Views: 11,846 The Lyons Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital Historic District, currently known as the Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System, Lyons Campus, is located at 151 Knollcroft Road, approximately 2.5 miles southwest of the village of Basking Ridge in… Read More »The Lyons VA Campus & Historic District
Views: 1,683 Want a quick way to search for articles about the history from your town? The Mr. Local History Project has created a few quick searches to give you a head start. Bedminster Bedminster History Bernards Township (Basking Ridge)… Read More »Quicklinks – History From Your Town
Views: 2,952 Congratulations to our 2020 Ridge High School senior and MLH History Student of the Year – Annie Kleinle. A history volunteer since the MLH was founded, Annie Kleinle has been involved with local history. In addition to her… Read More »Congratulations to Annie Kleinle, the 2020 MLH Project High School Student of the Year.
Views: 3,244 Trying to Make Somerset County Grow with Free Sunflowers and Some Local History – And Now – a Contest! Who doesn’t love a good challenge and some free stuff. This one is a fun one to see if… Read More »Mr. Local History’s #growlocalhistory Project
Views: 24,741 NOTE: As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from our community. We will continue to grow this piece as information becomes available. A Small Part… Read More »Retrospective: Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ Time in Bernardsville & Peapack in the Somerset Hills
Views: 4,196 Every month is our Scholarship Community Fundraising Giving Month and we need your help! HELP MAKE OUR $1200 GOAL Mr. Local History, a local non-profit organization which celebrates the history of the Somerset Hills, encourages everyone who supports… Read More »Every Month is Mr. Local History Scholarship Program Giving Month
Views: 6,698 Bernards Township has had a long history of being a sleepy rural town. Then the US built the Lyons VA and everything changed as the population grew. Then AT&T came to town in the 70’s and everything AGAIN… Read More »History of Housing Developments in Bernards Township
Views: 3,806 Bernards Township has been a charted township going all the way back to 1760. With the early Dutch and Scottish settlers, the origin of the area belongs to the famed Lenni-Lenape Native American tribe.But what about the other… Read More »Bernards Township Origins
Views: 6,867 While you’d think that hurricanes and floods wreak the most havoc, there has been nothing more destructive to properties in the Somerset Hills more than fires. The Mr. Local History Project is gathering information regarding large fires in… Read More »Historic Fires in the Somerset Hills
Views: 8,304 Before we get started: The Methodist Church in the United States is 94% white, 92% third-generation American, 60% married, 69% believe in God absolutely, 42% attend church weekly, and 62% believe in hell. Several attempts were made in… Read More »Bishop Edmund S. Janes – His Somerset Hills Story
Views: 2,372 The Mr. Local History Project honors the former Bernards Township’s historian June Kennedy showcasing our “June in December” tree honoring her dedication to community and local history. The Festival of Trees is an indoor exhibit of decorated Christmas… Read More »“June in December” Tree Honors June Kennedy at Festival of Trees in Basking Ridge
Views: 4,941 Do you know all of the historic sites on our state and national registers here in the Somerset Hills? Well now you have a source of historic sites in the Somersest Hills! And we threw in the rest… Read More »Historic Sites in Somerset Hills
Views: 5,559 History Makers High School Volunteers HISTORY MAKERS MAKE HISTORY “Today is tomorrow’s history, so make it a good one!” is the motto readers will always find on the Mr. Local History website. The motto is a reminder that… Read More »History Makers
Views: 2,982 Our Holiday Issue Happy holidays. Tiz the Season! The Mr. Local History Project has been working hard to produce the next issue of our magazine that combines news, stories, and feature posts about the area’s local history in… Read More »Mr. Local History Releases its Latest Online Magazine – Vol 1 Issue 4
Views: 19,659 The Mr. Local History project’s mission is to promote and preserve local history with a social twist. Based in the Somerset Hills, an area in northern Somerset County, New Jersey, the project is an all-volunteer registered 501c3 non-profit… Read More »About Us – Mr. Local History