A Montclair street got its name from a label-making business.
History
Montclair History Center appoints new executive director
Though she is new to this role, Angela Diggs is familiar with Montclair History Center and is excited to do more for her community.
A grand hotel once overlooked Montclair (History and Heritage)
The Hotel Montclair, built in the California mission style, offered “every comfort and convenience to be had,” according to a newspaper article from 1918.
Montclair gets a taste of Filipino culture
Local library hosts A Journey Through the Philippines.
Looking for statues in Montclair (On the Other Hand)
When it comes to statues, Montclair is a desert, Richie Chevat says.
At Montclair Art Museum, Jerry Pinkney’s work honoring Black heritage
The exhibit highlights Jerry Pinkney’s creative process.
Matthew Carter, Montclair’s first Black mayor (History and Heritage)
He was a calm center and voice of reason, Mike Farrelly saus.
Montclair Historic Preservation Commission’s 2022 award winners
Buzz Aldrin’s home, a whimsical Queen Anne, an upscale commercial building and a virtual history series are the winners of the Montclair Township Historic Preservation Commission’s Preservation Awards Program this year.
Two Medal of Honor winners from the Civil War lived in Montclair (History and Heritage)
Understandably, we are moved to honor them as best we can, even if it is after their death.
‘Coasting’ was cool in Montclair’s earlier days, too (History and Heritage)
Here’s to creating many happy memories sledding — or coasting — in Montclair!
In Montclair, trolleys clanged till 1952 (History and Heritage)
Bloomfield Avenue line was one of the last two in New Jersey.
Barn on Montclair’s High Street was a longtime hub for Yale alums (History and Heritage)
The “Yale Barn,” behind a home on High Street and now being rebuilt, was a decades-long hot spot for Yale University alums, beginning in the 1920s.
Fox hunts? Greased pigs? Some Montclair Thanksgiving traditions have been lost to time
Sure, there was shopping and feasting. But some Montclair holiday traditions would seem awfully strange today.