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Nutley Historical Society
and Museum

65 Church Street
Nutley NJ 07110
973-667-1528

The Nutley Historical Society is a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to serve the educational,
cultural and historical needs of our community.

Founded March 5, 1945


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Jazz Night 

At the Nutley Museum

Saturday, May 4, 2013

The Nutley Historical Society will host “Jazz at the Museum,” an evening of live music on Saturday, May 4, at The Nutley Museum, 65 Church Street, featuring the Manhatten (sic) Brothers.

Doors open at 7 p.m. There is a suggested contribution of $10 per person for admission. Proceeds go to benefit the Nutley Museum.

This performance marks the fifth season for the music series. The Clifton-based band features Dante Liberti on piano and vocals; Paul Liberti on bass and vocals; Rich Davala on drums and vocals; Bob Fugel on electric guitar; and Michael Gabriele on tenor saxophone. Gabriele is a member of the executive board of the Nutley Historical Society.

The set list for the performance includes American swing standards, Latin tunes and jazz ballads such as “In the Mood”; “That’s All”; “There Will Never Be Another You”; “Meditation”; “Misty”; and “Day By Day.”

The evening includes two sets of music. Complementary snacks, coffee and refreshments will be offered during the show’s intermission. In addition, Nutley Historical Society docents will be available to welcome guests to the upstairs museum display, which features Nutley community artifacts and Annie Oakley memorabilia.

Dom Tibaldo is the president of the Nutley Historical Society, while Sue Hagert serves as vice president. Members of the group’s executive board include Maryann Lauber, Pat Williams, Barry Lenson, Nancy Greulich, John Simko, Eleanor Slomkowski, Mike Slomkowski, Mary Bradley and Mike Petrucelli.


A Walk in Memorial Parkway:
From the Mud Hole to the Museum

10 a.m. to noon Sunday, May 26, 2013 

Did you know that a sawmill once operated on the Yantacaw River near the Mud Hole playground? Or that generations of artists living on the Enclosure drew inspiration from the river’s beauty?

Did you know that our Yantacaw River marked an important edge of the original 1666 English boundaries of “New Ark”? Or that Town Hall is all that remains of a complex of mill buildings that stretched across the Oval?

Join Nutley Museum Director John Simko for a walk along the Yantacaw River to explore the many roles it has played in our town’s industry, recreation, and history. This rain-or-shine tour begins at 10 a.m. at the Mud Hole (inside Memorial Parkway at Vreeland and Passaic avenues) and follows the river to the Oval, making stops, including the Vreeland House, along the way.

The tour concludes at Nutley’s first brick schoolhouse (now the Nutley Historical Society headquarters and Nutley Museum), where light refreshments will be served and the museum will be open. Articles from our archives related to the tour will be featured.



Revisit Boxing History In Nutley

Boxing comes to Nutley Historical Society

7 p.m. Thursday, April 18, 2013

The "Pride of Nutley" Rockin' Ron Vassalo headed the boxing card held 37 year ago at the "Rumble in the Oval" on September 10, 1976. Other boxers that night included the "Weehawken Wildman" Kevin Smith and the "The Kearny Kid" Irish Johnny Sullivan.

Get a ringside seat for the lowdown when Rockin’ Ron and Paul Denkinger, the promoter of the event, relive the “Rumble in the Oval" at the Nutley Museum on April 18.

Come, stay for the full count and enjoy the discussion of boxing on the long ago evening in our town when boxing was in its prime.

At the meeting room in the Nutley Museum. Free.

Light refreshments will be served, and the museum will be open.

Nutley boxers reunited for night at the museum.
Photo by John Simko, used by permission.


Photo by Michael Gabriele, used by permisison.

Nutley Historical Society Honors Pervis Robison Jr. at 50-year Memorial

The Nutley Historical Society joined township officials, members of the U.S. Navy and Marines and fellow citizens to remember Nutley Seaman Pervis Robison Jr. who was killed aboard the USS Thresher nuclear submarine on April 10, 1964.

Board members Pattie Williams Ellie Slomkowski and President Dom Tibaldo shared the Robison display from the NHS meeting room. Some of the items in the display and museum relating to Robison were collected by former NHS President Ed Stecewicz who died recently.

Photo courtesy of Michael Gabriele.

Nutley seaman remembered 50 years after submarine tragedy

Nutley Officials Honor Fallen Veteran Pervis Robison

50th Anniversary of Submarine's Loss Is Remembered

•  Pervis Robison of Nutley Was Aboard the USS Thresher


Ed Stecewicz, Former NHS President

Ed Stecewicz, NHS past president. Photo by Anthony Buccino, used by permission.Edward T. Stecewicz, 55, a lifelong resident of Nutley, passed away April 6, 2013 at his home. He was a past president and former director of the Nutley Historical Society & Museum.

He was employed as a technician for Kearfott Corp. in Little Falls. He was active in the Van Riper Trust and was a Nutley and New Jersey history buff.

The beloved son of the late Elizabeth (Kney) & Edward A. Stecewicz, he is survived by three sisters, Donna Lampe, Susan T. & Carol J. Stecewicz; his aunt, Valerie Sente; two nieces, Dana Lampe & Marlena Lampe-Torres; a nephew, Michael Lampe, and his great nephew, Daniel.

A funeral was to be held April 10 from the S.W. Brown & Son Funeral Home, Nutley. The funeral Mass was to be celebrated at St. Mary's Church, Nutley. The interment was to follow at East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Clifton.

Memorial contributions to the Nutley Historical Society & Museum, 65 Church St., Nutley, NJ 07110 would be appreciated.

Former Nutley museum director remembered


Winter Wonderland Open House

1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, February 10, 2013

65 Church Street, Nutley, NJ

The Nutley Museum will be open for tours with board members

Museum Director Barry Lenson

Asst. Director & Annie Oakley Historian Nancy Greulich

Asst. Director & Nutley Parks & Mills Historian John Simko

Nutley Velodrome Historian Michael Gabriele

Light refreshments   Free Admission

Hosted by The Nutley Historical Society


2013 Calendar of Events

February 10 - 1 p.m. - Winter Wonderland Open House

March 21 - 7 p.m. - General Membership Meeting

April 18 - 7 p.m. - Boxing Night

May 4 - 7 p.m. - Jazz at the Museum

May 26 - 10 a.m. to noon - A Walk in Memorial Parkway: From the Mud Hole to the Museum

June 4 - 7 p.m. - Nutley Velodrome - 80th Anniversary Celebration of the Nutley Velodrome, Speaker & Author Michael Gabriele

June 6 - 6:30 p.m. - Ice Cream for History

September 15 1 p.m. - "Annie Oakley: Little Sure Shot" The Unveiling and First Public Viewing: "Annie Oakley: Little Sure Shot," a major painting by one of America's foremost Trompe l'oeil artists and Nutley resident Gary T. Erbe

September 19 - 7:30 p.m. - Speaker program (TBA)

October 13 - 1 p.m. - Fall Pumpkin Festival

December 5 - 7:30 p.m.  - Christmas Party


Vreeland Homestead

226 Chestnut Street

The Junior Woman's Club of Nutley used the house for its functions from 1912 to 2012. The Vreeland House recently changed hands when the Junior Woman's Club of Nutley turned over the property to the township of Nutley, N.J., in May 2012. The town placed oversight of the 200-plus year-old house in the hands of the Nutley Historical Society which will inventory the parts, parcel and frame the artifacts in the historical sense.


Nutley Museum meeting room

rental available year-round

To request a reservation,

please call Kerry Flynn, Caretaker 973-667-1528

Download forms: Rental Agreement  Hold Harmless Agreement


December 2012

The Nutley Museum

The Ann A. Troy Gallery

Visit the restored “Church Street School,” built in 1875 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Nutley Museum brings local history to life this season with a photography exhibit and memorabilia from Annie Oakley and other prominent Nutley families.

Admission by donation.

Part of the Fourth Essex County House Tour


Events held at the Nutley Museum unless otherwise noted.

The
Ann A. Troy Gallery-Nutley Museum is open four times a year, and tours are available on request.


Camp Nutley - hat on display in Ann A. Troy Gallery of Nutley Museum

September 22, 2011

CAMP NUTLEY, Plaque dedication, historical talk
See layouts and more about the Cold War era, 1952 to 1957, when the U.S. Army had antiaircraft gun bases in Nutley to defend the George Washington Bridge from aerial attack.

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