Erected by the D.A.R. — — Map (db m221656) HM
Combs Hollow, site of the first industrial center of the area, settled by Levi and Eliphalet Lewis ca. 1735. The Lewis Family sold the mills to Moses Combs in 1807 but continued to own property here until 1927. — — Map (db m43466) HM
September 11, 2001
This memorial is dedicated to every victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks against our country.
May we never forget those who lost their lives at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, on United Airlines Flight #93 . . . — — Map (db m43468) WM
Built on property once owned by Hero Bull. Former slave. Cornerstone laid by Belle De Rivera, famed suffragette. Railroad instrumental in development of Mountain Lakes. Station burned in 1915, rebuilt 1919. — — Map (db m91606) HM
1914 1918
Dedicated To Those Of
Mountain Lakes N J
Who Offered Their
Lives in Humanity's
Defense in the War
of the Nations and
In Memory of Those
of the Nation Who
Gave Their Last Full
Measure of Devotion
In Special . . . — — Map (db m190800) WM
1941 1945
To the Men and Women of
Mountain Lakes
Who Served with the Armed Forces
And in Memory of These Comrades
Who made the Supreme Sacrifice
Charles E. Butts, Jr. · Frederick Castle · Gilbert Cole · William R. Fleming, Jr. · . . . — — Map (db m190799) WM
Summer cottage designed by architect Frank Furness for renowned 19th century actress. Located in Breslin Park, Lake Hopatcong’s fashionable section during its great resort years. — — Map (db m91515) HM
Original stone section served as early 19th century tavern on Morris and Sussex Turnpike. Allen family owned this property 1881-1944, and promoted Netcong’s development through subdivision of Allen Hill. — — Map (db m91439) HM
Created in 1846 as the Morris Canal’s Stanhope Reservoir. This lake supplied water that filled the canal and powered local industries. Mules treading an earthen causeway across the lake pulled boats loaded with coal, iron ore, or freight along a . . . — — Map (db m37927) HM
In 1854 the Morris and Essex Railroad Branch of the greater Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad acquired a 6-acre tract between the Morris Turnpike (now Ledgewood Avenue) and the Stanhope-Flanders Road (now Flanders Road) straddling its newly . . . — — Map (db m37929) HM
Completed in 1926 under the administration of a. Harry Moore, Governor, by the Morris Canal and Banking Company, Trustee for the State of New Jersey.
Board of Directors
Albert W. Drake, Pres. •
William E. Florance •
John L. Kuser • . . . — — Map (db m231648) HM
This Congregation, formed in 1834, included workers from Stanhope's ironworks in neighboring Sussex County. The 1917 tudor-gothic revival church, built of local stone by the Gallo brothers of Netcong, continues to serve Morris and Sussex communities. — — Map (db m161746) HM
The Morris Canal was built in 1825 completed 1831, cost $2,000,000. Enlargement 1840-5 including this reservoir increased cost to $3,400,000, and further improvements, 1846 - 1860, to $5,100,000. there were 28 locks and 23 inclined planes. In . . . — — Map (db m231647) HM
Netcong honors it's victorious sons in World War I and II
In the glory of their youth we shall remember them ★
Dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice
World War I
Floyd Case •
Louis Dominick . . . — — Map (db m231646) WM
Farmed for centuries, these fields have remained a cherished Harding vista while much open cropland disappeared. In 1999, Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen conveyed to the Harding Land Trust nearly 100 acres of open fields on both sides of James Street . . . — — Map (db m18221) HM
You are about to enter the Wilderness Area of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Designated by Congress in 1968, this area is part of the 100-million-acre National Wilderness Preservation System. It is distinguished in being the first designated . . . — — Map (db m19593) HM
We honor the memory of John Paul Bocchi
James Leslie Crawford Jr.
Matthew Carmen Sellitto
William Randolf Tieste
Harding Township Citizens Who Perished in the World Trade Center September 11, 2001 — — Map (db m18220) HM
Crossroads community, first settled 1727. Contains homes representing Colonial, Greek Revival and Victorian architecture. Additional dwellings include former general store, blacksmith home, academy and Presbyterian Church. Morris County . . . — — Map (db m8880) HM
This 15 acre property was purchased by Harding Township and the Harding Land Trust in 2003 in partnership with the Morris County Open Space Preservation Trust and the State of New Jersey Green Acres program. It is a key link in the Silver Brook . . . — — Map (db m18223) HM
This house was built C. 1876 by order of the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders to provide temporary refuge for homeless wanderers of the post-civil war depression years.
Moved to this site in 1988 by the Harding Township Historical . . . — — Map (db m36855) HM
Revolutionary War refuge Home of William Livngston and his family. Livingston was the first elected Governor of New Jersey. Morris County Heritage Commission National Register of Historic Places New Jersey Register of Historic . . . — — Map (db m229214) HM
Site of 3000 year old Indian rockshelter and unique rock carvings representing prehistoric art. Artifact is one of few petroglyph markings found in New Jersey — — Map (db m162827) HM
