Real Estate

Somerset Hills Cartographer John Smith Maps Local History

National Award-Winning Landscape Architect Lives and Breathes History with His Map Creations. The Mr. Local History Project introduces you to…

3 years ago

Retrospective: Bernardsville’s Historic Somerset Inn (Hotel)

People often wonder how people come to populate an area and how it develops. In Somerset County, the first settlers…

4 years ago

Basking Ridge’s Stirling Manor or Perth Amboy’s Proprietary House : Which Came First?

The Mr. Local History Project is researching the thesis that another house known as Stirling Manor in Basking Ridge was…

4 years ago

Franklin Corners and William Childs Williamsburg-esqe Village

As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos…

4 years ago

ROADTRIP: Historic Waterloo Village Concept Works

Here's an idea. How about a fresh air compound? Great open space. Historic homes, beautiful rolling, open fields, and a…

5 years ago

The Lyons, New Jersey VA Campus & Historic District

The Lyons Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital Historic District, currently known as the Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System, Lyons…

5 years ago

Bridle Path History and Future in the Somerset Hills, New Jersey

NOTE: As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent…

5 years ago

The Gilded Age: Natirar Estate in Peapack/Far Hills, New Jersey

UPDATE: The Mr. Local History Project is SOOOO excited to introduce the expansion of our Historic New Jersey Historic Cat's…

5 years ago

Historic Preservation & Restoration In the Somerset Hills

The Mr. Local History project is sponsoring a new Community Forum for those interested in sharing and learning about historic…

5 years ago

Looking Back – Werring Chevrolet-Olds in Basking Ridge

For many the downtown village of Basking Ridge is a bucolic vision of a Rockwell American town. Dotted with small…

5 years ago

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