This Day in Mahwah History
Mahwah historian John Bristow published columns entitled “This Month in Mahwah History,” in the Home and Store News from 1985 to 1992, and “Events in Mahwah History” in 1993. He preserved his research in the form of index cards, keyed to the date. We are publishing that content on our website and will be adding more events to those that he found.
If you are interested in helping enter events from index cards, or have new events to suggest, please contact Cathy Moran Hajo at director@mahwahmuseum.org.
- Business
- 1919 The Cragmere Country Club has let contracts for the rehabilitation and expansion of the tennis courts at Oweno Lake. Nearly 40 residents of the Park have contributed to this work which is being done by the F. M. Storms Co. of Saddle River and Christopher Brothers of Allendale. F. M. Waterman is President of the Club and A. R. Wilcox is the Secretary-Treasurer. (Bristow).
- Real Estate
- 1912 Mr. J. Clarence Lewis of New York City has bought a portion of Morningside Farm from the Estate of the late Henry Havemeyer. Mrs. Havemeyer will retain the mansion and has sold land to the north to Mr. Lewis who will build a summer home there. (Now the Devonshire School). (Bristow)
- Recreation
- 1922 The Mahwah Garden Club held an exchange at the Club House on Lake Oweno. Members brought plants, bulbs and shrubs for exchange. Those without anything to exchange were charged 10 cents a plant. (Bristow)
- 1935 Mrs. Werner Trumbower and her daughter Juliana spent the weekend at Princeton University where her son is a student. A highlight of their stay was seeing a performance of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street", starring Katherine Cornell. The actress had formed her own company for the production of this, her most famous play, in which she appeared as Elizabeth Barrett Browning over 700 times. She was then in the midst of a two-year national tour of the play in which she performed in seventy-five cities. (Bristow0
- Transportation
- 1931 The abandoned trolley tracks across Miller Road, which have been the cause of several broken automobile springs were removed and the roadway, gutters and curb regraded. (Bristow)
To see a listing of all events entered thus far, see These Days in Mahwah History!