King Louis XVI’s French Army under the command of General Count de Rochambeau camped here on the Mandeville Farm in August 1781.
The troops were marching from Rhode Island to join General Washington and the Continental Army prior to the . . . — — Map (db m165914) HM
In 1757 a public road was surveyed in Pequannock Township. This became part of the main road from King’s Ferry on the Hudson River to Morristown and the Delaware River. On this road passed Washington, Lafayette, Rochambeau, Von Steuben, Wayne and . . . — — Map (db m165905) HM
On this site, Reaction Motors, Inc., a pioneer manufacturer of liquid-fueled rocket engines, designed, produced and tested the XLR-11 rocket engine, which ultimately powered the first aircraft flight to break the sound barrier. On October 14, 1947, . . . — — Map (db m180620) HM
Congregation organized 1736 as
Reformed Netherlands Dutch
Church. Original church built
1771. Restored in 1937 after
fire destroyed all but walls.
Notable for Christopher Wren
steeple. — — Map (db m41904) HM
Built by Giles Mandeville for
his bride, Sarah Roome. Later
served as Pompton Plains'
first post office. Since 1953
manse of First Reformed Church — — Map (db m41901) HM
This c.1900 farmstead, with barns, chicken coop, privy, and hand-pumped well, was owned by carpenter Jesse Van Ness, whose family farmed this land since 1713. The farmstead is typical of many others that once thrived in Pequannock. — — Map (db m91564) HM
Built by Martin Berry (1693-1784) son of the first family to settle Pompton Plains. Only Pre-Revolutionary building substantially unaltered in Pequannock Township — — Map (db m166166) HM
School District No. 105. 1885 Trustees H. J. Smith • J. R. Evans • M. Card ( Second Marker : ) This stone plaque marks the site of the Pompton Plains School (1885 – 1985). It was part of the original “Brick . . . — — Map (db m62876) HM
