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Connecting people to the history of Chester, NJ

12/04/2024

Railroad Ave. (aka Hillside Road) - Looking towards Main Street with the Chester Cemetery on the left.

11/21/2024

The Glenlora site, purchased by the township in 2005, will be turned into affordable housing for adults with developmental disabilities.

09/30/2024

Convenient, free, open Thursdays and Saturdays. At nearby Lebanon Township Museum.

09/30/2024

Yesterday was the Chester Historical Society’s 55th Annual Meeting! It was a lovely luncheon hosted at PH Steakhouse and we congratulate all of the trustees who were nominated into various roles within the CHS! If you’d like to join us in the future, submit your membership application which can be found on our website!

09/30/2024

09/22/2024

Don't miss 60 Minutes tonight on Channel 2

06/12/2024

A live recording of the CHS’s public lecture to celebrate the 100ty anniversary of the founding of Hacklebarney State Park!

06/08/2024

Coming up this Wednesday!

Please join the Chester Historical Society on Wednesday, June 12th for our "Happy 100th Birthday Hacklebarney!" program at the Chester Library. We'll be in the Larison room at 7PM with birthday cake and a program on some interesting historic tidbits about Hacklebarney State Park!
Please RSVP using this link: https://bit.ly/458Nqoq

06/02/2024

05/06/2024

On Saturday, the Chester Historical Society participated in Chester Day! Chester Day is a town-wide clean up and beautification event coordinated by Ken Christensen and sponsored by Chester Borough’s Environmental and Open Space Committee and Chester Township’s Environmental Commission.

Many of our trustees volunteered across Chester and two historical sites were included on the days activities! These included clean up at the Chester Furnace historic site and maintenance of the garden at Rockefeller Center on Main Street.

We’d like to express our appreciation for the mulch and plants purchased for the Rockefeller Center garden clean up project and for the water for the garden kindly shared by

After Chester Day ended, more CHS volunteers arrived to welcome visitors to Rockefeller Center for Morris County’s Pathways of History event.

Saturday was a perfect example of what a wonderful community of people we have in Chester and showed that volunteer effort can make a huge difference in keeping the town a fantastic place to visit, live, and explore!

05/04/2024

2024 Pathways of History in Chester, NJ.

Feel free to stop by Rockefeller Center to say hello!

05/03/2024

This weekend the CHS will be participating in Morris County’s Pathways of History event which means Rockefeller Center will be open this Saturday May 4th from noon to 5pm!

If you’re not able to attend, here’s a video the CHS made about this historic building.

This 10 minute video takes the viewer through the 150 year history of one of the most unique buildings in the Chester (NJ) Historic District. Rockefeller Ce...

04/30/2024

https://pathwaysofhistorynj.net/
Busy weekend -- so much to enjoy!

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04/15/2024

What a great bit of history about Hacklebarney State Park and the Titanic!
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OnThisDay [ ] April 15, 1912 RMS sunk in the North Atlantic. Susan Ryerson Patterson was among the survivors. She later served as a nurse in France in World War I. After the war she lived with her husband George Washington Patterson in Morristown but died 30 years old in 1921.

One year after Susan Ryerson Patterson's death and 12 years after the sinking of Titanic, her uncle Adolph E. Borie in June 1924 gave Hacklebarney to New Jersey for dedication as a State Park in memory of Susan and her grandmother Susan Parker Borie, "two women of rare vision, character and courage."

Chester Historical Society NJ and the State Park Service are marking the 100th anniversary of Hackelbarney State Park with a series of events this year including an anniversary celebration Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Chester Library.

Biography of Susan Parker (Suzette) Ryerson : Titanic Survivor

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Yesterday was the 55th Annual Meeting of the Chester Historical Society! This is when members cast their vote for the board and trustees, as well as socialize, hear updates from the committees, and hear some historical stories. Thank you for sharing some history about Chester’s Main Street with us and to everyone who supports us through membership and volunteering. If you want an invitation to next years annual meeting, please visit our website for our membership application!

Did you know that Chester’s Rockefeller Center hasn’t always been in its current location at Municipal Field? #chesternj #ilovechesternj #chesterhistoricalsocietynj #chesternjmainstreet #rockefellercenterchester

A live recording of the CHS’s public lecture to celebrate the 100ty anniversary of the founding of Hacklebarney State Park!

Today is a beautiful day in Chester and the meadow at Highlands Ridge Park is in bloom! Thank you to the Chester Borough Environmental and Open Space Committee for their initiative on restoring this meadow as habitat! The flowers can be seen from the road but if you decide to walk the trails, be sure to wear long pants and check yourself for ticks when you get home as the grass is a bit long on the trails right now.

History lovers, are you ready for this weekend? Morris County’s Pathways of History event is your ticket to free admission to historic sites on May 4th and May 5th! Be sure totals visit their website at https://pathwaysofhistorynj.net/ for full details on participating locations!#ChesterHistoricalSocietyNJ #LocalHistory #ChesterNJ #rockefellercenterchester #municipalfieldchesternj #pathwaysofhistorynj

Have you read the November 2023 edition of the CHS newsletter? Our newsletter is packed with information on Chester History and today we’re highlighting the article “In Search of Chester’s Shoddy Mill: Part One” by Zinnia Cheetham! The full newsletter is available for download at our website.#chesterhistoricalsocietynj #chesternj #shoddymill #historicmill #ruins

Join us as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hacklebarney State Park by writing and sharing your “Haiku for Hacklebarney”! The topic should be a real or imagined experience with Hacklebarney State Park. A basic haiku is a short three-line poem with only 17 syllables.-Use 5 syllables first line, 7 syllables second line, 5 syllables third line.-You can check your syllable count using the app at https://www.haikusyllablecounter.com/.-Lines do not have to rhyme. A whimsical or surprising ending is welcome but not required. Here is an example:Round rock underfootBlack River invites me inI hear the frogs laughIf you have an image from Hacklebarney that inspired or illustrates your haiku, please include it in your email. The image will enrich the reader’s experience with your haiku. Please share your haiku(s) by emailing them with contact information to [email protected]. Hacklebarney Haiku’s will be accepted all year long, but a selection of the poems received prior to May 26th will be part of a Chester Historical Society’s exhibit at the Chester Library in June on Hacklebarney State Park. An eBook of Hacklebarney Haikus will be shared online at the end of 2024 by the Chester Historical Society.#chesterhistoricalsocietynj #hacklebarneystatepark #hacklebarney100thanniveraary #ilovechesternj #chesternj

Have you read the November 2023 edition of the CHS newsletter? Our newsletter is packed with information on Chester History and today we’re highlighting the article “Tall Tales: The Hill, The Bunker, The Ship in the Meadow by Edward Ng” all about Seward’s Hill in Chester!#chesternj #highlandsridgepark #localhistory #sewardshill #mythbusting