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Our Mission

The Highland Park Historical Society seeks to promote the maintenance and rehabilitation of Highland Park's historical resources, and to heighten awareness of the Borough's historical and cultural heritage.

Books About Highland Park, New Jersey

Your purchase will support the Society.

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HIGHLAND PARK (Images of America) $18.99
 
The first book of historic images published in 1999 of Highland Park, New Jersey is still available.  This pictorial written by Jeanne Kolva and Joanne Pisciotta is packed with old photos, drawings, ads, and maps.
 
Buy it from the Historical Society by sending a check made out to the HP Historical Society for $18.99 per book. Please send payment along with your name, address, and phone number to:

Highland Park Historical Society
P.O.Box 4255
Highland Park, New Jersey 08904

 

WE ARE NOW SEEKING ADDITIONAL HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE NEXT ARCADIA PICTURE BOOK TO BE PUBLISHED IN 2008. WE WOULD LOVE TO RECEIVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MOVIE THEATER. PLEASE LOOK IN YOUR PHOTO ALBUMS AND CONSIDER ADDING YOUR PHOTOGRAPH TO THE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE TOWN!

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The Meyer Rice Mansion in 1910

A detailed history of the town...

OUR NEW BOOK!

Highland Park: Borough of Homes

by

Jeanne Kolva and Joanne Pisciotta
for the Highland Park Historical Society

--Arcadia Publishers, 2005.

Over 150 pages of Highland Park history from the time of the Lenape to today. Contains an authoritative text detailing the town's growth from isolated colonial farmsteads to trolley town and mature suburb. The book is illustrated with over forty historic photographs, ads, and maps, including a tavern license petition from 1788!

To order an autographed copy, please send a check made out to the Highland Park Historical Society for $24.99 per book, along with your name, address, and telephone number to:

Highland Park Historical Society
P.O. Box 4255
Highland Park, New Jersey 08904

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Questions or comments? Get in touch with us at:

historysocietylady@yahoo.com

Mailing Address:

Highland Park Historical Society
P.O. Box 4255
Highland Park, New Jersey 08904

Phone: (732) 220-6618