Fifth Annual Essex County Historic Holiday House Tour, a self-guided house tour will be held Saturday, December 7th and Sunday, December 8th. This year, the tour has been expanded to include 17 Essex County historic sites, which will be decorated for the holidays and open to the public for a weekend tour. Participating for the first time this year are the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Greenwood Gardens, Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center and The Salvatorian Fathers Catholic Church.
Participating locations:
Essex County Kip’s Castle Park
22 Crestmont Road, Verona
973-239-2485; www.essexcountynj.org
Admission is free. Open 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Walther House at the Essex County Presby Memorial Iris Gardens
474 Upper Mountain Avenue, Upper Montclair
973-783-5974; www.presbyirisgardens.org
Admission is free. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Ballantine House at Newark Museum
49 Washington Street, Newark
973-596-6550; www.newarkmuseum.org
Suggested admission is $10 for adults, $6 for children, seniors and students, and free for Newark Museum members. Open 12 Noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Canfield-Morgan House and Museum
903 Pompton Avenue, Cedar Grove
973-239-5414; www.cedargrovehistoricalsociety.org
Admission is free. Donations are accepted. Open 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
89 Ridge Street, Newark
973-484-4600; www.cathedralbasilica.org
Admission is free. Donations are accepted. Open year round from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Force Homestead and Museum
366 South Livingston Avenue, Livingston
973-533-0211; www.livingstonnj.org/historicalsociety.htm
Admission is free. Open 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Glenmont at Thomas Edison National Historical Park
211 Main Street, West Orange
973-736-0550, Ext. 11; www.nps.gov/edis
Admission is $7 per person and free for children under 16. Tickets can be purchased at the Park’s Visitor Center and include access to the Laboratory Complex. Glenmont is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday by tour only. The Laboratory Complex is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Greenwood Gardens
274 Old Short Hills Road, Short Hills
973-258-4026; www.greenwoodgardens.org
Admission is $5 and free for children under 12. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Grover Cleveland Birthplace
207 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell
973-226-0001; www.clevelandbirthplace.org
Admission is free but donations will be accepted. Open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.
Kingsland Manor
3 Kingsland Street, Nutley
973-235-1549; www.nutleynj.org
Admission by donation. Open 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Montclair Historical Society Properties
973-744-1796; www.montclairhistorical.org
Admission is $5 per person, $10 per family for all properties and free for members of the Montclair Historical Society. Open 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Israel and Nathaniel Crane Houses
108 and 110 Orange Road, Montclair
The Charles Shultz House-Evergreens, Montclair
30 North Mountain Avenue, Montclair
Nutley Museum
65 Church Street, Nutley
973-235-0773; www.nutleyhistoricalsociety.org/
Admission is free. Open 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Oakside Bloomfield Cultural Center
240 Belleville Avenue, Bloomfield
973-429-0960; www.oakeside.org
Admission is free. Open 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
The Salvatorian Fathers
23 Crestmont Road, Verona
973-746-8770
Admission by donation. Open 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Zenas Crane Homestead
289 Westville Avenue, West Caldwell
973-226-8976
Admission is free. Open 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.