Newton Green (north)
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unimoggers
N 41° 03.484 W 074° 45.165
18T E 520775 N 4545232
Beautiful Green.
Waymark Code: WMXB5
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2006
Views: 45
The Centennial of Monument Day and the Dedication of the Sussex County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument is located here. For more information, go to the link below.
Marker Name: Newton Green
Marker Type: Local? Unofficial
Marker text:
The only Colonial county seat in New Jersey where a court house on its original site fronts a town square or public Green.
In 1908 architect J.J. Vreeland added an upper story and Classical porch to the County Clerk and Surrogate Offices, built by Brink & Knox in 1859. It became the County Park Building in 1930. The Romanesque Revival Hill Foundation was built of local limestone in 1895 by gift from Joshua Hill, a native of Sussex County.
Dedication Date: 06/06/2000
City: Newton
County: Sussex
Group responsible for placement: Erected 2000 by the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders
Web Link: [Web Link]
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