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=== Main sites === * [[Morristown National Historical Park]] β 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]] β 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]] β Large [[McKim, Mead & White|McKim Mead and White]] church with bell tower, fine stained glass and medieval furnishings. * [[Acorn Hall]] β 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]] β 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]] β 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]] β the first school in North America for training and connecting [[guide dog]]s with blind and visually impaired students. * [[Speedwell Ironworks]] β 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>
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