The Reeves-Reed Arboretum (12.5 acres (5 ha)) is a nonprofit arboretum and garden located at 165 Hobart Avenue in Summit, New Jersey. It is the only arboretum in Union County. The arboretum grounds are open daily from dawn till dusk, free of charge.
The property was originally traversed by Lenni Lenape Native Americans on their route from the coast near Elizabeth to the highlands near Schooley's Mountain. During the American Revolutionary War, it...
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The Reeves-Reed Arboretum (12.5 acres (5 ha)) is a nonprofit arboretum and garden located at 165 Hobart Avenue in Summit, New Jersey. It is the only arboretum in Union County. The arboretum grounds are open daily from dawn till dusk, free of charge.
The property was originally traversed by Lenni Lenape Native Americans on their route from the coast near Elizabeth to the highlands near Schooley's Mountain. During the American Revolutionary War, it was farmed, and was adjacent to the site of the Old Sow cannon and the signal beacon atop Beacon Hill on the Second Watchung Mountain.
In 1889, John Hornor Wisner, a merchant in the China trade, purchased the property for a country estate. He hired New York architects Babb, Cook and Willard to build a Colonial Revival house, sited facing south with extensive views over the rolling hills. He and his wife, Isabelle, moved with their children to their stylish new home and called it "The Clearing." Working with noted landscape architect Calvert...
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