Ringwood· Ma.Nor One of New Jersey's Most Fa Mous Historic Homes, Ringwood Manor Just North of Wanaq.Ue Reservoir in Passaic County, 'Is ·Portrayed, on
Ringwood· Ma.nor One of New Jersey's most fa mous historic homes, Ringwood Manor just north of Wanaq.ue Reservoir in Passaic County, 'is ·portrayed, on .. our cover from a drawing by Earl Horter. Built .about 1765, it was wrecked by. fire, restored and later altered. Robert Erskine, Geographer and Surveyor General to our Revolutionary armies,-lived there and operated the extensive Ring wood iron mines and forges so vital to the Colonial troops. Washington visited Ringwood frequently. The manor house and groundsarenow Ringwood Manor State Park, open to the public except in winter. It is a fascinat ing museum of bygone times. Re produced by-courtesy of tbe New Jersey Councif. 'r ,,J. 'i ;f ,rff ,r 1}j' ", "'., ii ~ ~... , . .~ ...... , " ?~,:.-; e ........ II IIII 111, .. , ....... 1111111 .. , 11, .. , • • 1 .. , ... 1111111111111, .. 1111 .. 1, 11 .. 1 .. , 1 ...... I I ....... 1111111 ...... 1111 ....... m - - : =- - - - - - - - - - - - Ringwood Manor - - - - - THE HOME OF THE HEWITTS - - - - - - By - - - EDWARD RINGWOOD HEWITT - - - - - -= - - - = =- = ·-- = Trenton, N. J. TRENTON PRINTING CO., INC. 1 9 4 6 @ 11111111111111111111111111111111111111 • 111111111111111111 .. 111111 • 111111, .. 11111 .. 111111 .. , .... 11 ...... ,11 ............. 11,11 .. EJ Copyright, 1946, by Edward Ringwood Hewitt Pl'inted in the United States of America by Trenton Printing Co., Inc. To my Mother, who lo~ed Ringwood and built it into a home for the family and who always showed such wonderful love and understanding to all her children. The Author wishes to acknowledge with thanks the permission of Duell, Sloan and Pearce to reprin~ some of the material which appeared in "Those Were The Days", published by them. He also wishes to thank The New Yorker for al lowing the reprint of part of an article which appeared in that magazine.
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