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Oscar A. Kincaid Home of History

591 Powerville Road, Boonton Township, New Jersey

Mailing Address:  P.O. Box 362, Boonton, New Jersey 07005

Driving Tour of Historic Boonton Township

Boonton Township has a rich history, and we are fortunate

that many of the original homes of the founders of the Township still exist. The Historical Society has developed a driving

tour of the Township’s rich historic structures, accompanied by pictures of the buildings. The tour commences at the

Oscar A. Kincaid Home of History, leads  through a circular route leading past more than 30 structures. There is a separate sheet containing pictures of the principal historic structures highlighted in the Tour. A copy of the Tour is

available for $3.00 via mail to the Historical Society of

Boonton Township, PO Box 362, Boonton, NJ 07005-0362.

Historic Homes of Boonton Township

Click here to see pictures and a short description of some of the homes featured in the driving tour of the township.

The William Scott House

September 14, 2010

Richard J Nick will give a presentation on the Scott Family and their impact on Boonton Township. The Scott’s were one of the founding families of Boonton Township and developed its industrial center.  They were involved with timber, farming, the Morris Canal, milling iron mining and production.  Their legacy remains in three homes.  Land holdings of this wealthy and industrious family stretched from the Town of Boonton, to Smoke Rise to Hibernia and included for several years the Oscar A Kincaid Home of History. The presentation will be at the Rockaway Valley School at 7 PM.

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Painting:  Property of Artist Alexis Joseph

Historical Society Receives Grant

The Historical Society of Boonton Township received a grant from the Morris County Historical Preservation Trust Fund in the amount of $10,920. With the match from the Historical Society the $13,650 project to prepare architectural documents for design, bid and contract for the restoration of the Oscar A. Kincaid Home of History. The work will include a room-by-room documentation of existing conditions. The focus of the project is to restore interior wall, ceiling and floor finishes, repair radiators, upgrade interior lighting and add receptacles to support use of the house. The spaces include the front and rear parlors and several of the spaces at the second floor level on both sides of the house -- the 1785 portion, as well as the 1832 part.