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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
At 6.7 miles State 23 branches (R) from Bloomfield Ave.
Left (straight ahead) on Bloomfield Ave. through Verona to (R)
the GROVER CLEVELAND HOUSE (open 12-6 daily; also by appointment), 1 Bloomeld Ave., in CALDWELL, 2.6 miles. The three-story white clapboarded house with a
two-story extension has been a museum since it was presented to the State in 1934;
it was restored and renovated by the WPA. The house contains many of the former
President's personal papers and belongings. Grover Cleveland was born in this house
on March 18, 1837, and lived here until he was four, when the family moved to
Fayetteville, N. Y. At the death of his father the 16-year-old boy left for Ohio but
stoped off in Buffalo to visit an uncle who found a position as law clerk for him.
An early and active interest in politics soon led him to the forefront of public
affairs. Through offices of increasing importance he finally rose to the Presidency in
1885. Cleveland was the only President to serve for two non-successive terms. After
leaving the White House the second time, he retired to Princeton, where he took
active part in the affairs of Princeton University. He died at Princeton June 24,
1908.
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