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St. Bernard’s Church and Parish House, Bernardsville, NJ

November 24, 2025November 25, 2025 by W. Barry Thomson 1 Comment

Architectural and Cultural Significance St. Bernard’s Church and its original parish house in Bernardsville, New Jersey, are architecturally and culturally significant, in part because they were designed by two of America’s leading architects of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Moreover, the church features a notable set of English stained glass windows. The architectural

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Bernardsville’s Emergency Flu Hospital 1918

January 24, 2025April 10, 2025 by Roy Crego 3 Comments

In 1918 with World War I raging in Europe, the world suddenly faced a global influenza outbreak. New Jersey and the Somerset Hills were soon impacted and hospitals in Morristown and Somerville were crowded with seriously ill patients. Local organizations needed to step up to meet the public health emergency. In the Somerset Hills, the

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