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At a time when Theodore Roosevelt was dedicating land to America's national parks, voters quickly approved a park bond issue so that Essex County would accept Anderson's donation. The park was called Montclair Park until 1909 when the name was changed to Anderson Park at the request of the town to honor Charles W. Anderson. [1]
A committee for park construction in 1906 decided to purchase the land for the park with a $100,000 bond issue, following a town referendum. The effort to buy the land was led by William B. Dickson, who backed a quarter of the bonds issued. The land which comprised the park was originally a golf course, built 10 years prior to the park's founding.
Glenfield Park is a county park in Montclair and a small part in Glen Ridge, both in Essex County, New Jersey. It has 19-acre (77,000 m 2) in Montclair, and 1-acre (4,000 m 2) in Glen Ridge. [1] It shares a name with the nearby Glenfield Middle School. Glenfield Park is part of the Essex County Park System.
Mills Reservation is located atop First Watchung Mountain in Montclair, New Jersey and Cedar Grove, New Jersey. It is a 157.15-acre tract of forest, grassland, and cliffs. Views from Montclair to Newark, the Hudson River, and Manhattan can be seen from Quarry Point, a 500-foot basalt ledge on a ridge on the south end of the park. [1]
Historic resources in the Montclair, New Jersey area were surveyed in 1986, leading to a number of separate listings. [2] This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 24, 2025. [3]
Montclair is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Situated on the cliffs of the Watchung Mountains, Montclair is a commercial and cultural hub of North Jersey and a diverse bedroom community of New York City within the New York metropolitan area. [19]
Brookdale Park is a county park located in the townships of Bloomfield, New Jersey, and Montclair. Designed by the Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm, 78 acres (320,000 m 2) are in Bloomfield; [1] Brookdale Park is part of the Essex County park system. It is partially forested and partially lawns, with paths going through.
Upper Montclair is a census-designated place (CDP), unincorporated community and neighborhood within Montclair in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [9] [10] As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for the CDP was 11,565. [11]