Maple Lawn, seen here in a c.1913 postcard, still stands at 30 East Craig Street in Basking Ridge, NJ. It is an impressive Victorian house in the Second Empire style featuring a Mansard roof. Architectural surveys (c.1990s) and John C. Smith’s historical map of Basking Ridge date the house to around 1865. However, the building
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The house at 70 North Finley at the corner of Ridge Street in Basking Ridge has more history than most. The 1873 Beers Atlas of Somerset County shows it belonged to D. A. Minard (Dayton A. Minard), an investor who owned lands near the new Basking Ridge railroad station. The Rev. Peter S. Dagnault, the
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Millionaires with mansions weren’t the only people who created postcards featuring their homes. Frank and Myra Boppe of Basking Ridge had this colorful one made sometime around 1913. The house was probably built around 1900 and is still standing at 36 North Maple Avenue. The Boppes bought the house and farm which they called “Glenside”
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Basking Ridge Fire Company No. 1 hosted its annual carnival Aug. 6-7, 1915 and used a real picture postcard to advertise the event. The Moline fire engine, shown here in front of the old Maple Avenue school (now Bernards Township Library), was purchased in 1911.
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Often, Christmas cards are discarded after the holidays, but this classic from the THSSH Archives contains many clues to local history. The card was sent to Madeline Koechlein (c.1905-1991) of Liberty Corner, NJ, by her Aunt Mattie (probably Martha E. Boyle Fenner of Peapack). Although not postmarked, the card probably dates to around 1910. The
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