Thomas Edison National Historical Park preserves Thomas Edison's laboratory and residence, Glenmont, in West Orange, New Jersey. For more than forty years, the laboratory had a major impact on the lives of people worldwide. Out of the West Orange laboratories came...

Built in 1885 for Jeannette and John Holme Ballantine of the celebrated Newark beer-brewing family, this brick and limestone mansion originally had 27 rooms, including eight bedrooms and three bathrooms.  Part of The Newark Museum since 1937, the house was...

This fine Federal-style mansion was home to three generations of the Crane family, descended from one of Montclair's founders. Israel Crane, a successful merchant who constructed the turnpike that opened New Jersey's heartland to earty trade, built the house when he...

The Charles Shultz House, also known as the Evergreens, is a three-story Victorian residence with twenty one rooms. The house remained in the family for three generations until it was donated to the Montclair Historical Society by Molly Shultz, also a member, in...

Welcome to Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University, home of New Jersey’s first elected governor and signer of the Constitution, William Livingston. Built in 1772, on the eve of the American Revolution, Liberty Hall has been a silent witness to more than 200 years of...

This site houses the most complete collection of Cleveland artifacts in the nation; including the president’s cradle, White House chair, clothing and fishing gear among many others. Explore the world of Grover Cleveland’s youth from the 1830s-1850s, on our 2.5...

Boxwood Hall, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, was the home from 1772 to 1795 of Elias Boudinot, president of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 ending the American Revolution. Boudinot and others met George Washington here for a luncheon...

This 18th Century Dutch gambrel-roofed homestead, was once the home of the Van Wagoner and Hamilton families. The basic plan of the house doesn't greatly differ from its Dutch antecedents. The sturdy one and one half story cut sandstone structure, flanked by a...

The Carter House is believed to be the oldest existing building in Summit. Property along the Passaic River, on what is now River Road, was deeded to Benjamin Carter in 1740. He built a cottage on the site in 1741and over the years it was enlarged to its current...

Lambert Castle in Paterson, New Jersey was built in 1892 by silk manufacturer Catholina Lambert and his wife Isabella. The castle sits on top of a hill above Paterson and has fantastic views of the New York City skyline.