Oakland Historical Society, Inc.

Name: Oakland Historical Society, Inc.
Address: Oakland, NJ, 07436, US
Telephone: (201) 337-9652
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Members of the Oakland Historical Society are deeply committed to preserving local history. was built in 1902.

We try to recreate life in Colonial Times as well present more recent history of life in Oakland. The Vygeberg Farm Building (Stream House) of the Page Estate on Franklin Ave. We want to use this site to bring out the significance of Edward Day Page, the 2nd mayor of Oakland, and his agricultural undertaking which brought much life to Oakland in its first days of 1902. The "Stream House" is the la

st existing building from his 600 acre expanse of farmland and living space. The rest of his beautiful structures have since burned, despite the fact that he was the mayor who established the Oakland Fire Department. He and Ludo Wilkens, the first fire chief, were deeply involved at the time in trying to prevent the all-too-often occurrence of structure fires in the Borough. The Fire Department has a detailed history reported on-line. Page hired a local carpenter to build the 1st fire house. The carpenter's house on Tecumseh Trail was recently renovated by the owners.

11/05/2024

The November open-house at the Van Allen House will showcase several activities including spinners, reenactors and a model builder. Hope to see you there Sunday, 11/10/24 from 1- 4 PM.

10/14/2024

Please visit Oaklandhistoricalsociety,org to see more about our upcoming events and to sign-up for the Portobello Banquet event on Friday 11/1/2024 at noon in Oakland. We hope to see you there.

09/24/2024

Saturday, Sept. 28, 11 AM to 4 PM. Join us at the Van Allen House.

09/05/2024

Hello to all the friends of Northern New Jersey History. Please join us at our upcoming event to stoke your creativity and have some fun.

06/02/2024

The OH Society just received a donation of a fascinating piece of Oakland, NJ's history from local resident, George Gross before he leaves the Borough. He found the news ad on line years ago, purchased it an had it framed. The year of the sale isn't mentioned, but it does say that Muller's Farm was close to the Ponds Church, so it must be from before the 1930's when the church building was taken down from the Long Hill Rd. site and moved to its present address by Oak St. The ad is still in good condition. Thanks, George

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Oakland, NJ
07436

Telephone

(201) 337-9652

Website

http://www.oaklandhistoricalsociety.weebly.com/index.html

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