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Morristown NJ has a population approaching 19,000 and is overflowing with history and cultural amenities that are the envy of many major cities. Living in Morristown provides a fast and easy commute to New York City which adds to its attraction. Residents can enjoy the employment and recreational opportunities of the Big Apple while coming home to the quiet, secure, and friendly neighborhoods of a rural small town or “bedroom community.” Interesting museums and cultural amenities, superb shopping, dining and entertainment options, and wonderful scenery and outdoor recreation make Morristown New Jersey a desirable address.
Morristown’s proximity and easy access by train or car to larger centers (especially New York City) mean a practically limitless choice of employment. Most residents work outside the town, but many major national and international corporations have headquarters or large branch offices nearby, including in the Giraldi Farms Corporate Campus in neighboring Madison.
Morristown NJ Statistics
Morristown NJ Real Estate Sale Statistics
Morristown NJ Real Estate Home Sales January 1, 2008 - April 30, 2008
Morristown real estate reflects approximately 121 active listings on the Morristown MLS at the end of May 2008. Ther are 27 Morristown New Jersey homes under contract and 2 homes closed in May 2008 as reflected by the Garden State MLS. The average Morristown NJ home sale price going one year back from May 2008 is $442,000 with 80 days on the market.
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Homes In Morristown NJ
Morristown NJ is located in southeastern Morris County in northern New Jersey, approximately 25 miles west of New York City, 16 miles from Union New Jersey and 21 miles from Newark Airport. Morristown New Jersey is the County Seat for Morris County and part of the geater New York metropolitan area.
The easy access to New York City attracts many young urban workers to Morristown and has created a lively market for upscale condominiums. The historic town also has many charming and delightful older homes in town and semi-rural surroundings as well as a wide range of more modern single family homes and larger luxury homes. Morristown and Morris Township real estate falls in various areas or sections that are commonly referred to as Convent Station, Washington Headquarters, Butterworth, Eagles Nest, Rolling Hill, Springbrook and Burnham Park.
The "Morristown Square" or "The Green" is considered the center of Morristown around which you'll find lots of fabulous restaurants and shops. This central area is the location for seasonal street fairs, art shows and a "First Night" celebration. Morristown has undergone extensive renewal activity and expansion in recent years that still continues!!
Morristown and Township Townhomes
There are several Luxury townhome complexes being built within walking distance to the center of Morristown, The Green and the NY train station. Some popular new construction Luxury townhome complexes are:
- The Vail Mansion - Morristown Downtown
- 40 Park - Downtown Morristown
- Community Place - Downtown Morristown
- The Moore Estates - Convent Station section
- DeHart Residences - Historic Section
- Vail Commons - Downtown Morristown
- The Brownstones - Convent Station
Morristown Real Estate offers affordable townhomes
- Parsons Village - convenient coops - walk to town location
- Pitney Place - One level units - brick building
- The Village - Exterior reflects Tudor Homes
- The Convent Mews - Spanish Style Exterior
- Rose Arbor - Lovely complex off Sussex Turnpike
There are also townhomes in the earlier stages being built on King Street which is one block from the Midtown Direct train station. These are 3 bedroom units are currently listed for $749,900. My beautiful Victorian duplex on King Street in Morristown sold!!! It was listed for $419,900 and closed at $393,000. Contact me for more information about new construction in Morristown. Visit my Morris Township real estate local information to learn about yet another town with homes along the NJ Midtown Direct train line.
Living in Morristown NJ
Foremost among the many parks and reserves in and around Morristown, the Morris National Historic Park consists of four areas where the American Continental Army established its headquarters during the period from 1777-80. The Ford Mansion, where General George Washington made his headquarters, is an important feature of the park, while the Jockey Hollow Unit includes the headquarters of Gen. Arthur St. Clair, five reconstructed soldier huts, and approximately 27 miles of walking trails.
The Patriots’ Path is a fifty mile trail system linking many of Morris County’s Federal, state, county, and municipal parks, water-shed lands, historic sites and other points of interest, and specially developed for biking, horseback riding, cross country skiing and hiking. As well as providing wonderful outdoor recreation and exercise, the trail system is designed for the protection and progressive conservation of the stream valleys and uplands through which it passes.
Ice skating is a popular form of recreation, and Morristown’s Mennen Sports Arena is the County’s premier year-round ice facility, offering public sessions, group lessons, hockey clinics and figure skating clubs, as well as a great diversity of visiting shows, including the Annual Shrine Circus, cat and dog shows, antique shows and craft shows. The arena also houses a pro shop with a complete range of hockey and figure skating supplies.
Among the area’s many fine golf courses, the historic Morris County Golf Club in Morristown, founded in 1894, is unique in having been planned, organized and operated by women. The first venue in New jersey to host a national championship, the club, which has survived two disastrous club-house fires (in 1905 and 1913) and all manner of tribulations, is listed in Golf Magazine’s “The First 100 Clubs in America”, and the hilly fairways and small, elevated greens of its 18 holes continue to challenge and delight today’s golfers as they have for more than a century.
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Morristown New Jersey Events
Two of Morristown’s biggest events occur in January and October. The fabulous First Night Morris County is the largest event of its type in New Jersey, attracting over 10,000 people to welcome in the New Year in shows that include more than 40 artists in over 80 performances, ranging from dance to comedy to rock and roll, classical, blues, jazz, opera, and choral music, to name just a few. Then, in October, more than 50,000 people crowd into Morristown for the wonderful Festival on the Green, an amazing day of concerts, plays, dance, music, comedy, and good times.
Morristown also offers two marvelous opportunities to experience rural and industrial life in another age. At Fosterfields Living Historical Farm visitors are encouraged to participate in such farm-related activities as making butter, cracking corn and feeding it to chickens, and working in the vegetable garden on this 200-acre farm which has been under cultivation since the eighteenth century. Staff dressed in period attire interprets the lives and roles of those who worked the farm and its Jersey cows, pigs, sheep, draft horses, and chickens at the turn of the 20th Century. The farm also contains two historic homes, one an elegant Gothic Revival mansion built in 1854 by the grandson of the famous patriot Paul Revere.
Historic Speedwell Morristown is devoted to the life and work of the remarkable Stephen Vail and includes the Vail House which he renovated and furnished in 1844 and where he lived with his wife until his death in 1864. The site’s most significant building is The Factory, where Vail’s son Alfred worked with Samuel Morse to perfect the telegraph and where, on January 11, 1838, the first public demonstration of the electromagnetic telegraph was made. Historic Speedwell also includes many fascinating and educational exhibits of industrial and family life in the first half of the 19th Century.
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Morristown NJ Things To Do
Morristown New Jersey is overflowing with culture and historic sites and attractions. Whether you are a resident in a local neighborhood or are considering relocating to the area, I believe you'll want to visit some of Morristown's historic attractions:
- Acorn Hall - Home of the Morris County Historical Society. Its an Italianate Victorian Mansion located right in Morristown
- Fosterfield Living Historical Farm
- The Frelinghuysen Arboretum
- Historic Speedwell
- Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
- The Morris Museum
- The Schuyler-Hamilton House
- Washington Headquarters at the Ford Mansion
Morristown's Community Theatre
The Community Theatre in Morristown NJ is a great night out and features many well-known artists. The theatre was built in 1937 by Walter Reade and for many years was a motion picture house. The Walter Reade organization sold the building in 1974 at which point it changed hands several time before it reopened on September 29, 1994 as the Community Theatre to a sell-out performance. Morristown NJ is alive with culture thanks to the Community Theatre on South Street.
The Theatre experienced a backstage technical upgrade in 2006 and just last year in May of 2007 a multi-purpose room was added for reception space. Morristown New Jersey's concert venue is now known as The Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts. Named partially after the Board Chairman Bud Mayo. The Community Theatre is located at 100 South Street, Morristown NJ. For ticket and show information call 973-539-8008.
The Morristown Arboretum
The Frelinghuysen Arboretum is 127 acres of beautiful terrain filled with botanical gardens, flowers and trees solely for the delight and education of the public. The Frelinghuysen Arboretum is also the headquarters for the Morris County Park Commission. This is a volunteer organization which dedicates its work to maintaining and promoting the Morris County NJ Park Commission's horticultural facilities, nature and public awareness of our beautiful natural surroundings. The organization accomplishes this by sponsoring trips, workshops, bus trips and various programs for adults and children throughout the year. A seasonal calendar is available. The Morristown Arboretum relies heavily on volunteers and there are many wonderful opportunities to help. To become a part of this wonderful volunteer organization and help keep Morris County NJ as beautiful it is today, call 973-631-5049. The Frelinghuysen Arboretum of Morristown NJ located at 53 East Hanover Avenue in Whippany.
The Morris Museum
The goal is simply to stimulate the mind and add a touch of culture to your life. There are classes, workshops, events, trips, benefits and a museum, of course.
Morristown's Morris Museum is located at 8 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown NJ 07960 - Phone is 973-972-3700. Some of the upcoming events are:
- New Jersey Then and Now Opening Reception - May 18
- With and Without (a comedy about friendship and love) - May 22 - June 15th at the Bickford Theatre
- Annual Kaleidoscope Ball Benefit Program for performances and exhibitions at the Bickford Theatre and Museum - June 7
Upcoming Exhibitions -
- Black Cinema - The Vintage Years - June 17- November 23
- Doll Houses and Dolls from the Morris Museum Collection - Hedley Gallery
- Decorative Arts from the Collections of the Morris Museum - Hennessy Hall
Morristown New Jersey's Virtual Walking Tour - enjoy 24 of Morristown's historic sites and points of interest with pictures and interesting details about Morristown NJ homes and history.
Historic Homes in Morristown NJ
With a modern history extending back to the early years of the 18th Century, it comes as no surprise that many of Morristown’s elegant old buildings have links to interesting people and events in the nation’s history. The town boasts churches, public buildings, and residences dating from the early 19th Century including the Sansay House, built in 1807, MacCulloch Hall, and a beautiful Federal-style brick mansion which was built in 1819 for George Perrot MacCulloch, the “Father of the Morris Canal,” as well as several houses which are even older.
The Gothic Revival Admiral Rodgers house was built in 1852 for a nephew of the famous Commodore Matthew C. Perry, whose 1854 expedition was credited with opening up Japan to the West after centuries of isolation. The wisteria growing today on the front porch is said to have been brought back from Japan as a gift from Commodore Perry to his nephew.
One of Morristown's oldest buildings, the extraordinary John Sayre House, built in 1749, is the source of a remarkable and macabre legend. In 1833 Judge Samuel Sayre, his wife Sara and their maid (or slave) Phoebe was murdered by Antoine Le Blanc, a recent immigrant from France. Quickly captured and convicted, the hapless Le Blanc was sentenced to be hung and “dissected,” thus becoming the last person to be publicly hanged on Morristown’s village green currently referred to as "The Green". As if this were not grisly enough, wallets, purses, book jackets, and lampshades were made from Le Blanc’s skin and distributed as souvenirs, signed and authenticated by Sheriff George Ludlow. It is believed that some of these items still exist in Morristown homes.
As a slave Phoebe was not considered sufficiently important for Le Blanc to be charged and punished for her murder, and according to legend she has continued to haunt the John Sayre house ever since. Having served many functions over the years, the building is now a Commerce Bank which opened up this year.
Morristown New Jersey is surrounded by structures and sites of historic significance. Morristown's history is part of the rich heritage of our country. The town and region are known for their important role in the American Revolution. George Washington, his wife and his troops spent alot of time in Morristown. They loved the area for its lush terrain, proximity to New York and the hospitality of the people which still exists today!!
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Train Station Parking in Morristown NJ
Morristown train station parking requires a town permit ($55 a month). There are two lots with daily spaces Lots 3 and 4 for Morristown residents and non-residents. This is on a first come first serve basis. Lot 4 has about 100 spaces and Lot 3 just under. Morristown daily parking is $3.00 a day.
Morristown New Jersey Transit Village will provide more parking for New York commuters and those who enjoy trips into the city.
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