top of page

GLEN ROCK HISTORICAL & PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Search


Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
Mar 16, 20185 min read
1894. And All That.
How Glen Rock became Glen Rock
1,068 views
0 comments


Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
Feb 8, 20184 min read
THOMAS L. HAWKINS: HERO FROM THE ROCK
Thomas Lawson Hawkins was born in 1923 in Springfield, Massachusetts and moved to Glen Rock with his parents, William and Rebecca, when...
1,045 views
0 comments


Sue Tryforos
Dec 12, 20173 min read
THE DUDE ABIDES
For the past several years, the Glen Rock Historical & Preservation Society has hosted our public school's 4th graders at the Museum at...
500 views
0 comments


Sue Tryforos
Nov 5, 20174 min read
THE POWER OF ELEVEN
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, when peace finally came to the Western Front following the four years of...
213 views
0 comments


Sue Tryforos
Oct 7, 20172 min read
"AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY"
It is easy to look at Bergen County today and see a thoroughly modern, bustling area but it wasn't too long ago, historically speaking,...
133 views
0 comments


Sue Tryforos
Jul 27, 20173 min read
WHAT? NO SAUERKRAUT??
It always amazes me how clear a vision Glen Rock's early leaders had for the development and modernization of the original farming...
355 views
12 comments


Sue Tryforos
Jul 7, 20177 min read
THE SMITH-SINGER COMPANY
As the Borough Historian, I receive many questions from residents who want to know when their house was built or when their street was...
779 views
0 comments


Sue Tryforos
Jun 27, 20175 min read
JOHN A. HOPPER AND THE CIVIL WAR
This past Memorial Day, the Glen Rock VFW Post #850 and the Glen Rock American Legion Post #145 placed flags on a gravestone in the...
646 views
0 comments
bottom of page