This Day in History: 1904-10-04
The Mahwah Board of Education voted to offer to meet the $1,200 price for property for a new school in Mahwah. The plot is 311′ x 260′ and is on the corner of Ramapo Avenue and Island Road. across from the parsonage. The membership of the Ramapo Reformed Church must vote to approve the sale of their property as must the voters of the school district. The old school has been in disrepair for some time and the decision was made to build a new school rather than repair the old one. This school became the Mahwah School and then the Commodore Perry School. (Bristow)