1923 aerial of an early housing development on Newark Ave. at South 23rd St. Most of these homes exist today. This development was called New Orange Park and built by James Arthur. The Flats building is shown on the bottom at 23rd and Passaic. - Union Township Historical Society Photo Archive

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Just next door to Union, Kenilworth was once part of Connecticut Farms. Since we have some 1923 aerial photos which show some great detail of Kenilworth, we feel this would be a great place to display them. Several of the structures shown are still standing today and we would love to identify them. Please leave comments if you have any info on any of the places shown on the photos.

Here are links to some interesting articles and photos:
http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2012/12/glimpse_of_history_a_tree_of_l.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2011/09/remembering_the_building_of_th.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2009/12/remembering_kenilworth_christm.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2010/06/remembering_kenilworths_tooner.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2012/07/local_historian_walter_boright.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2011/05/memorial_day_2010_remembering.html
http://www.trainsarefun.com/rvrr/rvrrbuiltkenilworth.htm
http://photos.nj.com/cranford-photos/2011/08/the_flats_fire_in_kenilworth_1_4.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2011/08/remembering_kenilworths_worst.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2010/08/remembering_kenilworths_post-w.html
http://www.nj.com/suburbannews/index.ssf/2011/04/remembering_the_little_railroa.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2011/09/remembering_the_building_of_th.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2011/03/remembering_kenilworths_black.html
http://photos.nj.com/cranford-photos/2010/10/remembering_when_kenilworth_wa_5.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2011/03/remembering_women_in_kenilwort.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2010/11/remembering_chief_crazy_horse.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2011/07/remembering_the_good_old_days.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2010/12/kenilworth_remembering_a_white.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2010/09/remembering_when_kenilworth_wa.html
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2011/06/remembering_d-day_and_okinawa.html

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1923 Aerial of Charles Frost farm and greenhouses on Cross st. and Washington. The house on Cross st. still stands today.

Sanborn Map image of the McKinley School from 1923.

1923 Aerial Photo of Kenilworth with current street info overlay. This is a high resolution photo that can be downloaded and enlarged to show great detail. Many of the structures in this photo still stand today. The newly built foundation of the Harding School can be seen if zoomed in.

Aerial showing the center part of Kenilworth including the center of town. If you zoom in you can see some buildings that still stand today. This photo appears to have been some kind of double exposure so part of it can be very confusing.

Aerial photo showing the New Orange Park housing development on Newark Ave. and Orange Ave. in Cranford

1923 aerial of an early housing development on Newark Ave. at South 23rd St. Most of these homes exist today. This development was called New Orange Park and built by James Arthur. The Flats building is shown on the bottom at 23rd and Passaic.

1923 Aerial view of the Flats Building on Passaic Ave. and 23rd St. According to Dr. Walter Boright this building was built in 1898 by James Arthur and moved to this New Orange Park location in 1906. This dwelling which housed six families was the scene of the worst residential fire in the history of Kenilworth in 1927.
You can read more about it by clicking on this link.
http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2011/08/remembering_kenilworths_worst.html

1923 aerial of an early housing development on Newark Ave. at South 23rd St. Most of these homes exist today. This development was called New Orange Park and built by James Arthur. The Flats building is shown on the bottom at 23rd and Passaic.

1923 aerial of an early housing development on Newark Ave. at South 23rd St. Most of these homes exist today. This development was called New Orange Park and built by James Arthur. The Flats building is shown on the bottom at 23rd and Passaic.

1923 aerial of an early housing development on Newark Ave. at South 23rd St. Most of these homes exist today. This development was called New Orange Park and built by James Arthur. The Flats building is shown on the bottom at 23rd and Passaic.

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