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What, Where and When in Old Kenilworth: Saint Theresa’s Chapel

Posted on March 13, 2018 by

The old Saint Theresa’s Chapel still stands at 511 Washington Avenue near N. 21st Street in Kenilworth, New Jersey. But many are unaware that the building in its present state was once a Catholic chapel. Built in the late 1920s…

What, Where, and When in Old Kenilworth

Posted on October 25, 2017 by

JoeRenna Posted in Kenilworth, Our Publications

The 27-room James Arthur Mansion remains the largest residence ever constructed in Kenilworth. It once stood at the northeast corner of Newark Ave. and Arthur Ter. Arthur (1866-1931) came to Kenilworth from Philadelphia in 1899 to erect 100 houses in…

What, Where, and When in Old Kenilworth – Rahway Valley RR Station

Posted on September 24, 2017 by

JoeRenna Posted in Kenilworth

Research by Walter E. Boright, Ed. D., historian, and Historic Signs, Inc. The New Orange Industrial Association planned in 1894 to develop farms in parts of Union and Cranford as New Orange. Kenilworth was created from that land in 1907.…

What, Where, and When in Old Kenilworth – The Water Tower

Posted on August 16, 2017 by

JoeRenna Posted in Kenilworth

The Kenilworth Water Tower located on N. Michigan Ave. was built in 1940 by the Plainfield-Union Water Co. Today it is owned by the American Water Co. The tower sits almost where the main building of the old Upsala College…