Seton Hall University

A History of Seton Hall College In Brief - The First Thirty Years, (1856-1886)Original College Seal (c. 1860s) Religioni Ac Bonis Artibus Collegium Setoniense. The Catholic University of New Jersey otherwise known as Seton Hall came into existence a few years after the Archdiocese of Newark was established in 1853. The school was named after Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, first American-born saint and aunt of Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, the original Bishop of Newark (1853-1872) and founding father of the Seton Hall College.   Take a delightful walking tour through the campus and through time. Read a historic description of Seton Hall Campus and how it was developed over time in history.  .. read more

Tuxedo Park

The section of South Orange that called Tuxedo Park, was given that name at least two years before the first house was built here in 1913. Thomas D. Kilburn once owned the entire tract of land that our houses were built on. Kilburn was born on October 9, 1796 and died on February 15, 1882. He resided in Orange, New Jersey his entire life. He owned this property in 1860, perhaps even earlier, and his descendants still owned it by 1904, when it was referred to in an Essex County Atlas as “Homestead Farm.” 
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South Orange Public Library

The South Orange Library Association was organized by William Beebe, president of the Republican Club, where on November 14, 1864, a group of men and women met. Books were donated and the library was established in a corner room on the second floor of the Republican Club where it remained until 1867 when it was moved to a second floor room of the building next door on South Orange Avenue, near Sloan Street. It stayed there until 1884, when the building, with the library still on its second floor, was moved by horses up South Orange Avenue to the northwest corner of Scotland Road. Although supported as yet only by members' dues and a few gifts of money which were put into an endowment fund, in 1886 a new association was formed to establish a free circulating library and reading room which took over the loan books and other property of the old association. It was during this period, before Village Hall was built, that Village Trustees met in the Library's room. On May 1, 1889, the library was moved to a ground floor space at 59 South Orange Avenue.  Read more at South Orange Public Library.

Orange Lawn Tennis Club

History and Tradition - Over One Hundred Years of Charm and Elegance - The Orange Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1880, just six years after the game of lawn tennis was introduced to the United States. In May 1881, Orange Lawn Tennis Club and eighteen other Clubs formed the United States Lawn Tennis Association to standardize the game's rules and equipment. Read more at Orange Lawn Tennis Club.