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History of Summit, New Jersey, USA

Journey back in time to Summit, New Jersey, USA

Visit Summit, New Jersey, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• In 1837, the railroad was known as the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad and is now the New Jersey Transit’s Morris and Essex Lines. It was built over what was then called "The Summit" hill, shortened later to Summit.
  
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• 1895 - Summit
  Summit, a post-village and summer resort in Summit township, Union co., N.J., on the Morris & Essex Railroad, at its junction with the New Jersey...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• Summit officially incorporated as a city in 1899.
  
  
  
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  De Forest Ave., Summit, N.J.
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  Canoe Brook Club House
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  Mountain Avenue, 1905
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  Baptist Church, 1905
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  Dr. Gorton's Sanitarium, 1905
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  Hobart Avenue, 1905
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  Our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Orchids on application
  
  Lager & Hurrell, Orchid Growers and Importers, Summit, N.J.
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• 1906
  Summit, a banking city and summer-resort of Union co., N.J., on the Lackawanna R., 12 miles W. of Newark and 9 miles SE. of Morristown. It is...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Railroad Station, 1906
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  Episcopal Church, 1907
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  Crescent Avenue, 1910
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  Waldron Ave., Looking North
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  Hotel Beechwood
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  Passaic River, 1911
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  Presbyterian Church, 1911
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  Corner Beechwood and Springfield Avenues
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  Overlook Hospital, 1913
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•  1915 - Strikers Reject Offer
  Silk Workers at Summit, N. J., Refuse to Let Non-Union Men Stay.
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  SUMMIT, N.J., May 3. - Following the decision of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Lincoln Public School, 1915
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  Methodist Church, 1915
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  Woodland Avenue, 1919
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  Maple Street
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  Springfield Avenue
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  High School, 1926
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  Junior High School, 1934
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  Methodist Episcopal Church, 1946
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  Post Office
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  Hotel Suburban, 1951
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