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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
Right from the center of Belleville to NUTLEY, 2.9 miles (238 alt., 20,572 pop.),
which occupies part of the borderland of 1776-three low foothills of the Watchung
Ridge that reach the Passaic River where "river guards" kept constant watch for
enemy raiders during the Revolution. Its main business street still bears the name
of William Franklin, last Royal Governor of New Jersey, though the town long
ago dropped the name of Franklinville. The ENCLOSURE, a wooded tract set aside as
a public park, was the center of a colony of writers and artists after the Civil War.
Frank R. Stockton wrote The Lady or the Tiger? in his nearby home. Nutley's population more than doubled between 1920 and 1930 as the town became a popular residential suburb.
KINGSLAND HOMESTEAD (private), cor. Kingsland Rd. and Lakeside Dr., was
built in 1704 by Isaac Kingsland. In the cellar are a dungeon and chains used to
subdue unruly slaves of the mill owner. One and one-half stories high with two
one-story wings, it is built of native red sandstone. OLD NUTLEY MANOR (private),
north side of Chestnut St. next to Town Hall, was built by Jacob Vreeland in 1702.
During the Revolution the owners of the house were British sympathizers, and the
property was confiscated and sold to an American officer. The rectangular brownstone building is one and one-half stories high with a gabled roof.
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