Historic Debate Over Historic District at The Enclosure in Nutley, New Jersey

(The Nutley Sun, Jan. 3, 1974) --THE ENCLOSURE: Nutley’s most history-filled street, The Enclosure, first popped into the news in 1973 in mid- July when Commissioner John Lucy proposed ‘Improving’ that’ street by adding a new sewage system Lucy also asked to construct sidewalks and curbs and widen the roadway to 30 feet.

A walking tour

The Enclosure Artists' Colony

According to the Walking Tour of The Enclosure and Environs on Oct. 28, 1973, conducted and created by the Nutley Historical Society to support restoration of Kingsland Manor:

Mallaby House: 62 Enclosure

1840 – Owned by the Mallaby family until the 1920s, the George Symonds lived there from 1882 to 1886. Mrs. Symonds was the former Isabelle Vreeland.

Arthur Hoeber House: 55 Enclosure