DOVER AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Ye Old Tye News

Volume XXXX Issue 11 Spring 2009 Historic Library Painting Restored Dover Women’s Club Takes An Active Role

DOVER-A painting Dover’s loveliest known as “The Peaceful v i e w s Charm Of Woods And Water” overlooking the by Kate Sutton has been Rockaway River hanging in the Dover Public from the bridge Library for the past 75 years, on Route 46 just Dover has the distinction of hardly ever noticed or a little west of being one of the first 11 understood. It wasn’t until Ayers Auto cities in America to be society member Edith Varga Dealership. It named “Tree City USA”. one day noticed the painting was painted was gone. Suddenly alarms when the foliage (see page 9) went off and concerns were was at its height library, have decided to ask for raised and Edith, past of autumnal splendor and the subscriptions to the picture  president of the Women’s vividly rich tones of yellow, fund to raise money to pay for Club, took action. orange and red, contrasted with Vivian E. Berg . the painting which will cost Since that time, the the fair sky and tranquil water of two-hundred dollars. Dover Library Board has the Rockaway River, makes this Our past president and The committee hopes taken extraordinary steps to painting of unusual charm. In the founding member of the that citizens of Dover will have the painting analyzed, background the smokestacks of Dover Area Historical make a special effort to see this refurbished and reframed. the Wharton Furnace are visible Society, Vivian Berg passed painting at the library.” Meanwhile, society while the (not seen away on April 2, 2009. The Dover Woman’s genealogist Marilyn in this painting) lies just Club was organized in 1912 by See page 5. Patterson has been doing beyond the tree line. Mrs. R. A. Bennett , who research on who Kate Sutton became its first president. The According to the Dover was, where she lived and club was organized to find Advance, January 25, 1934, “the anything else about her gift to ways of working for the good Inside this issue: Education and Civics Committee the history of Dover. of the community, such as of the Dover Woman’s Club, playgrounds, schools, homes, This beautiful oil wishing to make this painting a Membership 2009 2 painting shows one of permanent possession of the visiting Nurse, Library, dramatics & Beyond The “D” 4 Dover Antique Center Recalls History Treasured Library 5 A Visit Takes You Back In Time With Fond Memories Painting

In Memory of Barbara 6 DOVER-One recent Sunday Woodhull afternoon, Dover historical society’s photographer Rick Kelly took a stroll down Historic Central Hotel 7 memory lane with a visit to the Dover Antique Center. To his surprise, a burst of memories came back to him, not only for the antiques he Central Rail Road Cut 8 saw, but the memories of the Newberry’s Department Store when he was a kid. Dover - “Tree City USA” 9 Read Rick’s story on page 3. PAGE 2 YE OLD TYE NEWS VOLUME XXXX ISSUE 2009 Paid Membership Patrick Fahy, Dover Dr. Hugh Miller, Dover, DE Margeret Fischer & Bob Starling, Otto Miller, Mine Hill LIFE TIME MEMBERSHIP Erwinna, PA Rich & Barbara Newman, Dover Jay & Patti Ferriero, Mt Arlington Henry O Baker Ins., Dover Attilio’s Tavern, Dover Evelyn Gilbert, Jensen Beach, FL Dave & Lisa Pennella, Dover Ira & Cynthia Ayers, Randolph David & Karen Glaser, Dover Michael & Catharine Picciallo, Dover Dr. A.L.& Jean Baker, Hopatcong Victor & Ellen Guadagno, Sparta Frank Poolas, Dover Bill & Ginny Birch, Willard & Betty Hedden, Randolph Wm. Richardson, Mt Arlington BernardsvilleCarolyn Bishop, Dover Dorothy & Harold Hertel, Cindy & Rich Romaine, Dover Benson Thomson Agency, Dover Safety Harbor, FL Stan & Marj Schoonmaker, Dover Joan & Alan Bocchino, Dover Stuart & Betty Inglis, Dover Robert, Patricia & Samuel Schwarz James Brooks, Ocean City Carl Iosso, Dover Dover Curtis & Lois Brown, Lancaster, PA Jim & Verna Johnson, Pompton Plains Peg & Bill Shuler, Dover Harriet Buono, Dover Patricia Kalena, Dover Ulla, William & Paul Shuler, Dover Joan Burdge, Dover Martin & Laura Kane, Mt. Lakes Smith, Taylor, Ruggiero Funeral Home, Shirley Hendrickson Burgess, Wm. & Nancy Kattermann, Dover Dover Randolph Richard Kelly, Dover JoAnn,Bob & Mike Steinberg, Dover Eve Casey, Dover Karen Kovalesky, Hackettstown Dr. Arthur Tiger M.D., P.A., Dover Phyllis Casey, Dover Jacqueline Loeffler, Dover Dr. Anthony Troha, Mine Hill George Coulthard, Dover Mel & Barbara Loory, Boonton Tuttle Funeral Home, Randolph Norman&Mary Lou Dailey, Dover Charlotte Morgan Luer, Denville Robert & Alice Wagner, Wharton Florence D’Agostino, Dover Betty & Ralph MacNaughten, Francis & Louis Wagner, Canton, GA Mike D’Agostino, Succasunna Mine Hill James & JoAnn Dodd, Dover Marilyn Martin, Cottage Grove, MN (Cont. below)

William & Nancy Kattermann, Dover Robert Ciardi, Irwin, PA LIFE TIME MEMBERSHIP Joyce Lake, Dover William & Judy Ciardi, Randolph Kay Walker, Dover Scott , Judy & Jeffrey Miller, Dover Robert Miller & Claire Rohloff, Debbie & Bob Wood, Succasunna Nick’s Barber Shop, Dover Bloomsburg Bill & Brenda Woodhull, Dover Rotary Club of Dover, Dover Richard & Cathey Cole, Dover JoAnne Zarger, Mine Hill Rev. James J. Slattery, Dover John Delaney & Family, Dover In Memory of Arch Nicholas Robert & Rose Tiefenbacher, Lafayette George & Kathleen Doboney, Wharton Marsha Vitow, Baltimore, MD Phyllis & Ray Fisher, Dover SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP Bill & Bonnie Gregory, Morristown FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Francis & Marie Hoffman, Dover Don & Jean Alperti, Oakcreek, CO Robert Bahrs, Morris Plains John & Caroline Huntzinger, Milford, DE Brownwood Realty Co., Dover Eileen & Timothy Beighleg, Mine Hill John & Maria Hynes, Easton, NH John D’Agostino, Landing Penny & Jack Bennett, Dover Gary Kazin, Rockaway Dover Area Chamber of Commerce Charles & Marion Caccavale, Wharton Judy & Don Klement, Remer, MN Dover Market Place, Wayne George & Mary Castellitto, Randolph Margaret & Ralph Kubisky, Dover Frank & Grace Hamilton, Old Lyme, CT. Christopher Chapman, Dover

2009 Membership Helen & Carmen Pennella, Dover INDIVIDUAL Laura M. Poll & Family, Navesink MEMBERSHIP JoAnn Bowman, FAMILY MEMBERSHIP (Cont.) Hudson Favell & Ada Rosen, Dover Dover Robert Carpenter, Jean Schneider, Randolph Rockaway Pat Daley, Dover Eugene & Beatrice Lemoncelli, Ian & Trudy Simms, Hopatcong Blairstown Mrs. Patrica Davis, Landing Helen & Bob Slack, Dover Dorothy B. Fackina, Ringwood Wilfred & Linda Mabee, Oak Ridge Duncan & Dorothy Smith, Silver Spring, Joe Mann & Family, Middletown, NY James Fransen, Sussex MD Barbara Gardner, Dover Paul & Kathleen McDougall, Randolph Anne&Les Stephens, Lk Hopatcong Helen Guiles, Dover Joseph & Sharon Nazzaro, Randolph Leroy & Edith Varga, Dover Janet Hooper, Dover Nancy Nicholas, Dover Penny & Pat Visioli, Milford, DE Mariann Horan, Douglasville, PA Shirley & George O’Brien, Dover Don & Sharon Wagner, Wharton Kathy Kalena, Dover Michael & Irene Palanchi, Dover Neldon & Alma Williams, Dover John Kuzel, Denville Vishal Parmar & Family, Dover Douglas & Marcia Zeek, Dover (Cont. next page) VOLUME XXXX ISSUE YE OLD TYE NEWS PAGE 3

2009 Membership Jean Cater, Dover Joyce Gorine, Dover Jane Cody, Pompton Plains Sophie Goritski, Blairstown INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP Kitty Lee Cole, Dover Florence Gray, Dover (Cont.) Ann Cortese, Morris Plains Allen C. Hale, Lake Mary, FL Jeanne Crofton, Scotch Plains Leonora T. Harrison, Mt Tabor Elizabeth Olney, Dover Hank Crouse, Underhill, VT William Hastie, Wharton Maryilyn Patterson, Dover Peter Cullen, Clifton Lyndon E. Hooper, Wharton Bernard Schenkler, Alden, NY Jane Curtin, Dover Betty Howard, Dover Michael Srsich, Rockaway Ed Daniels, Dover Diane Hunter, Dover Charles Walker, Greensboro, NC James D’Auria, Dover Phil Jaeger, Cedar Groove Arlene Wright, Murphysboro, IL Francisco DeJesus, Dover Mary Jenkins, Dover Catharine DeShazo, Dover Harold Johnson, San Marcos, CA SENIOR MEMBERSHIP Thomas & Ellen DeShazo, Frenchtown Catherine Jugan, Dover Emma Eckert, Dover Paula Kassell, Dover Mae Baker, Dover Richard & Elfrieda Egan, Dover Majorie Harring Bell, Los Angles, CA Claire Kelly, Dover Alexander D. Everitt, Lafayette Kevin Kelly, Janesville, WI Jack Bennett, Morris Plains Robert Fancher, Wharton Willard Benson, Central, SC John & Helen Kuzel, Dover H. Robert Feinberg, Wesley Chapel, FL Helen Lambert, Wharton Joyce Boniface, Mine Hill Shirley E. Ferriero, Boonton Ennette M. Boyiatgis, Dover Douglas Laurie, Russell V. Fine, Winchester, VA Carol Laverty, Dover Flavia Brock, Dover Robert & Mary Flanagan, Dover Edith Brown, Wharton Claire Leifer, Dix Hills, NY Roger Flartey, Mine Hill Shirley Lohman, Dover Walter Buczek, Totowa Carole Garnet, Dover Frances Campbell, Belleview Athena Mantgas, Dover Robert Gilbert, Concord, NC Ann Mathews, Dover Nan Cannon, Dover John Gill, Flanders Charlene Sue May, Manassas, VA Pat Carthage, Lake Hopatcong Rolando Gomez, Dover Phil & Mary Carthage, Belfast, ME Gary Gordon, Morris Plains

2009 Membership Joyce & Mathew O’Malley, Betty Shunk, Dover Lorraine Shallop, Dover Lehigh Acres, FL Jack & Marie Slater, Rockaway SENIOR MEMBERSHIP (Cont.) Raymond Porphy, Ridge Spring, SC Mary Storey, Manchester Mabel Poulos, Dover Paul & Gladys Sullivan, Dover Donald J. McElroy DDS, Dover Diane Power, Rockaway Twp Alfreta Suter, Dover Marion McKane, Dover Edna Rawson, Dover Dolores Tate, Belhaven, NC Gloria Melnick, Atlanta, GA Edward Reich, Dover Marion, Thriemer, Murphysboro, IL Terry Meloskie, Denville Marie Richards, Dover James Visioli, Dover Kenneth Miller, Mine Hill Linda Romeo, Burlington, VT Ellen Visioli, Morristown Byard & Linda Miller, Diane Saitta, Dover Marsha Vitow, Baltimore, MD Heber Springs, AR Martha Salvesen, Dover Louisa Wall, Dover Karl & Ginny Miller, Hayes, VA Jean Schneider, Randolph Marge Weber, Birdsboro, PA Roy & Marion Miller, Dover Florence Schuten, Pelion, SC Miriam Willinger, Doveer Mrs. Ruth A. Monahan, Randolph Donald Seath, Wharton Clara Wolford, Dover John & Shirley Morrison, Carolyn Ward Seeger, Brooksville, FL E. Stroudsburg Dorothy O’Leary, Hanover Have you paid you 2009 dues yet?

Dover Antique Center - J.J. Newberry’s Memories

By Rick Kelly (cont. from page one) My recent visit to the Antique Center brought back many childhood memories. I was greeted by the many vendors there and awed by the amount of historic memorabilia that was available for sale. As I walked through, I thought of the days when the store was J.J. Newberry’s 5&10 Cent Store. (Cont. on next page)

Dover Antique Center offers a wide range of articles to admire and purchase if you wish. PAGE 4 NEWSLETTER TITLE VOLUME XXXX ISSUE

Sunday * July 12th * All Day Upcoming Events ANNUAL YARD SALE/FLEA MARKET Outreach Program Tuesday * April 21st * 7:30 PM ANNUAL ROOT BEER SOCIAL • Regular Monthly Meeting (A day at the Dover Flea Market) Senior Citizens have been meeting at the Museum House For reservations call 973.361.3525 museum house through the Dover HISTORIC DOVER AREA $20 per table - $15 for returns Recreation Commission. WHARTON PHOTOS Tuesday * July 21st * 7:30 PM • “Disasters of the Dover Area ” program Tuesday * May 19th * 7:30 PM Regular Monthly Meeting has become very popular as it has now Regular Monthly Meeting Museum House become the most requested show to see. Museum House HISTORY OF THE DOVER SCHOOLS It’s been shown at the Wharton QUAKER MEETING HOUSE No Charge - Refreshments Served Historical Society , The Dover Senior No Charge - Refreshments Served Citizens Club and The Randolph Tuesday * Aug. 18th * 7:30 PM Historical Society . Monday * Memorial Day Parade Regular Monthly Meeting Monday * May 25th Museum House • The Dover College Club recently met at Movie at the Baker Theater THE MORRIS CANAL THRU DOVER the museum house and heard a YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (Explore the old canal through Dover) presentation from Linda Barth , (Watch the movie on the large screen) No Charge - Refreshments Served president of the Historical Societies of 7:00 pm * Donation suggested . Sept. & Oct. * Family Portraits * Refreshments available The Dover Historical Society will be • The annual Flea Market returns to Tuesday * June 16th * 7:30 PM hosting family portraits, taken at the Blackwell Street this year. Look for our Regular Monthly Meeting Museum House. yard sale on July 12th, all day. Museum House (Be part of Dover’s recorded history) HISTORY OF BAKER THEATER Photographer - Rick Kelly • Second Annual Tea Party coming up on (From vaudeville to motion pictures) September 26th with two seating's. Last (These programs are subject to change) No Charge - Refreshments Served Beyond The “D” - History of Craftsman Farms

Beyond the “D” is a column featuring interesting historic faces and places beyond Dover…but very close. By Joan Bocchino Some names you just don’t hear too much anymore. Last September, Hurricane Gustav roared up the East Coast. Gustav - the name emanates strength and ethnicity – someone full of GUSTO! Our great Morris County had its own famous Gustav – . Who was this Gustav Stickley? To know Gustav, you must visit his legacy, Craftsman Farms . That name probably rings a tiny bell, for if you ever drove Rt. 10 West, leaving the flatness of Morris Plains, then climbing, climbing up the foothills of Parsippany and Powder Mill, you might have seen the brown sign. “Craftsman Farms, next right.” Slow down, turn in. It’s 1908. Gustav purchased the first of his 650 acres “deep in the sunny New Jersey hills .” Thirty miles from NYC, five miles from Dover, and a few short miles from the all-important ticket to NYC - the Morris Plains train station. Gustav’s goal was to buck the mass-produced overly ornate Victorian furniture trend of the day. He wanted to bring back the craft of furniture making – simple, sturdy, and functional furniture. At the same time, he wanted to marry this artistic philosophy to a lifestyle. (cont. on page 6)

Antique Center (cont. from previous page) Years ago, many kids walking home from school used to use Newberry's as a short- cut from one block to the other stopping along the way to browse or stop at Joe Wessman’s Jewelry to have a watch fixed or just watch him work. The Dover Antique Center, now in their 14th year at the old Newberry's store, helps bring back a lot of old Dover memories. They have my praise for the work they do and Some of the vendors at the Dover Antique Center include Harry Stihl , Dan Korpos, Joe the business they’re in. Be sure to stop Formato, Irene Linzmayer , Karen Gunzel, Nancy Vandeerbush, Jeannie Benedetto, by and say hello. Brenda Feller, Rich Kandy, Al Slater and Bob Ricciotti. VOLUME XXXX ISSUE NEWSLETTER TITLE PAGE 5 Another “Treasured” Library Painting

DOVER-One of Dover’s large German immigration priceless treasures is located inside the in the late 1800s won the public library. Emanuel Leutze’s name of “Germantown” in “Indians Attacking the Wagon Train ” East Dover. The Guenther painted in Dusseldorf, Germany in 1863 Hosiery Mill and the row was donated to the library on June 3, houses along King Street 1943 in memory of Mrs. William E. are still monuments to this Derry by the Derry family. Prior to this, great German migration. the painting had been on loan to the In Leutze’s library for eight years. paintings, he glorified At the age of 24, Emanuel American history with Leutze became part of this flow of artists great enthusiasm, uplifting who traveled to Germany to study in the heroic spirit of the Dusseldorf. Although Leutze only spent nation. On a this day, the excessive heat took its toll on Leutze and he 20 years in the United States, he very warm Saturday, July collapsed in front of the Willard Hotel and within hours was considered himself an American and 18 th day, the temperature dead. The newspaper wrote that the cause of death was "heat lifted up the United States to the other rose to 95 degrees and prostration and sunstroke." The Funeral service was held at members of the Academy. Leutze thought continued to rise his home at 5:30 P.M. on Monday, July 20, 1868. Leutze of the United States as the universal throughout the day. This was buried at Glenwood Cemetery in the city he called fatherland. Many German idealists day was like many others thought of this belief, which to some in Washington, DC where Compliments of Compliments of accounted for the large immigration of the city was known for its Frank & Grace Hamilton Robert & Rose Germans into America. Even Dover’s extreme heat. However, on Old Lyme, CT Tiefenbacher, Lafayette

Who were Dr. William E. & Olivia Derry and the Derry Family?

Emanuel Leutze’s memory lives William E. Derry by the Derry family” 1889, Sarah in Oct. 1894 and Mildred in on forever in Dover as one only needs to Who were the Derry’s? June 1899. visit and admire not only the splendid According to Marilyn At 52 W. Blackwell St. (across detail of his art work, but the genuine Patterson , genealogist for the Dover Area from the historical society’s museum) Dr. American spirit that went into it. In 1976, Historical Society, William E. Derry was Derry would have been part of “Doctor’s during the United States bi-centennial, the a physician in Dover. Row” of Dover. painting was loaned to the Smithsonian in Washington. It was cleaned and refurbished In 1900, he owned a home at 52 In 1910, census shows Olivia and in 1989 and today sits on display in its final W. Blackwell St with his wife Olivia , 3 their 3 daughters lived at 6 Bank Street and resting place. This painting is truly one of daughters Edna, Sarah, Mildred , a in 1920 they apparently owned a home on 6 Dover’s finest treasures . servant Bella Dawson , and a hostler John Orchard Street with Olivia and 1 daughter, Wagner. Mildred, still at home. More research is According to historic documents, Dr. Derry was born in July 1856, being conducted on this historic Dover “the 1863 painting was donated to the Olivia in June, 1869, Edna in December family. library on June 3, 1943 in memory of Mrs.

Vivian Berg - Founding Member & President of Dover Area Historical Society Our beloved past president and However, Vivian will mostly be tion of the US Dept. of Interior which founding member of the Dover Historical remembered for her successful attempts to ordered an immediate halt to any more Society passed away on April 2, 2009. save the historic 1829 Stone Academy. razing. The Dept. soon after established Vivian will long be remembered During Dover’s Urban Renewal in the new rules, that any historic structures to as the person who singlehandedly kept the 1970s, the town was going berserk tearing be razed, needed to be reviewed first by historical society together for over 25- down historic buildings. The town lost the the Federal Agency. Many feel Vivian’s years. With the failed attempt of the old Playhouse Theater and slated to be efforts expedited this ruling. Many in Bonnieview Museum, everyone in the razed were all the buildings on the Dover also remember Sunday mornings organization walked away except for southside of Blackwell Street including the in downtown Dover with Vivian’s Vivian. Vivian kept the charter alive by Baker Opera House and the Stone beautiful hymns from the bells of the holding monthly meetings on a regular Academy. Vivian stepped up to the plate Presbyterian Church. Vivian’s wonderful basis, even when one or two people would and fought to save the Academy which was contribution to the history of Dover will show up. next in line. Her attempts caught the atten- surely be missed and long remembered. PAGE 6 NEWSLETTER TITLE VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 Post Cards of the Historic Canal Boat-Train Wreck

DOVER-The only recorded cards of this canal-boat, train accident. train wreck between a canal-boat and a They may have been printed in the 1960s train in the history of the Morris Canal when the historical society occupied The happened in downtown Dover. On June Bonnieview Mansion Museum at Hurd 12, 1905, a collision occurred between Park. We have decided to enclose some the Central Railroad of NJ engine #410 of these cards in our quarterly newsletter and a Morris Canal boat at the Guard for 2009. Enjoy. Lock in Dover, directly behind the Central House Hotel (today's Laughing One of the little girls posing in Lion restaurant). The train's brakes failed the photo to the lower right may be that to operate properly. The train crashed of Dorothy Sektberg later in life to through the drawbridge, which was open become Mrs. Paul Bostrom . In 1963 to permit a boat to pass. The engineer she stated, “I took my brother, Herbert, was Henry Schafer and the boat captain by the hand and we ran to the scene of the was George Meyers . Miraculously, action. When all the excitement was Captain Meyers, his wife and sleeping 2- over, my father let me know in no year old child were not injured. Neither uncertain terms that little girls were not was the train engineer. supposed to be in such dangerous places.” In 2008 when members of the historical society were unpacking boxes Compliments of of memorabilia that have been stored Dover Area Chamber of Commerce away for over 25-years, they came upon Dover hundreds and hundreds of photograph

In Loving Memory of Barbara Woodhull

By Bill Woodhull Akselrad & Joseph Lovas , Succasunna Ms. Gloria Bajek , Clifton William J. Hall , Dover Arlene Renwick , Dover Unexpected financial assistance Sacred Heart Leisure Club , Dover Mr.&Mrs. Anthony Benedetto , Princeton was realized by our Society just recently George & Shirley O’Brien , Dover Wilmott & Anastasia Barna , Princeton when over $1300.00 was received in Kathleen & Michael MacDonald , Pepperell, Mr. & Mrs. Craig Goettler , memory of our past member, Barbara MA Doylestown, PA Woodhull . Barbara’s family had Diane & Gary Rojek , N. Brunswick, Paul McDougall , Dover suggested that in lieu of flowers, a Mr.&Mrs. Nicholas DePasquale , Freehold Vicky&Glen Winkelman , Hopatcong donation be made to the Dover Area James & Valerie Cline , Long Valley Dalia Tortorella , Branchville Mrs. Dorothy Thorpe , Bethlehem, PA Historical Society in her memory. Mrs. Jeanette Czipo , Wharton Mr.&Mrs. Charles Cummings , Belvidere A list of donors follows and the Hendricks & Hendricks , N. Brunswick Ellen H. Boyer , Budd Lake Ms. Shirley Ferriero , Boonton Society sincerely appreciates and thanks Ms. Dianne Scalzo , Erie, PA those who so generously sent a memorial Irma McKenna , Morristown Stan & Marg Schoonmaker, Dover Ms. Rosita Scinto , Dover in Barbara’s name: Brownwood Realty Co ., Dover Dr. Bill and Sharon Johnson , Denville

Beyond The D (cont.) of the American Arts and Crafts of Gustav was heard in the cries of the movement.” worldwide art community who shouted In today’s vernacular, we might “No!” The preserved site is now managed refer to Gustav as “green.” His dream was The farm was sometimes by the Craftsman Farm Foundation. to create a boys’ school here, Craftsman referred to as the Garden of Eden, but Farms, where the boys could learn furniture reality visited in 1915, when Gustav was Gustav Stickle was a furniture making on a self-sustaining farm with forced to declare bankruptcy. In 1917 the designer, a philosopher, and a publisher. He vegetable gardens, fruit trees, a vineyard, entire 650-acre property was bought by was a leader in the American Arts and barns of cows and chickens. A school the Farny family, who kept it intact until Crafts movement. never opened, and his family consisting of 1969 when they sold all but 27 acres. In 1987 these 27 acres, which contained the Step back one hundred years, visit his wife, four daughters and son moved Craftsman Farms. Go to the well crafted into the log house. When you visit the site, log house, cottages and outbuilding were for sale to a developer wanting to build website www.stickleymuseum.org to learn the centerpiece is “ the log house, built in more 1911, one of the most significant landmarks 52 town homes. This is when the spirit VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 NEWSLETTER TITLE PAGE 7 The Historic Central Hotel (Laughing Lion)

DOVER-This was originally the Central Hotel one of the major hotel stops along the busy Central Railroad of New Jersey. In 1872, Leopold Schwarz purchased the old Steel Furnace site on North Sussex Street and used its bricks to erect the Central Hotel, the second brick building in Dover. The hotel building still stands today and is the home of The Laughing Lion Restaurant. In exchange for the right-of-way between Mr. Schwarz's two buildings for the Central prospered in Dover the population continued to grow and with the soon-to-be son, Henry McFarlan Jr . taking over the Railroad tracks, Mayor George Richards business of developing Dover which he Morris Canal dig through town, McFarlan gave Mr. Schwarz the "Old Stone Store" succeeded in doing over the next 55-years & Blackwell decided it was time to lay out o n B l a c k w e l l S t r e e t . until his death on March 27, 1882. The Old Steel Furnace has a a city-street-grid and offer lots for sale to wonderful history all onto itself. It once future settlers. Blackwell and McFarlan, stood at the site of today’s Schwarz Block partners since 1796. were iron merchants in In 1827 they advertised in the Building. The furnace was constructed by New York City where they did immense Palladium of Liberty Newspaper in New York business from their store at 8 Coenties-slip. Henry McFarlan, Sr. & Joseph that building lots in Dover were “for sale.” They were known to buy out Blackwell shortly after they took over the Unfortunately, Joseph Blackwell never saw Iron Works site in 1816. It was the first his dream come true for he passed away that entire cargoes of iron without hesitating, such plant of its kind in Morris County. very same year. Likewise, three years later and their store was considered the As the iron and steel business Henry McFarlan Sr . passed away with his headquarters of the iron trade. Current Events In Historic Dover - Major Bridge Repair

Work has begun on the $61 million improvement project of the Route 46 overpass and Route 15 intersection which should take about three years to complete. Town officials said the improvements couldn’t taking place. The razing of a group of of the annual Rubber Ducky Race. This come soon enough since the bridges were homes along McFarlan Street west and year’s event will move to a new site at in horrendous condition with chunks of the razing of Traveler’s Diner. The photo Water Works Park. Traffic is being concrete falling from underneath. Above to the right is a view of the Route 46 detoured around the work site causing photos show some of the early work bridge over the Rockaway River, the site some serious delays and congestion.

Cub Scouts Visit Museum - Boy Scout Troop 64 Sleepover

A group of Cub Scouts recently made a trip to the museum house. Pictured are three of the scouts, Michael Rohn, Matthew Schoelch and Jonathan Burgos . Their biggest thrill was to visit the site of the “ghost.” Eagle Scout Todd Stazack from Mine Hill earned his rank by completely renovating the second floor Center picture shows museum curator visits the house on a regular basis. The kitchen area of the Dover History George Laurie explaining the story of photo to the right shows how attentive the Museum. Recently, Boy Scout Troop 64 Dorothy, the friendly haunting, that still boys were. held a sleepover in the museum house. PAGE 8 NEWSLETTER TITLE VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 Historic Central Railroad Cut Exposed

DOVER-For the first time in the tunnel and Irish immigrants were decades, the historic Central Railroad cut hired to work at the western end through Fairview Hill has been exposed to digging through the solid rock the public eye due to the cutting of trees mountain.. In the meantime, a and brush in order to prepare for the major group of Italian immigrants worked construction of the new Route 46-15 laying tracks in the East Dover overpass, connection. "meadows". According to historic records, Most of the Swedish labor before Mayor George Richards was able force was housed in the apartments to complete his railroad line, The Dover- and hotel buildings along North Hibernia Line” two major obstacles had to Sussex Street for the duration of the be overcome. One being the construction project. of a tunnel under the Rockaway Road just east of Dover and the other being a “very After this link was completed an "old farm house" building on North Flanders, Bartley, and Califon as well as critical” cut that had to be made through nearby communities such as Rockaway, solid rock in west Dover above the Mill Sussex Street was converted into a train Wharton, and Hibernia. Pond, adjacent to Clinton Street. station to become the first Dover terminal which operated there for over fifty years. Notice the railroad cut through solid rock This project alone contributed to Once the line was completed to High looking eastward. The Route 46 overpass Dover's early "Melting Pot" as about fifty Bridge, the building was widely used as a will be reconstructed, joining Route 15 to Swedish immigrants were employed at the departure and arrival station by the create a “T” intersection. eastern end of the line to dig and construct people of such towns as Long Valley,

German Exchange Students Visit DOVER-Stan Schoonmaker hosted the visit of eleven German Exchange Students from Wiesbaden, Germany on Monday April 6th. The students visited the Dover Museum to hear the German language teacher from Dover High, Ulla Shuler , give a lecture on the history of the German immigrant , Paul Guenther , who settled in Dover in the late 1800s and started the world’s leading manufacturing company in ladies silk stockings. Stan was able to use the latest state-of-the-art technology to project hundreds of photographs, documents, letters and post cards onto a large screen as Ms. Shuler gave the lecture. This is the same program that the historical society has presented a couple of times at the Guenther Mill on King Street and hopes to present it again in October. Paul Guenther left such an impact on Dover that an entire section of town in east Dover became known as “Germantown” which also includes “Germania Park” in Rockaway Twp. It’s often been mentioned that in his home town of Saxony, statues and monuments stand in his memory. In Dover, there is nothing, no signs, not even a street named in his memory.

Moller Opea House c 1860s - Baker Opera House 1895 - Playhouse What’s Playing in Dover? Theatre vaudeville & photo plays c 1919 - Baker “silent movies” c 1920s. VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 NEWSLETTER TITLE PAGE 9 Historic Dover “Tree City USA” 29-Years

DOVER-When Dover received progressive tree planting throughout the Chatham for 8 years, Bernardsville for 17 the honor of being named “Tree City USA” community. years, Mountain Lakes for 11 years and 29 years ago, only 10 other cities in The Shade Tree Commission Chester for 23 years. Dover’s America had the same distinction at the commission today includes Andrew time. Today, thousands of communities was based on a program started by the Dover Woman’s Club in 1977 called DuJack as Chairman, Mary Fahy as Vice across the country have joined “Tree City Chairperson with commission members USA” as part of an effort to legally be “Town Pride Project” which was responsible for the initial plantings of Bashir Brelvi, Robin Foster, Donna responsible for, care for and manage trees Whitman, Joanne Bowman and Robin in the community. Cherry Trees in Hurd Park. The Dover Women’s Club When the announcement was started town plantings as made by the National Arbor Day far back as 1912 as an Foundation in Nebraska City, Nebraska in effort to keep the village of 1980, longtime historical society member Dover beautiful. and community activist Helen Pennella was head of the Dover Shade Tree Today, Dover Commission. stands out among other New Jersey communities She said Dover was selected that leads in efforts to based on the town meeting a set of manage a community of standards; the establishment of an trees. Other Morris ordinance dealing with tree planting ; County towns include setting up a Commission; budgeting a $1 Summit for 13 years, per capita for such improvements; and Madison for 23 years, A Visit From the Morris Co. Heritage Commission On March 19th, members of the Dover Historical Society met with representatives from the Morris County Heritage Commission on the future of grants for the organization. It was highly suggested that the Dover group form a Grant Writing Committee. Pictured (L. to R) Dave Bogert , Carrie Fellows and Peg Shultz from the commission and Linda Mullin, Bill Shuler, Jane Curtin , Brenda Woodhull, Others in attendance, but not seen in the The Stickly House - “the log house, built Joan Bocchino, Stu and Betty Inglis . photograph, were Stan Schoonmaker in 1911, one of the most significant landmarks Bill Woodhull of the American Arts and Crafts movement.” and . Dover - Then And Now (The Morris Canal)

DOVER-While recently taking photographs of the various construction sites around town, it was coincidental that we took a photograph of W. Blackwell Street looking westward which matched up exactly with an old photograph from our achives showing the same site about 100 years ago. Notice in the “old” post card, no Route 46 bridge was constructed yet and notice the old Morris Canal running parallel to W. Blackwell Street. Morris Canal through Dover was the fact western border to the Rockaway line. This One of the historic features about the that it was lined with stone walls from the was a major selling point in the 1830s. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES DOVER AREA HISTORICAL President Emerita—Vivian Berg SOCIETY President—Betty Inglis Family - $20 * Individual - $12 Board of Trustees Vice President—Stan Schoonmaker Senior Citizen (62 and older) - $8 William Shuler 2009 Recording Secretary—Joan Bocchino Marilyn Patterson 2009 Corresponding Secretary—Wm Woodhull Junior Member (Student) - $6 Brenda Woodhull 2009 Treasurer– Bill Shuler Scott Miller 2009 Museum -George Laurie, Stan Sustaining Member - $75 Phyllis Casey 2010 Schoonmaker, Alice & Bob Wagner (Display Ad or Compliments of:) Pat Kalena 2010 Ways and Means-Bob Wagner Helen Pennella 2010 Photographer-Rick Kelly Life Membership (one-time Kathi Gilbert 2010 Old Tye Editor-George Laurie payment) (Husband & Wife or Jim Johnson 2011 Membership-Pat Kalena Individual) - $300 Alice Wagner 2011 Genealogist-Marilyn Patterson Vishal Palmer 2011 Dover Area Historical Society is a 501(c)3 Bob Wagner 2011 Not-For-Profit Organization

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Don’t miss this film on the large screen Bob Wagner presents the “History of the Our 7th Annual “Town Wide Yard Sale” this year May 25th at 7:00 pm. No charge! Dover Speedway” & the “1926 Baby Parade” on July 12th at the Flea Market. Call to RSVP a Courtesy of the Baker Theater & DAHS. film. Coming Soon…. to a theater near you. space at 973-361-3525.