Editing Morristown, New Jersey (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Morristown, NJ - looking northeast.jpg|thumb|[[St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Morristown, New Jersey)|St. Peter's Episcopal Church]]]]
[[File:Thomas Nast Home.jpg|thumb|[[Thomas Nast Home|Home of Thomas Nast, known as Villa Fontana]]]]
[[File:Mayo.Performing.Arts..JPG|thumb|[[Mayo Performing Arts Center]]]]

=== Main sites ===
* [[Morristown National Historical Park]] – Four historic sites around Morristown associated with the American Revolutionary War, including [[Jockey Hollow]], a park that includes a visitor center, the Revolution-era Wick farm, encampment site of [[George Washington]]'s Continental Army, and around 25 miles of hiking trails, and the [[Ford Mansion|Washington's Headquarters & Ford Mansion]], a Revolution-era Georgian-style mansion used by George Washington as his headquarters during the Jockey Hollow encampment.
* Speedwell Lake - Park with an old dam, other ruins, and more. Patriots Path, a footpath that runs through Northern New Jersey winds through this park.
* [[Morristown Green]] – Park at the center of town which was the old town "common" or "green." It is the site of several Revolutionary War and Civil war monuments (including one with George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Marquis De Lafayette discussing the arrival of French aid to the colonies), and is surrounded by historic churches, the colonial county-courthouse, and a shopping and restaurant district.
* [[St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Morristown, New Jersey)|St. Peter's Episcopal Church]] – Large [[McKim, Mead & White|McKim Mead and White]] church with bell tower, fine stained glass and medieval furnishings.
* [[Acorn Hall]] – 1853 [[Victorian Italianate]] mansion and home to the Morris County Historical Society. Donated to the historical society in 1971 by Mary Crane Hone, the mansion retained much of its original furnishings and accouterments as it remained in the same family for over a century. It is currently operated as a museum and is the headquarters of the Morris County Historical Society.<ref>[http://morriscountyhistory.org/morris-county-historical-society-history/ History], Morris County Historical Society. Accessed January 4, 2018. "Mary Crane Hone presented the Society with Acorn Hall and five acres of surrounding property in 1971. Built in 1853, Acorn Hall was the home of several generations of the Crane-Hone family."</ref>
* [[Morris Museum]] – formally incorporated in 1943. The museum's permanent displays include rocks, minerals, fossils, animal mounts, a model railroad, and Native American crafts, pottery, carving, basketry and textiles.<ref>[http://www.morrismuseum.org/mission-history/ Mission and History], [[Morris Museum]]. Accessed July 25, 2016.</ref>
* [[Mayo Performing Arts Center]] – a former Walter Reade movie theater originally constructed in 1937 that has been converted into a 1,302-seat performing arts center.<ref>[http://www.mayoarts.org/about/theatre-history Theatre History], [[Mayo Performing Arts Center]]. Accessed July 25, 2016.</ref>
* [[The Seeing Eye]] – the first school in North America for training and connecting [[guide dog]]s with blind and visually impaired students.
* [[Speedwell Ironworks]] – a [[National Historic Landmark]] and museum at the site where the [[electric telegraph]] was first presented to the public, on January 11, 1838.<ref>[https://www.morristourism.org/directory/historic-speedwell/ Historic Speedwell], Morris County Tourism Bureau. Accessed April 1, 2019. "This eight-acre National Historic Landmark has established its place in world history several times over. It was here in 1838, at the start of the Industrial Revolution, that Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrated a perfected electromagnetic telegraph to the public."</ref>

=== Libraries ===

* [[Morristown Library|Morristown and Morris Township Public Library]] - Originating as informal book trading in 1792, the library was officially incorporated in 1866.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2019 |title=About Us - Morristown & Morris Township Library |url=https://mmtlibrary.org/about-us/ |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=mmtlibrary.org |language=en-US}}</ref> After growing to 30,000 volumes, a 1914 fire destroyed the lyceum&nbsp;and much of its contents. In 1916, textile merchant [[Grinnell Willis]] constructed and paid for a new fireproof building.<ref name=":1" /> Its Modern Mondays Reading Club, an exclusive women's-only book club established in 1921, included prominent community members such as anthropologist [[Ethel Cutler Freeman]]; writer [[Dorothy Kunhardt]]; local farmer [[Caroline Rose Foster]];<ref name=":13">E2 Project Management LLC. ''Historic Structures Report: The Willows at Fosterfields: An update to the 1983 Historic Structures Report by Robert P. Guter'', 2015. Accessible via the archives of the Morris County Park Commission.</ref> and Elinor Parker, manager of [[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner's Book Store]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modern Mondays Reading Club Records, 1921-2011 |url=http://mmtlibrary.org/HCFindingAids/ModernMondays.html |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=mmtlibrary.org}}</ref>

===Historic sites===
[[File:Acorn Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Acorn Hall]], headquarters of the Morris County Historical Society]]
Morristown is home to the following locations on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]:<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/weekly-list.htm| title = Weekly List - National Register of Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service)}}</ref>

* [[Acorn Hall]] – 68 Morris Avenue (added 1973)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/73001124 Acorn Hall]</ref>
* [[Boisaubin Manor]] – Southeast of Morristown on Treadwell Avenue (added 1976)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/76001175 Boisaubin Manor], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Dr. Jabez Campfield House]] – 5 Olyphant Place (added 2008)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/08000837 Dr. Jabez Campfield House], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Dr. Lewis Condict House]] – 51 South Street (added 1973)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/73001125 Dr. Lewis Condict House], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Cutler Homestead]] – 21 Cutler Street (added 1975)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/75001152 Cutler Homestead], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station (Morristown, New Jersey)|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station]] – 132 Morris Street (added 1980)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/80002514 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Fordville]] – East of Morristown at 30 Ford Hill Road (added 1978)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/78001782 Fordville], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Glanville Blacksmith Shop]] – 47 Bank Street (added 1987)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/86003112 Glenville Blacksmith Shop], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Jenkins-Mead House]] – 14 Revere Road (added 1997)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/97000106 Jenkins-Mead House], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[The Peck School|Lindenwold]] – 247 South Street (added 1986)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/86003113 Lindenwold], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Timothy Mills House]] – 27 Mills Street (added 1975)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/75001153 Timothy Mills House], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Morris County Courthouse (New Jersey)|Morris County Courthouse]] – Washington St. between Court Street and Western Avenue (added 1977)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/77000898 Morris County Courthouse], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Morristown District]] – Roughly bounded by the cemetery, King Place, Madison and Colles Avenues., DeHart Street, and North Park Place (added 1973), Boundary Increase Irregularly bounded by Lackawanna, Franklin Place, James Street, Ogden Place, Doughty, Mt. Kemble, Western, and Speedwell Avenues (added 1986)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/73001126 Morristown District], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Morristown National Historical Park]] – At junction of U.S. 202 and NJ 24 (added 1966)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/66000053 Morristown National Historical Park], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Morristown School]] – Junction of Whippany Road and Hanover Avenue, Morris Township (added 1996)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/96000047 Morristown School], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* Mount Kemble Home – 1 Mt. Kemble Avenue (added 1986)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/86003115 Mount Kemble Home], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Thomas Nast Home]] – MacCulloch Avenue and Miller Road (added 1966)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/66000470 Thomas Nast Home], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Normandy Park Historic District]] – Normandy Parkway, between Columbia Turnpike and Madison Avenue, Morris Township (added 1996)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/96001469 Normandy Park], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Oak Dell]] – Franklin Street and Madison Avenue (added 1986)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/86003114 Oak Dell], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Joseph W. Revere House]] – Northwest of Morristown on Mendham Avenue (added 1973), Fosterfields Boundary Increase at junction of Mendham and Kahdena Roads, Morris Township (added 1991)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/73001127 Joseph W. Revere House], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Speedwell Village-The Factory]] – 333 Speedwell Avenue (added 1974)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/74001186 Speedwell Village-The Factory], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Spring Brook House]] – 167 James Street (added 1986)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/86003111 Spring Brook House], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Thorne and Eddy Estates]] – East of Morristown on Columbia Road (added 1978)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/78001783 Thorne and Eddy Estates] {{Webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320033735/https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/78001783 |date=March 20, 2020}}, [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Whippany Farm]] – 53 East Hanover Avenue (added 1977)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/77000899 Whippany Farm], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>
* [[Willow Hall]] – 330 Speedwell Avenue (added 2011)<ref>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/10001146 Willow Hall], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed March 28, 2020.</ref>

===Statues===
[[File:George Washington by Frederick Roth, Morristown, NJ.jpg|thumb|[[Equestrian statue of George Washington (Morristown, New Jersey)|''George Washington'']] by [[Frederick Roth]]]]
[[File:The Hiker (Kitson) in Morristown New Jersey jeh.jpg|thumb|''[[The Hiker (Kitson)|The Hiker]]'' by [[Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson]]]]
* An [[Equestrian statue of George Washington (Morristown, New Jersey)|equestrian statue of George Washington]] by the sculptor [[Frederick Roth]] is located near the [[Ford Mansion]], Washington's Headquarters from December 1779 to June 1780 during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. It was dedicated on October 19, 1928, the anniversary of the surrender of British General [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Charles Cornwallis]] at [[Siege of Yorktown|Yorktown]] in 1781.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Washington'', (sculpture)|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&menu=search&index=.NW&term=IAS%20NJ000352|work=Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|publisher=[[Smithsonian American Art Museum]]}}</ref>
* A copy of ''[[The Hiker (Kitson)|The Hiker]]'' by [[Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson]], commemorating the soldiers who fought in the [[Spanish–American War]], was installed at the corner of Elm Street and Morris Avenue in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Hiker'', (sculpture)|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&menu=search&index=.NW&term=IAS%20NJ000510|work=Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|publisher=[[Smithsonian American Art Museum]]}}</ref>
* One of only two heroic statues of [[Thomas Paine]] in the United States is located in Morristown; the other is found in [[Bordentown, New Jersey|Bordentown, NJ]].<ref>Bzdak, Meredith Arms; and Petersen, Douglas. [https://books.google.com/books?id=F3DqAAAAMAAJ ''Public sculpture in New Jersey: Monuments to collective identity''], p. 1949. [[Rutgers University Press]], 1999, New Brunswick, N.J. {{ISBN|978-0-8135-2700-0}}. Accessed February 20, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=5176 Thomas Paine Monument Marker], Hmdb.org The Historical Marker Database, February 5, 2008. Accessed June 2, 2015.</ref>
* One of the few statues depicting an unblindfolded [[Lady Justice]] adorns the façade of the Courthouse.<ref>[http://www.morristown-nj.org/history.html Virtual Walking Tour of Historic Morristown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914175521/http://www.morristown-nj.org/history.html |date=September 14, 2008 }}, Morristown partnership. Accessed August 4, 2008. "Above the front entrance to the courthouse stands a wooden statue of Justice. She holds a scale to symbolize the balanced judicial system, and a sword to represent the protection of individual rights. Morristown's statue of Justice is unlike most others because she is not blindfolded."</ref>
*A statue of [[Morris Frank]], the co-founder of [[The Seeing Eye]] guide dog school for the blind, and his dog Buddy stands in a corner of the green.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carey|first=Bill|date=March 11, 2020|title=Tennessee History: Seeing Eye co-founder and guide dog have Tennessee ties|url=http://www.williamsonherald.com/opinion/columns/tennessee-history-seeing-eye-co-founder-and-guide-dog-have-tennessee-ties/article_8c760c52-63f9-11ea-ac8c-6b73dcef9c50.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318175750/http://www.williamsonherald.com/opinion/columns/tennessee-history-seeing-eye-co-founder-and-guide-dog-have/article_8c760c52-63f9-11ea-ac8c-6b73dcef9c50.html|archive-date=March 18, 2020|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=Williamson Herald|language=en}}</ref>
*''The Alliance'' (2007) by Brooklyn's [[StudioEIS|Studio EIS]], featuring bronze figures of [[George Washington]], [[Alexander Hamilton]] and the [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]]. The statue is in the Morristown Green.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Coughlin |first=Kevin |title=By George, has someone vandalized Washington's statue on the Green? {{!}} Morristown Green |date=December 27, 2016 |url=https://morristowngreen.com/2016/12/27/by-george-has-someone-vandalized-washingtons-statue-on-the-green/ |access-date=October 28, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":44">Buckeye 1776. "Morristown Green." Wikimapia - Let's Describe the Whole World! June 6, 2010. Web. December 6, 2010. <http://wikimapia.org/102764/Morristown-Green>.</ref>