All Oranges "Historic" Walk!

This is an 8-mile loop walk through the four Oranges where we will see a variety of historic sites from the oldest house in New Jersey to the Thomas Edison National Historic Park. The walk starts and ends at the South Orange Train Station. See highlights below.

Bring a snack/lunch.

Please find further detailed information and register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/all-oranges-historic-walk-tickets-1231053517209?aff=oddtdtcreator

Highlights: Just a few of the historical sites.

• South Orange Train Station. Rail service began 1837. Current train station built 1915.
• South Orange Fire House. Built 1926.
• Old Stone House. Believed to be the oldest standing building in New Jersey. Original structure dates to between 1666 and 1680
• Abel Ward house. 1787
• Montrose section. Originally developed laid out between 1867-1874 with many of the homes built in the 1880s-90s, Victorian houses.
• Seven Oaks section of Orange, NJ. Colgate had a 22 acre estate
• Serrani Bakery, originally known as the Orange Sanitary Bakery, has been in the Serrani family for 75 years. The laws required sanitary in the name. And the owner often give us treats!
• First Church of Orange established in 1719. Many pre-Revolution graves
• Former site of U.S. Radium Corporation. Operated from 1917-1926. Infamously known for the radium girls. (Now a park)
• Rosedale Cemetery. Burial place of Colgate, Althea Gibson, and Huntington Hartford. Among others
• Thomas Edison National Historical Park. Bathroom stop
• Orange hat factories. Couple dozen factories in late 1800s to early 20th century employed as many as several thousand people. Known for the No Name Hat Factory, first hat factory owned by the Stetson family.