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|   Budd Lake Community-Budd Lake, NJ
in Signs of History This former industrial hamlet where mills and an iceworks operated in the mid-1800s became a thriving resort area by 1880. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 12/5/2019 last visited: 9/28/2021 |
 view gallerySE10.5 km | King House Museum - (Roxbury Township) Ledgewood NJ in Signs of History Built by Theodore F. King C.1878, photo below late 1890’s.
Miss Louise King was born in this house in 1881 and lived here until her death in 1975. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 5/16/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
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| The Bridget Smith House - Mine Hill NJ in Signs of History 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 posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 5/24/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view gallerySE28.8 km | Acorn Hall - Women's Heritage Trail in Signs of History This sign signifies a significant contribution by Mary Crane Hone for historical preservation of the Morristown area. posted by: 79scouts location: New Jersey date approved: 7/4/2012 last visited: never |
 view galleryE30.7 km | General Count Rochambeau Encampment - Whippany (Hanover Township) NJ in Signs of History “ . . . Whippany will be a good place for a halt . . . ”
Washington to Rochambeau. On August 27 and 28, 1781, a 5,000-man French Army under General Count Rochambeau encamped on grounds extending northeast from here toward the Whippany River. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 7/3/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view galleryE31.4 km | Pennsylvania Railroad “Watch Box” Circa 1911 - Whippany NJ in Signs of History On the Pennsylvania Railroad, what we commonly called a “Crossing Shanty” was known as a “Watch Box”. Watch Boxes were placed at grade crossings until automatic crossing gates became common toward the middle of the 20th Century. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 7/2/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view galleryE31.4 km | I Am Steam Locomotive No. 385 - Whippany NJ in Signs of History I was built in Philadelphia, PA in November 1907. I have seen many things. When I was new, some of the older men who worked with me were young soldiers during the American Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 7/2/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view galleryE31.4 km | Pennsylvania Railroad Standard Telephone Booth - Whippany NJ in Signs of History Telephones, either in “Telephone Booth” structures or in simpler Telephone Boxes, were placed wherever there was a need for a locomotive engineer or conductor to talk to the dispatcher or block controller. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 7/2/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view galleryE44.7 km | Washington Headquarters "Preakness" in Signs of History Washington Headquarters sign for the Dey Mansion in Wayne, NJ. posted by: 79scouts location: New Jersey date approved: 7/9/2010 last visited: never |
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| The First Reformed Church - Easton, Pennsylvania in Signs of History Steeped deep with German roots, this church has churned on through the years, witness & influential to important American history. Once it served Lutheran interests but now it serves the First United Church of Christ. This SOH tells all about it. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/10/2013 last visited: 10/25/2013 |
 view gallerySW45.1 km | The Great Square - Easton PA in Signs of History Surveyor William Parsons designated the City of Easton in a grid pattern radiating from this “Great Square” and the original Northampton County courthouse was erected in the square in 1765. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/17/2020 last visited: 9/27/2021 |
 view gallerySW45.1 km | Northampton County's First Court House - Easton, PA in Signs of History A large rock with a bronze tablet was placed in 1939 to commemorate the first courthouse which once stood on this site. The tablet's placement back then was of some notoriety as it was mentioned in the American Guide Series. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/22/2013 last visited: 10/25/2013 |
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| Centre Square Drinking Fountain - Milford PA in Signs of History Sculpted from blocks of bluestone in 1911 for the Village Improvement Association. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/25/2020 last visited: 6/15/2022 |
 view gallerySE46.3 km | Ultimate Frisbee Birthplace - Maplewood, NJ in Signs of History The waymark is at a plaque for the birthplace of Ultimate Frisbee. posted by:  gjal1978 location: New Jersey date approved: 7/16/2013 last visited: 4/15/2015 |
 view gallerySW48.1 km | Mules and Men 1831-1932 - Easton PA in Signs of History Delaware Canal-Mules provided the power to move boats along the Delaware Canal. The mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/17/2020 last visited: 9/27/2021 |
 view gallerySW52.1 km | Canal Boats - Durham PA in Signs of History Canal Boats-Delaware Canal Lock 21--(Panel 1) American canal boats met standards as unique as their canals. Here, the preferred boat met Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company’s specifications of 87 ½ feet long, 10.5 feet wide and 7 ½ feet tall. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/20/2020 last visited: 9/27/2021 |
 view gallerySE52.5 km | Buccleuch Mansion – New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ, USA in Signs of History Mansion built in 1739. Occupied by British during the American Revolution. Later visited often by George Washington. posted by: bpom location: New Jersey date approved: 3/19/2011 last visited: 8/13/2012 |
 view gallerySE53.1 km | Thomas Alva Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory - Edison, NJ in Signs of History Welcome to Menlo Park, former home of the "Wizard of Menlo Park". This sign of history tells the story of Edison and the importance of this site which is marked by this huge tower dedicated to Edison and his accomplishments. posted by: Math Teacher location: New Jersey date approved: 9/1/2010 last visited: 9/22/2018 |
 view galleryE53.4 km | Newark & Washington Park in the 19th Century - Newark NJ in Signs of History This land on which the Polhemus House was located (and where the Museum is now) is part of the James Street Commons Historic District, listed in the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places and geographically defined by Washington Park. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 5/24/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view galleryE53.4 km | The 19th Century Italianate Town House - Newark NJ in Signs of History The Polhemus House was a typical example of an Italianate town house, an urban residential building type popular between 1840 and 1870. The Italianate style is a characteristic by elaborate bold projecting exterior ornament with an emphasis on repetitive forms. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 5/24/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view galleryE53.8 km | Historic Site-Grace Church - Newark NJ in Signs of History 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 5/24/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view gallerySE54.9 km | Light Dispelling Darkness - Edison, NJ in Signs of History "Light Dispelling Darkness" is a 1937 WPA era scupture in Roosevelt Park in Edison, NJ. There are 6 abstract sculptures which represent War, Famine, Pestilence, Death, Greed and Materialism. posted by: Math Teacher location: New Jersey date approved: 9/2/2010 last visited: 8/19/2011 |
 view gallerySE60.2 km | Sayre and Fisher Brick Water Tower Borough of Sayreville - Sayreville NJ in Signs of History The Coastal Group, developers of the adjoining property have restored this brick water tower circa 1875 and have dedicated same to the borough in honor of those immigrants that were employed by the Brick Works posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 6/8/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view gallerySW61.6 km | Colonial Industrial Quarter - Bethlehem, PA in Signs of History The Colonial Industrial Quarter along Monacacy Creek, is a collection of industrial buildings built by the Moravians who settled here in the 1700s. posted by: NorStar location: Pennsylvania date approved: 10/2/2014 last visited: 2/11/2015 |
 view gallerySW61.6 km | Springhouse - Bethlehem, PA in Signs of History The spring here was one reason why the Moravians settled here in 1741, and this building here is a reproduction of a springhouse that stood here in 1764. posted by: NorStar location: Pennsylvania date approved: 9/27/2014 last visited: 8/20/2017 |
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