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1954 Map of Mendham

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Mendham
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Greystone Park State Hospital anchors the northeast portion of this Morris County terrain, highlighting a significant era of institutional land use alongside the County Welfare House and Sanatorium. The landscape transitions from the urban edges of Dover Town and Kenvil in the north toward the preserved grounds of the Morristown National Historical Park in the south, where the Wick House stands as a landmark of the Revolutionary War encampment.

Water management and transportation define the local geography, from the Clyde Potts Reservoir and Shongum Lake to the tracks of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Settled pockets like Brookside, Mendham, and Ironia are interspersed with religious and educational institutions, including St Marys Monastery, Delbarton Sch, and the Mallinckrodt Convent. The map documents the mid-century suburban expansion, noted by purple revisions around Victory Gardens and Bernardsville.