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Historical Markers in Summit

 
Clickable Map of Union County, New Jersey and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Union County, NJ (145) Essex County, NJ (222) Hudson County, NJ (175) Middlesex County, NJ (332) Morris County, NJ (426) Somerset County, NJ (179) Richmond County, NY (322)  UnionCounty(145) Union County (145)  EssexCounty(222) Essex County (222)  HudsonCounty(175) Hudson County (175)  MiddlesexCounty(332) Middlesex County (332)  MorrisCounty(426) Morris County (426)  SomersetCounty(179) Somerset County (179)  RichmondCountyNew York(322) Richmond County (322)
Elizabeth is the county seat for Union County
Summit is in Union County
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1 ► New Jersey, Union County, Summit — Briant Pond Park —
On Springfield Ave (County Route 527) at Middle Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Springfield Ave.
This site was farmed by several generations of the Briant family prior to its acquisition by Union Country in 1930. The original design for the park was prepared by Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects, the firm founded by the sons of the famed . . . — — Map (db m193098) HM
2 ► New Jersey, Union County, Summit — Florence Spearing Randolph — Women’s Heritage Trail — Wallace Chapel AME Zion Church —
On Broad Street at Orchard Street on Broad Street.
Florence Spearing Randolph, born in Charleston, South Carolina on August 9, 1866 was an African-American A.M.E. Zion (Methodist) minister and social activist. She served as Pastor of Wallace Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, Summit City, from 1925 to 1946. . . . — — Map (db m94510) HM
3 ► New Jersey, Union County, Summit — Marjorie Cranstoun Jefferson — Women’s Heritage Trail — Summit Playhouse —
On New England Avenue.
Did you know that Marjorie Cranstoun Jefferson: *Was a leader in the Little Theater Movement in the United States? *Co-founded this community theater in 1918? *Directed more than 130 productions in this theater? (She was its director for 51 years, . . . — — Map (db m94532) HM
4 ► New Jersey, Union County, Summit — Rahway Valley Railroad — The Summit Station —
Near Broad Street (County Route 512) at Denman Place, on the right when traveling east.
The Summit Park Line follows the path the Rahway Valley Railroad. About 500-feet to the northwest, at the opposite end of the apartment complex's parking lot, stood the Rahway Valley's Summit Station. Passenger service between Roselle Park and . . . — — Map (db m197461) HM
5 ► New Jersey, Union County, Summit — Signal Beacon and the “Old Sow” —
On Hobart Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
1776 Here in the time of the American Revolution stood the Signal Beacon and by its side the cannon known as the “Old Sow” which in time of danger and invasion summoned the patriotic “Minute Men” of this vicinity to the . . . — — Map (db m7359) HM
6 ► New Jersey, Union County, Summit — Summit Downtown Historic District —
On Union Place at Beechwood Road, on the right when traveling east on Union Place.
Summit Downtown Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior and the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. The district's 16 blocks include . . . — — Map (db m300825) HM
7 ► New Jersey, Union County, Summit — Summit Opera House —
On 2 Kent Place Blvd.
The building on this site was designed in 1893 for the Women's Temperance Union by architect Theodore Mead, Jr. In return for title to the property, Civil War veteran Joel G. Van Cise completed the construction and provided the W.C.T.U. with a local . . . — — Map (db m34621) HM
8 ► New Jersey, Union County, Summit — Summit Playhouse —
On New England Avenue.
The Playhouse Association has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m94533) HM
9 ► New Jersey, Union County, Summit — Wallace Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church —
On Broad Street near Orchard Street.
(Top plaque) Wallace Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church Summit, New Jersey has been listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. (Bottom plaque) Wallace Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church . . . — — Map (db m94511) HM
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Nov. 11, 2026