Skip to content

The New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Keepsake Collection Keeps Expanding

What started with one keepsake has grown to New Jersey’s largest Cat’s Meow offering, celebrating the premiere New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection. Check availability in real-time below. Once they’re gone, the term “collectible” comes in.

Latest Editions to the New Jersey Historic Village Collection

  • NEW: Basking Ridge – KMS Farmstead Arts Center
  • NEW:  Bernardsville – Olcott School
  • NEW: Cranford – Cranford High School
  • NEW: Cranford – Riverside Inn
  • NEW: Cranford – The Cranford Hotel
  • NEW: Union’s Flagship Route 22
  • NEW: Jersey Shore – Asbury Park’s Stone Pony
  • NEW:  Jersey Shore – Wildwood’s Neon and Boardwalk

The New Jersey Historic Wooden Keepsake Village Collection

The New Jersey Historic Village keepsake collection is a wood-painted collectible series honoring historic, iconic buildings, properties, and fixtures that are part of the history. The historic fabric was selected based on community feedback and a voting process. We’re excited to see how the public reacts to the next additions to this historic series.” Sign up to receive updates when new pieces become available.

How do I Get One of These Jersey Historic Limited Edition Keepsakes?

See all the collectibles currently available in the New Jersey Historic Village Keepsake collection (keeps scrolling)

Jumpstart A New Collection with Our Discounted Bundle Specials

Live Inventory. Click on the Image for the one you want.

Individual Keepsakes


How Do These Items Contribute to the Jersey Collection?

Getting accepted to the New Jersey collection is not easy. You have to be nominated and VOTED IN! Local New Jersey historic organizations and historic Jersey businesses produce limited runs of each piece in the Collection—all collectible and labeled at the Mr. Local History Gift Shop and sometimes at the venue. If your organization or business is in New Jersey and you’d like to be considered for the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection, drop us a note. We help you all along the way; you must approve what we partner to create. The Mr. Local History Project is the largest Jersey reseller of these iconic collectibles.

Many historic properties want to be included in the Collection. A few requirements to get nominated, but it’s a wonderful way to share art and history with the public, friends, supporters, and donors. If you’d like to be considered, drop Mr. Local History a note.

About Our Partner:
The Cat’s Meow Village Company of Wooster, Ohio

The Cat’s Meow Village is a small company founded in Wooster, Ohio, in 1982, from one simple wooden house: Faline’s cutout on her grandfather’s saw in the loft of the hog barn. 35 years later, Jones and her crew continue crafting “little wooden buildings” of local, national, and international landmarks that spark memories and kindle smiles on the faces of “real-life adventure

History of the Cat's Meow Village of Wooster, Ohio - Mr. Local History Project
History of the Cat’s Meow Village of Wooster, Ohio
The Somerset Hills MLH Project has joined the New Jersey Historic Village Collectible efforts to promote local history throughout New Jersey. The Cat’s Meow is one of the world’s most iconic collectible series. Mr. Local History started creating the Somerset Hills Historic Village back in 2018.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.