December 20, 2021
December Madness For Rutgers | Piscataway, New Jersey
Rutgers In December
This is one of the most delightful things ever seen in college basketball . . . unless you are a Purdue fan.
Purdue was ranked #1.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, had never beaten a #1 team.
It happened in New Jersey . . .
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August 04, 2015
Fairleigh Dickinson University | Madison and Florham Park Campus, New Jersey
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Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University is the largest private university in New Jersey with two campuses in the Garden State, one center in Canada, and another in England.
It was founded by Dr. Peter Sammartino and his wife, Sally, and named after the benefactor Colonel Fairleigh S. Dickinson, who founded Becton Dickinson.
The Campus at Florham's address is on Madison Avenue in the Madison, New Jersey.
Right down Madison Avenue is another fine New Jersey institution of higher learning, Drew University.
This area of the road, stretching from Madison to Morristown, was known as Millionaire’s Row.
Many wealthy families lived here, including those with the names of Dodge, Morgan, Gibbons, Twombly, and Vanderbilt.
The road also included the estate of Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (the granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was the richest man in America) and her husband Hamilton McKown Twombly.
They built their estate, Florham, which comes from combining their two first names.
The name of their estate was eventually combined with name of another estate to form Florham Park, New Jersey (I wrote about the Little Red Schoolhouse in Florham Park two weeks ago).
This is important, because the Florham mansion eventually became the heart of the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson. The sprawling campus is actually located both in Madison and Florham Park.
The 100-room estate was designed by the preeminent architect Stanford White, and the grounds designed by Frederick Olmsted, who designed Central Park (and Branch Brook Park in Newark).
Olmsted is considered the founder of American landscape architecture.
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On your way to the main building you will see Reuter’s Rock.
During the school year students will paint important messages on the Rock about current campus events.
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This large building, now known as “The Mansion,” is now the main campus building at FDU.
Administrative offices and classes and lectures are offered here.
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As the university website says:
The landscape was planned by Frederick Law Olmsted, who is renowned as the designer of New York City's Central Park. The surviving principal buildings, designed in Georgian style by the firm McKim, Mead, & White in the 1890s, have been adapted for educational uses. The 100-room mansion Hennessy Hall, centerpiece of the campus, is a work of Stanford White; it is a replica of a wing in King Henry VIII's Hampton Court. Most of its interior decorations (such as staircases and fireplaces) are in Italian marble, worked by craftsmen brought from the same country. In addition to classrooms and offices, the Hennessy Hall holds Hartman Lounge -- the chestnut-paneled former billiard room -- and the Lenfell Hall drawing room.
The inside rooms are ornate and very beautiful. I took the interior photos with my iPhone 5.
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To read more about the history of Fairleigh Dickinson university and the educational programs offered, visit their website!
The university currently offers more than 100 degree programs!
You can read more about the Florham estate, including links to some wonderful photographs and articles about Florence Vanderbilt and her family, here.
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July 01, 2014
Seton Hall University | South Orange, New Jersey
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Seton Hall University
Seton Hall University is located in South Orange, New Jersey.
Seton Hall is the oldest and largest Catholic university in New Jersey.
To find out more about Seton Hall, please watch this video:
You may also want to read about Georgian Court University, another Catholic college in New Jersey.
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June 05, 2012
Georgian Court University | Lakewood, New Jersey
Georgian Court University is a private Catholic University
There are many lovely college campuses in the United States, but I think that Georgian Court's campus is one of the best kept secrets in the country!
Situated on the former estate of George Jay Gould only a few miles from the magnificent Jersey shore and is also part of the famous New Jersey Pinelands. The campus is breathtaking.
However, what makes it extra special are the gardens: The Sister Mary Grace Burns Arboretum. This has helped to make this campus a National Historic Landmark.
The campus has several gardens: the Italian, Japanese, Sunken, Formal, and Founders Grove.
All are well worth a visit!
Please read more about Georgian Court University here.
The marvelously detailed website will tell you all about the history of Georgian Court, Lakewood, and everything you might want to know about the university.
Please read about the Sister Mary Grace Burns Arboretum here.
You can check out another New Jersey campus that is also built on a spectacular large estate:
Fairleigh Dickinson University | Madison and Florham Park Campus, New Jersey
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April 05, 2011
Artistic Cars
