⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking tour of downtown Morristown, New Jersey

March 26, 2023 - 1:30 PM
59°F / 15°C

Walking in downtown Morristown, New Jersey via the following route: south on Speedwell Avenue → Headquarters Plaza → Morristown Green → east on South Street

Highlights
00:00 - Walking south on Speedwell Avenue
02:20 - Headquarters Plaza
08:54 - Entering Morristown Green
10:25 - The Patriots' Farewell Monument
11:37 - Morris County Civil War Monument
12:26 - The Presbyterian Church on the Green
12:55 - Morristown United Methodist Church
15:00 - Walking east on South Street
15:42 - The Morristown Game Vault
16:13 - Church of the Redeemer
19:23 - Mayo Performing Arts Center
20:08 - St. Peter's Episcopal Church
20:22 - Vail Mansion Lawn

From Wikipedia:
Morristown is a town and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Morristown has been called "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Great Britain. Today this history is visible in a variety of locations throughout the town that collectively make up Morristown National Historical Park.

According to British colonial records, the first permanent settlement at Morristown occurred in 1715, when a settlement was founded as New Hanover by colonists from New York and Connecticut. Morris County was created on March 15, 1739, from portions of Hunterdon County. The county, and ultimately Morristown itself, was named for the popular Governor of the Province, Lewis Morris, who championed land ownership rights for colonists.

Morristown was incorporated as a town by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1865, within Morris Township, and it was formally set off from the township in 1895. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 20,180, an increase of 1,769 (+9.6%) from the 2010 census count of 18,411, which in turn reflected a decline of 133 (−0.7%) from the 18,544 counted in the 2000 census.