The Olcott School (built 1905) is conspicuous in this photo that depicts eight men astride a 60-foot windmill, which they likely had just erected at 20 Olcott Avenue in Bernardsville, NJ. The slatted fanwheel and tail are just out of view at the top of the frame. Windmills like these, a common innovation across the
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After philanthropist Frederic P. Olcott died in 1909, many placenames in Bernardsville, NJ, were renamed in his honor, including Olcott Square, the Olcott building, and Olcott Avenue. Do you know what Olcott Avenue was called before it was renamed? For the answer, go to the THSSH Archives. Note, the archive document dates to 1914, when
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