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The Community Theatre was built in 1937 and was once the crown jewel of Walter Reade's chain of movie theatres in New Jersey, opening on December 23, 1937, with the David O. Selznick film, Nothing Sacred. By the 1980s, the Theatre had fallen into disrepair and sat idle for nearly a decade.
Established in 1910, the WCOMT was initially titled the Woman's Town Improvement Committee. Part of its goals aligned with the City Beautiful movement. [6]In 1912, the Club allied with the all-male Civic Association of Morristown to demand better conditions for the Maple Avenue School, after hearing about its abysmal state, overcrowding, and "vital fire danger."
The Peck School originally started in 1893 on Franklin Street, founded as Miss Sutphen's School for Young Ladies, with six initial students. Lorraine T. Peck purchased the school late in 1917. In 1920, the school moved to Elm Street, and then into its current location on South Street, in the Lindenwold Mansion and the surrounding acres.
Morristown (/ ˈ m ɒr ɪ s t aʊ n /) is a town in and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [20] Morristown has been called "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Great Britain.
In 1863, the name was changed to the South Street Presbyterian Church at Morristown. After a fire destroyed the original church building, a new stone church was built in 1878, designed by architect J. Cleaveland Cady in Romanesque Revival style. The building is also listed as a contributing property of the Morristown District. [4]
Morris Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 22,974, [9] [10] an increase of 668 (+3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 22,306, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 510 (+2.3%) from the 21,796 counted in the 2000 census. [20]
In 1792, informal book trading occurred among Morristown residents, with 97 members and 96 books. [1] In 1812, residents formed the Morristown Library Association to grow the effort. This was officially incorporated in 1866 as the Morristown Library and Lyceum organization. In 1875, the library moved to South Street, between Park Place and Pine ...
Washington Township is a township in southwestern Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [16] As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 18,197, [7] [8] a decrease of 336 (−1.8%) from the 2010 census count of 18,533, [17] [18] which in turn reflected an increase of 941 (+5.3%) from the 17,592 counted in the 2000 census.