Mansions of Morris County
Language: English
Published by Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina:, 1999
- First Edition
- Softcover
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Charleston, South Carolina:: Arcadia Publishing, 1999. 6.5" wide by 9.25" tall. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. The spine is square and flat. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. This is the 1999 first printing [NOT the 2006 reprint]. Includes historical background. Illustrated with about 250 old photographs, mostly of magnificent homes from turn-of-the-century Morristown, New Jersey, dubbed "the Millionaire City of the nation" by the NEW YORK HERALD. From 1880 through 1915, more than 60 millionaires were said to live within a 4-mile radius of the town's Green, "the finest four miles in the world." Although many of the vast estates are now long gone, this book's well-captioned photographs recapture the area's palatial homes in their original grandeur. Here are the homes of the area's most prominent families during the Gilded Age -- the Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, Kountzes, Wolffs, Dodges, Claflins, etc. Photos are enhanced with captions that give fascinating, little-known facts. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New condition. 128pp. …
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- Title
- Mansions of Morris County
- Author
- Rae, John W.
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina:
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- As New condition.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 073850064X
- ISBN 13
- 9780738500645
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Architecture, New Jersey History
"inland Newport." By the 1920s, the prominence of Morris County was eclipsed by the lure of Long Island, and its economy was being threatened by the Depression. Faced with high taxes from the newly established income tax, skyrocketing maintenance costs, and a dwindling reservoir of help, the wealthy residents began razing their mansions. Although many of these vast estates have been long gone and forgotten, author John W. Rae's collection of early Morris County photographs recaptures the area's palatial homes in their full grandeur. Within the pages of Morris County Mansions, Rae invites you to join him on a visual tour of the magnificent architecture of the Gilded Age. Meet the area's
prominent families and discover little-known facts about the homes in which they resided.
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