Maplewood Historic Preservation Commission of New Jersey-
The Woman’s Club of Maplewood Clubhouse (aka 60 Woodland Road)
The Woman’s Club Building is now known as “The Woodland” and is available for private event rentals. The Maplewood Woman’s Club has played a vital role in Maplewood and beyond, from fundraising for student scholarships and activities, and the establishment of a community house and well-baby clinic, to raising money for a fighter plane during […]
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Municipal Building
The Georgian Revival style Maplewood Municipal Building dating to 1930 is the crown jewel of the Township and of the civic center. Visible from many points in the Township, the dominant feature of the municipal building is the white wood cupola and impressive limestone Doric colonnade with full entablature. The building sits on a broad […]
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Maplewood Memorial Park
Maplewood Memorial Park consists of approximately 25 acres, bounded by Valley Street to the east, Baker Street to the south, Dunnell Road to the west and Oakland Road to the north. The park is a large, triangular-shaped, landscaped area, designed in the picturesque tradition with artfully arranged trees and shrubbery, winding foot paths, and gracefully […]
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Durand-Hedden House
The original structure of the Durand-Hedden House was built in 1790 and was the homestead of Obadiah Durand. Obadiah’s great grandfather, Edward Hedden and his wife Jane had moved to Robert Treat’s Newark Colony from Massachusetts roughly 100 years earlier. They subsequently were among the first pioneers from the Colony to settle the “uplands of […]
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The Old Stone House
This house is a private residence. Please respect the privacy and property of the owners. One of the oldest houses in Maplewood, it is also known as the “Montgomery-Ogden House”, the Old Stone House consists of a one-story wood frame 18th century portion with a later early 19th century stone addition, and a mid-20th century one-story […]
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Aaron Brown House
This house is a private residence. Please respect the privacy and property of the owners. Aaron Brown was born in 1779, the eldest of eight children of Job Brown II and Jane Tompkins of South Orange. Brown was a direct descendant of John Brown and his wife May who had come from Connecticut in 1666 […]
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Ezekiel Ball House
This house is a private residence. Please respect the privacy and property of the owners. The earliest portion of the house may have been constructed for William Camp as early as ca. 1694. A two-story addition, with a slightly lower roofline, was added to the west by Ezekiel Ball ca. 1750. It was used as […]
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Gildersleeve House
This house is a private residence. Please respect the privacy and property of the owners. Visual inspection of this home suggests a date of the latter half of the 18th century with a possible construction date of 1765. The oldest portion of the house is 1½ stories with a side-facing gable roof. There is a two-story, side-facing […]
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Headley Zellers House
This house is a private residence. Please respect the privacy and property of the owners. The Sears Headley and Joseph Zellers farmhouse is a 2 ½ story single-family house. It is one of the oldest remaining buildings on Burnett Avenue. A post–Civil War structure, it is a vernacular building with Gothic Revival influences. Sears Headley, […]
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Jonas Ball House
This house is a private residence. Please respect the privacy and property of the owners. Sarah and Thomas Ball had had nine sons and three daughters, including Nathaniel, Ezekial, Aaron, Timothy and Jonas. In 1744, Jonas Ball married Hannah Bruen and built a home next to his father’s on the north side of Tuscan Road […]
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Timothy Ball House
This house is a private residence. Please respect the privacy and property of the owners. This gem was constructed in 1743, during Maplewood’s early settlement period, when settlers pushed out from Newark to the ridge of “the first mountain.” There is a local legend that George Washington stayed in the Timothy Ball House during the period […]
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Vaux Hall
This house is a private residence. Please respect the privacy and property of the owners. Vaux Hall is a two-story Greek Revival style wood frame structure constructed in 1843 and was owned and occupied by the Pierson family from the time of its construction until 2000. Vaux Hall was constructed by Lewis Pierson (1801-1889), the youngest son […]
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Robert H Grasmere Local History Center
WHAT IT IS The Center’s formal mission statement says, in brief, it is a place to collect, store & preserve documents relating to Maplewood and its history for the use of the community…for reference, for local history information and for genealogical research. The Center is overseen by the Durand Hedden House of Maplewood. The Center […]
Research Your House
Researching your house is a fun and rewarding experience that will connect you more deeply to your home and community. In addition to the resources below, the MHPC hosts a monthly “Learn About Your House” event at the Robert H. Grasmere Local History Center to help residents and tourists with their research. The Local History Center is […]
A Short History of Maplewood
Maplewood Township today best reflects its early-twentieth-century suburban history, yet it has roots dating back to the seventeenth century. Settlers from Connecticut originally purchased the area that includes present-day Maplewood from Lenape Native Americans in 1667; this purchase stretched east to west from the Newark Bay to the foothills of the Watchung Mountains, and north […]
Volunteer
The Township Committee established the Community Volunteer Resource Program to assist in the continuing task of seeking qualified and interested citizens that can voluntarily contribute time, energy and talent for Maplewood and its citizens. Click Here if you’d like more information on how to get involved in the community as a volunteer.
Volunteering with Maplewood Historic Preservation Commission is an excellent way to become more involved and aware of preservation issues and community development in Maplewood. Please email us at commission@historicmaplewood.com for more information on getting involved directly with the MHPC.
Agendas
Agendas are available to the public at the Maplewood Municipal Building and on this site before the regular scheduled monthly meetings. Agendas for previous meetings can be found on the Township’s website: Agendas and Minutes
Minutes
Minutes are available to the public on the Maplewood Township site. The minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission meetings can be found here: Agendas and Minutes
FAQ’s
Why does Maplewood need Preservation? Maplewood is a unique community. Much of what makes this town special is that it is largely an intact historic commuter suburb. Most of the architecture and planning was completed before 1935. The town is defined by its sense of scale, sidewalks and tree-lined streets, fine examples of architecture, variety […]