The Forgotten Past of New Jersey

New Jersey Avenue School was built in 1925 to replace a smaller structure. The old school was racially segregated, while the new building wa...

  Source First National Bank had established a branch in South River by the turn of the century, but the building we know was built in 1916....

Livingston's Grace Lutheran Church was built in the early 1960s, replacing a farmstead that stood on the same land.  The building consis...

257 Upper Mountain Ave was a large Colonial Revival home on an acre of land.  The exterior of the home was wrapped in cedar clapboard and ca...

Mater Dei was founded in 1961 as a part of St. Mary's School.  A second school building was constructed on the property in the mid 1960s...

The city of Newark was a much different place 100 years ago. With both a booming industrial force and a bustling commercial downtown, the ci...