The Forgotten Past of New Jersey

I first noticed this small complex of brick buildings while running errands for work. I noticed a sign that said "Old Water Works Road...

Rahway's St Mark's parish was founded in 1871. Their church was constructed in 1885 in the period appropriate Carpenter Gothic styl...

Source The St Lucy's Parish was an Irish parish formed in Jersey City in 1884. However, it wasn't until 1895 that their iconic ...

Source The earliest mention I found of a school on Morton Street is on a map from 1873.  It shows the parcel occupied by the "...

Usually the pieces I write for this blog are filled with tragedy and frustration. Sometimes the location has a sordid past; in other instanc...

The North Jersey Training School once occupied a sprawling 188 acre tract of land in the boro of Totowa. The plan was to provide a community...