Historical Sites and Museums
- Voices of the Land.
- A Video History of the Skylands
- Lenape Indian Village at Waterloo
- New Jersey Frontier Guard.
- Watching the Minnisink
- Morris Silk Mills
- For over two centuries a prolific iron industry wielded huge influence over the development of many Morris County communities
- Ironia
- 134 years ago, in 1871, a small section of Randolph Township was given a name, and an identity. It was born when the booming iron industry in Morris County was the third largest in the nation.
- Morristown National Historical Park.
- Washington's Headquarters and Jockey Hollow: The Great Story
Washington
Museum- The Washington Museum is a briefly noted but familiar sight to commuters whizzing south along I-287; prominent, but also somewhat plain and almost a bit austere in the near-solstice’s yellowing daylight.
- America's First Crisis
- General George Washington and the Continental Army spent almost half the American Revolution in this small state.
- Mines, Metal and Men:
- Historical Sites Related to Industrial Revolution: Shippen Manor, Historic Speedwell, Sterling Hill Mine, Waterloo Village, Clinton Mill
- Long Pond Ironworks
- Walk past the old stone-rubble houses sitting like giant sculptures on the lawn, amble down into the woods and look for the dirt crossroads surrounded by trees and the ruins of a town. The area now called Hewitt was once the Long Pond Ironworks.
- Mt. Hope/ Elizabeth Mine
- Ever wonder about all those depressions you see in the woods? Or old woods roads or dug out trenches with mounds of rock or soil around them? What went on around here, anyway?
- Old Mine Road.
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- Sites along the Old Mine Road
- In the 1600s Dutch miners discovered copper ore in a beautiful ravine located about seven miles north of the Delaware Water Gap. To access the ore and to transport it to Kingston, New York, they constructed a road, now known as the Old Mine Road. Primitive by present standards, it was a major undertaking in its day, and legends of the road and its Dutch miners have persisted for over two centuries.
- Oxford Furnace and Shippen Manor
- What most strikes the first-time visitor to the Oxford Furnace is how tall the stone structure is--over two stories high--and how utterly intact it remains, despite time and weather taking its toll.
- Sussex County Telephone
- Sussex County had a its own telephone pioneer, a country doctor who wanted to serve patients on both the New Jersey and Pennsylvania sides of the Delaware River.
- The Pequest Furnace
- The Pequest Furnace played a role in the Industrial Revolution along with dozens of other sites in Northwest New Jersey. However, the part played here has been relatively obscure, pieces of a puzzle hidden in the Warren County woods.
- Walking the Morris Canal
- The Morris Canal always was a good place for a stroll. The canal's 102-mile meander across northern New Jersey, from Phillipsburg to Jersey City, was walked by every mule driver for every team that pulled a canal boat from 1831 to 1924.
- New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center
- Transportation Heritage Collections
- We will be fortunate when the dedicated members of the Friends of the NJTHC are successful in their quest to commemorate New Jersey's transportation heritage.
- Touring the Lackawanna Cutoff
- Looking for what is uniquely New Jersey? Following this route takes you along one of the most innovative endeavors of the early part of this century and through some of the prettiest countryside in the northeast!
- When Trains Had Names
- Railroad Artifacts in New Jersey Skylands
- Macculloch Hall.
- Built from 1810 to 1819, this Federal style mansion of more than twenty rooms was home to George Macculloch and five generations of his descendants. Macculloch is best remembered as the Father of the Morris Canal.
- Hunterdon County Bridges Over the Delaware
- Most of the original bridge sites on our Delaware River still exist and still hold bridges. The original structures-- wooden, covered bridges-- have been replaced by steel, open-decked spans. But most of these "modern" steel river crossers have been in existence a hundred years or more, and are no longer really modern. Most are still supported by the original stone piers and abutments.
- A Bubblin' Crude (Oil, That Is...)
- Discovering oil in New Jersey is not usually the happy occasion it may be in other parts of the world. Most often, it means trouble. But the problems discovered a few years ago in Newfoundland, had an interesting history.
- Craftsman Farms.
- Gustav Stickley home in Parsippany.
- Grist Mills
- The mills remain prominent in our landscape. You can see restored mills rescued at places like Waterloo Village and the famous Red Mill of the Hunterdon Historical Museum in Clinton. More mills have been adapted and reused as inns, restaurants, antique stores, and as lovely homes. Here and there you'll find a foundation fading into a stream. And, here and there, you'll find a mill still doing what it was made for.
- Knowing Knowlton
- For Sale: Twelve wooded Knowlton Township acres with Delaware River frontage. Commercial highway location. Tavern, barn, cottage, drained pond, smokehouse and shed included. Other remnants on-site. Abandoned railroad nearby. Needs work.
- Museum of Early Trades and Crafts.
- Collection in Madison.
- Obadiah La Tourette Mill.
- Long Valley mill restoration.
- Snowmobile Barn Museum
- The Snowmobile Barn Museum is a little different, but, make no mistake, winter is the time for a visit.
- Monuments to local history
- Monuments decorate the Northwest New Jersey in prominent and tucked away places.
- Local Historical Museums and Historical Societies
- White Township, Holcombe-Jimison, Ledgewood, Califon, Wantage, Stillwater, Space Farms, Hackettstown, Hope, Lake Hopatcong, Lebanon
- Local Historical Museums and Historical Societies
- Montague, Sussex County Historical Society, Phillipsburg Historical Society, Pike County Historical Society
- Hunterdon Historical Museum
- Hunterdon Museum of Art
- Morristown National Historical Park
- Morris Museum
- Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
- Historic Speedwell Village
- Museum of Early Trades and Crafts
- Craftsman Farms
- Boonton Historical Society and Museum
- The Meadows Foundation
- Franklin Mineral Museum
- Sterling Hill Mine
- Oxford Furnace/ Shippen Manor
- Friends of the NJ Transportation Heritage Museum
- White Township Historical Society
Resources
Hunterdon County
The site of many special events and educational programs, the museum includes the Clinton Red Mill, adjacent Milligan limestone quarry and the one-room Bunker Hill Schoolhouse.
56 Main St., Clinton 08809, 908/735-4101
Housed in a historic stone mill, the museum exhibits fine art from the county, state and around the world.
7 Lower Center Street, Clinton 08809, 908/735-8415
Morris County
Includes Washington's Headquarters Museum & Ford Mansion and Jockey Hollow encampment site, Visitor Center and The Wick House.
Washington Place, Morristown 07960, 973/539-2085
Permanent exhibitions in the arts, sciences and humanities include Native American objects; 18th and 19th century paintings; 19th and 20th century sculpture; antique dolls, toys and dollhouses; natural science specimens, including live animals; rocks and minerals; dinosaurs and fossils. Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm; Thurs, 10am-8pm; Sun, 1-5pm. $5/ $3 seniors, children/ members free.
Six Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, 973/538-0454
Built in 1810 by George Macculloch, founder of the Morris Canal, the historic house includes nine period rooms containing the distinguished collection of fine and decorative arts. Four additional rooms serve as changing exhibit galleries for themes related to the permanent collection including the Museum's significant collection of works by 19th century political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
45 Macculloch Ave., Morristown, 973/538-2404
Historic Speedwell consists of 7 1/2 acres preserving the remaining part of the Homestead Estate of Stephen Vail, proprietor of the Speedwell Iron Works from the early to mid 1800s. The site's most prominent place in history comes from being the Birthplace of the Telegraph.
333 Speedwell Ave.., Morristown
Main St./Green Village Rd., Madison 07940, 973/377-2982
The former home of noted turn of the century designer Gustav Stickley, the major proponent of the "Arts & Crafts" style.
Rt 10 W and Manor Lane, Parsippany, 973/540-1165
Changing and Permanent Exhibits. The museum offers exhibitions about the history, arts, culture, and architechure of the town of Boonton. Open Saturdays form 1 to 4PM or by appointment. Free admission.
210 Main Street (John Taylor Building), Boonton 07005, 973/402-8840
Somerset County
The group was started in 1976 by citizens to save a 1722 Dutch colonial house from developers. Since then, three other farm houses, a canal bridgetenders house, and a colonial inn are being restored, maintained, and programmed for various uses. All are in different stages of restoration. Community events take place at several sites throughout the year.
Sussex County
The "fluorescent capital of the mineral world" includes
local minerals, rocks, fossils, Native American relics, geology and
replica mine workings. more...
32 Evans Street, Franklin 07416, 973/827-3481
This mining museum features an underground mine tour and a gift shop with a collection of world wide minerals. Over 30 acres of indoor & outdoor displays and historical buildings. Closed Jan. - Feb.. Open weekends in March and 7 days a week thereafter. Read more...
30 Plant St., Ogdensburg 07439, 973/209-7212
Warren County
The longest continuous iron producer in the United States from 1741-1965. Renovated 225 year old manor also serves as museum/cultural center for Warren County. Special events. Free.
Oxford, 908/453-4381
Historical rail, trolley, truck, bus, canal, ferry information, displays. Open first Saturday and Sunday each month, and the third Saturday, 1-4pm.
178 South Main St, Phillipsburg 08865 908/689-0472
Railroad memorabilia, Lenni Lenape artifacts from the area. Open 2-4 pm, 2nd and 4th Sundays each month, June - Oct. Groups tours by appointment.