1949 Vol. 3 No. 7 September - Passaic County Historical Society

PASSAIC COUNTY
F+XSTOR"NCAL
SOCIETY
Museum and Headquarters
LAMBERT CASTLE
Garret Mountain Reservation
PATERSON, N, J.
P.O.Box
L433,"
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lbe_above photograph, of Lanbert Cagtle ras talen 1n the sprln6
g1 f89!r the year that, the Castle rae oompLete&. It rao Ja,nuary,
}let of that year that &r ta,nbert opened lt es bls ho,mcn
Slth sone mlnor changes 3h1e le the Caetle aE 1t:.8 toaay. fhe
areb,eg at the rlght and the tsver for the eLeetrle are lanp to ths
1e nor bldd.en by tvy
left have b6en rcsove-d,yearc ago. The Castlc
vlnes, coverlng the left half sf the bul.ldlngc
e6
Bgr
E.H.$raf
Cathollae Iranbert
rafil born la
Ke 16h1oy r IorE,shlre,
Ea$land,, oR
Earch 28, i85+ and, dlcd, at Bells VlEta
Castle, PabeFBoBr Sebruary
15, 1923.
et an early agrr ten ycBFfr
_ Be gt,artqc rork
-safary la tbe ootton nlrl
of felter Evanc & Conpany, reollilng
a
of cl.gbteen p6noq
a ttcl,
lfter
lcwntccn yoars la bls natlvc land hc Loohc0 tbrard
tba l&nd, of pronlce
and gFeatcr thln6s, so lcft for trer Xciri,,
tbero
2911851, Eevlag had e Latt€r
on
Ootobor
a
frm
lanAhg
frlsnd, ln Bogton he lef,t for that otty, lnnsd,lately
after arrlvlng
la fier Ssrk.
In Boston h9 found cnploynent aa En offlm
boy
for
-3b1e
thc s1lJr flrn of tllt
& D€rt€rr at four dollare
reet.
1rer
flrn
r&s eonposcd,of 'lin6on Dorter & BenJaala B. 811t. In 1851
[i.fllt
retlrc4;
Catholtrna Lanbert havlng bought bls sharc, hc
;ag naic a senbor of tjra flrn end busla€sr
contlnucd undcr tho
Dao.c of Dcrtcrr&aabcrt & Corp$ilr.
thlE flrn as oarly aa 1849 btteugred rlbbon reevlng but lt, rcr
suoeess. they attonpted agaln rcavlng rlbbong la
not a flnanolal
Ehey bave bees ored,ltod
1856 brrt egaln tt proved, unproflt,ablc.
rlth belng the flret to tcave rlbbon ln t'b1a eountry.
thl
flrst
faetory
of tJae flTn ras e tvo atory frane hrlldlng
lOO X 40 fect oa Coientry Etreot" so naaed by trr. 111-t. Eer€ thoy
gl.sgor glnp aaehlneEr aplnnlng- rheeler braldlng
totre frlngea,
Ugholstery,
uaohlnss end a suall
Blant of tbrorlng, naohlnery.
paraeol,
elbak and
drebe
hatters, furrlers,
nll,Ilnery,
alllta.ry,
and kpoqr ln thoeo days 8s a trlnnlng houee.
trlnnlnga,
In 1856 the hrelnees ras lnereared and troro spasa tat aeed,ed,
so a nlLt ras crcetcO, l,60 X $O fect,, threa Etorlef, h16h ln Ieanor
cll,L nanufastatrect,, Eost,onr Fbteraoa havlng beoonc a oenter for
nost of the ell'l
nade ls
urlng and uaohlne uaElng; f,or nany tear!
tbla eountry rae yid herc, brougbt lr.ta,ubert' to thls tora of tcn
gumound.lngo and, deoldcd
rar- attraetcd. to lta
oa buelncsr trltr;
gcotlon'
l6fl he gulolaeed
Ilth thls ln vlcr'ln
ts looato ls tblg
tbs ilascs Closo cstatc lp gouth Patereon, lnorn as Elaglstood.'
Oeorgc B. Dsxtar bls
Ia 1861 lneon Darter rctlrecl fron thc fln,
rr€34
Is'nbert
S. Lanbert e brotbcr of 0athsllna
SaBr anA fllllq
South
.0nerloa
tlllles
vlslted
for
Lanbert
aAni,ttia lnto tbe fl11.
Derter
rqtlrLng
requceoa
hls bsalth and dlsd thera ln 1869. lnson
tsd hls fsrmer asEoelatce to ooatlnuc undcr thc naue of Dcxtcr,
Laubert & ConBany a,nd tlre nans tas n€vsr chqngad ts tbc cndr
Ia f866 Lanbert bavlng e dcsl,tr to lseatc n€ar Ser lorl,1 glrohOtay ana
agcA a n111 alts sa tbc clst eldr of 9trel6ht_Etreetrngs
areetcQ the Derter lLlL, three storlo a 2& X 50 fseto lblr nlll ls
gtandlne havl.ng been sold la 1916r
stlll
rent t,o England ancl bougbt a P],ant 9f pgrgr
frlUnUer[
18?4
In
loooi iniou ue shlpBed ts tblg elty and sct lpen uP_ln t}o plfgrgFt
glreit, ;iilr-rlt"h
1[e4 Fgan rr9a1lng broad srl.! 69oct3. Ia fE!? tAc
& 5on6, rlbbon plant rlleh lag looatail
iirn nrobaiodl tho l.Solcllae
tutll
opsratod the plaqt ln tblE saeo looatlon
ln tn[ Oifc ltll,
tbe
---fnsacl of Jqno 18?9.
Oeoinber X8?8 Lanbsrt prcpared to orcet anotber an0 larger
ou !4? rc st eltte of
tbo E.U rI.
fru
ntrl1, Srrehaeed, property
Etrest,obpeittrFtraielt
lbo Dexter ltllLo _tblg PlIl IAO-X 15 f99t
a.nd,occuplcd_, lpout_ JuIy 1, 18?9"
tvo EEorloe b16h-iac cuPlatatl
g6norally
knom as the Laobert 1111 ani ras eonnpotcd
fble n111 res
Strcetr
rltb
bt a brldgc ov€r flrafgh!
- -Ia tbe Dcrtei lltL 18?9
purebaeecl
of 9terrctt'
thc
La,nbert
alant
thc rprlng of
Bylc aad Xurphtr
n
In 188O [r. Lambert erected, hlg fourtfi n111,; Hawloy, Pennaotras
sclected aE lhe e1te, property ras purchaee6,; ereci6a a niir igo
x 44 fect and 3 cegt6r- pioSe6tton o? Bo x go'reet.
on r[urJd.yiluge ,,
1'8-81' ld{. Lanberl, iccornpanlerl by hts cife-incl d,aughter and,
a. large nuu,ber of personai and buslneFs irlend.s vlelted. Ila;i;y-a;a
--r
chrlgtcned. the factory, nanlng lt the ttBeueuonte Mlll.rr
Ia 1887 trr. Lanberi-Uuttt dnother ulll at Honesdiie, penna.
![rc Lanbert marrled, ln ].855, Igabel Slattuckr of oli, Ner Englandt
fan|Iy
ln tEassachusetts, theie were elght cf,tlaren. Mr. Lailleit
ren!- to Europe t9 recuperate hle falllng bealth and. whlle at sea
on the return
_ttserq_ u?Pl_Eon, c1lff,or.(x, on€ year and flve
-tr1B
aontb,s old dled.
on July 25, 1870, The funeral ras losponed untll
the arrlval of the parents and. rag burlecl fron thelr Loni A pE on
Auguet 4th.
DurXng tbe y€ar 1892 llr.ta,mbert bul].t a ner reeld.ence on the slde
of Garret Mouutaln and named,lt BEIJ.AVI$TA, for bLg wtfe Isabele
Here he houeed. hls extenelve art coLlectlon
and. other ant,lqueso
llrs.La'nbert
clled ln 19OI and ln 19O4 tr[r.ta&bert
narylEd, Harulet
Egtel,le Blbby, rld,ow of Dr.Blbby, who ras a slgter
of hlg flret
vlfE. the clled. Novenber 21, 1916 eurvlvlng besldes her busband, f,as
a son Harry Le,nbert Blbby, a pr&etlsl.ng pb.yelclan ln Ner Yorts; two
slgtorg, Mrs John C. Ryle and, l[rs Robert Gllnorei
two brothere
Free&an 9b.attuck, who reslded at llaglewood the foruer bonEgtead of
MFn Inubert and, $anuel S. thattuck of Provldeneor
In I9L4 the flrn, havlng flnanclal d.lfflcultlee,
l{r.Larnbert had
declded. to llquldate. On October 2Or1914 the conpany was grant€d an
ertenslon of tro yeara bo neet the Llabllltles
agalnet lt.
L,a,nbert,
at that blne lsgued. notee, payable ln two years fron d.ate and. at
tbe spme tlne agreed. to offer hlE entire eetate as collateral.
On
January l!, 1915 lfr.Lanbert offered. hle er,tlre estate lnclud,lng hls
coLleetlon of art
for the extenslon of creillt
for the Deiter.
Lanbert, _& 0onpgrny, and, placed hls signature to a trugt
nortgage li
favgr of tbo Faterson $afe Deposlt and. tnrgt Conpany to the-anount
of $lrlo] r\54.95 thlg Ea! sa1a.to be the targeet-peisonai nortsa[d
ever placed on reeord ln Pasealo County up to tbat tlne.
In Febnrary 1916e the art collectlon coneletlng of 365 plctureE
and. a nrrmber of Blecee of statuary w€r€ eold at auetlon at the
Plaza llotel, l{er torts; the a,nount r6cetved. ras $59arO5O, rhlch was
c1alned. to be about one thlrd. lt,s real value.
In Decenber L916 tho Dexter 8111 was sold to the Van Der tlieyhe
Brog.l
fur manufaclur€rE,
froq Belglum, for $60'000.
when one of
Oh February L5rL92, eeated ln tbe llbrary,
hts
closest frlende, John C.Ryle, nho ras a brotb,er-1a-1ar of La,nbert
r[th
b.18. He conversed. upon bls
vlslt
oalleil to harc"-a Ilttle
favorlte toploruthe Sltk Induetryrtr and. showed that he retalired tte
sond.ltlong that uade hln a
keen nlnd. and lnelgbt
-hls lato the trado
ploneer
sl1k na,nufaoturer tas
The
llfo.
remarable nan all
preparad
Lt rae apparent that a
and,
for
bed,"
roon
aselsted to blg
end
of 1lfe raE. allpro€lhln
lndlcated
the
that
ohange bad cone ov€r
snlled
tras
of
Hs
hls goodby to lls
and,
doubt
be
af,ar€
lt.
ehln6
no
esa fraIter and. frlenctE aad paseed, a;ay at 4.15 PII at the aga of 89.
Dr. Vletor Bu[en hle phyelclan rae at hle eld.e.
Ir. Lanbert requ€sted,,a slnBle funeral, the cervlces vere held
2 Pf February 18, rlth the readlng of, scrlpture by R€v.Al.vln C.
$arteIle of the $eeond Preebyterlqn Cburcb of whlEh Mr.Laiabert was
parlor
tbe oldegt nober. The servlc€s tor€ held ln the northeaEt
wae mad,e
rleqe_the_body lay ln a eoUd nahogany caeket, Internent
at 0edar Law[.
ALl tbe hold,1ngs of lfr.Lanbert were turnad. ov€r to hle only son
Halter 8. Iranberto
2g
TUE FIBSI NECBFSIOX.
gtands the broxB stone,
of Gamat lountaln
On the ca6t sld.
CaEtle llkc bulldlng,
the forscr hono of CatJrol,lna luambert.
S'or nany aonthg durlng L89e, brorn gtone blocha eut out of tbs
loeEl quarrleg, roro belng a.scEnbled, to hrllct thlg
rer home of llr.
tanbert.
so
By elrrty 1895 It Uaa takea the forr of an old 0agtlc
fas.llla,r ln hle natlve land,; England,c
Ir, La,nbert had, novect bls art colLeotlon fron bfe old hone.. on th.
other sldc of tbc Yalley Road., rhlc! taE knorn as nfaXllevoo4.n
lnvlt'cd four bundOn Tueeday .even1a6 Januarv Jl, 189, Ir.Lanbert
red. gueats lor the flrrt
receptlon la hls ner hose, to shot them
brlo-a-baer
hls col.leet,lon of palnt,lngs a,nd.other valuabLe artlcles,
part
Cagt,ler
of
tbe
oldl earvlnge and. antlqu€s ln every
.ilt lhle-perlod Lr. Lubert rag aeld ts hare bad the flneet prlvate
by tha
Art oolleotloas ln thls oountry. Hle colLeetlon of palntlngs
any
coLLeotone
than
elgo
rated,
better
ra6
begt artlcts of Sngland,
lon ln England.
ovcr the LastsawannaralLroad, fron Jereey 91ty^
trala
11,speclal
brougbf oyer one bundred._guests. Carrlageg- rer-e wattlng at- the. Depot
tben-loeated. at Barclay S[reat, ?o eonvay tben to the Castle. Ihlrty
flve ooaches rer€ rqquLred througlrout tbe evealng to brlng, the__Sueste
to anct fron the reeeptlon, rhlch-Tgre furnlshed-by Ctlarles B. Elnclle.
lllrrnlrrated. and. couLd be s€€n for
lhe Ceet,le ras bilLllantly
fron gbone
eent tbelr brllLlaney
aro
llebts
ifrat
large
fhe
sllii.
forned,
ltself,
t,owEr tope and itre nyrladc of Lanps ln the bulldllg
It tas axtretsely. ronanblc and -plctureEqg€r 88
a dazzlLng plcture.
the:p'lace-was approached fron the foot of the hlLl an{
bull,itlttgo
woun6,round the- oerpentlnc d,rlveray to the caeteLlatecl -th9-carrlages
the -receptlon roon where
Enterln6 the CastLe, to tJle rlglt-ras
![r. and.[rE. La.nbert Ter€ aseteted. 1n recelvkg, the 6ueets by th€lr
60rr llaLter S.Laabert ancl bls rlfa andl thelr d,au6hter, l[r8. W11llaa F.
Dorfllnger of flmeedalerPar Sgxt to thc receptlon roots ras the Gra.nd.
gtalrcaEo leadlng
and, the geeond.gal.le-ryr
to the llvlng apartnents
Art llall, brea,kfast
Grand
the
thc naln heLl dontlnusd, on t[roug!
pronenad.e
15O
feet
ln _length, t'€rma
rooq ane oonserratory naklng
end.
ertrens
north€agt
at
housc
tne
ln tbe Eunm€r
fniitng
--qusla
rbere Prof'
roots,
rae
tbc
segt
to
bbe
febias the art haLl
statloned
behlnd. an
rer€
strlng_
oreb€etra
hle
and
Oaylon-tieefana
played
nuelc.
and
ctellght,ful
plante
a,ia
ferns
en[anknent of exotlc
a.
orebf,aB
nan4o11a
statloned,
rom
gallery
tne
art
bt
In the upp€r
rendered.
muslc
dellglttful
and
rlreany
the
Fer
Yoit,
fibu
eitra
ancl producedl a nogt,
of tbe bumoundlngar
the effecl
enbrielng
pleaelng-effeet on the Sueete.
-- $ext-to tb,e nueic ro6n rag the drarlng roon, oceupylng the flret,
of tbe t,orer.
-ueea on the second, f,Loor v€ng the -llvlng overrooms'
flotrthc
floor
On t|14
cn sult'e or slngle.
ae"ign€A- to be
thg-.Guegte
muslc rooB ris the Gen Roon and ovei the -dl'rellng rooP. Plnl and
the
to the noriu of tbe art-gallery_ rere part
ffi!frb.i']inri"
of the
eeparate
a
r€Ie
ln
qualt€Ig
servantg
i1".-;;6nsl-ine
Uoueo, r€Bovodl fron the na1! bu1Ld1n5,.f"gfog- the . Pountala.
Four nundfrect-gueits had"been lniltea ancl rltb but fer erceptlons
Eierg roon ln tbe OastLe f,as throtn opga aa$-there
all rJipona"a.
frou whlch to
oasy -chalrg to be fousd at all polnte
weis livltini
the
befor€
out
6uests.
feiEt of- art that, nas spreaA
enlor
--'iip. [[e
-f,u.Uiit
of art for- Pany years but
-uei eolleetlng rorks
-rurit bad, been
to propcrly
bone haE ao pLase ln- rhlcb
nre
untfl-ne
reasona
naln
the
ias
one
of
&ls
a-ieprat-hl; ueaui,rnrl collcetlon.
mansloso
large
a
eueh
hlngelf
for
nU to bulld
l[rfi-pnorpieA
29
fhe wood worh ln alL the roons 1g of the flnest
oah. F'ron thc
centre
of the celllng
ln the dlnlng
roou, hua6 a Freneh bronze
chand.eller, beautlful
ln d.es1gg. The roou was euppJ.led, Elth furnlture of
Itallan
d.eslgn of t[e
elxteenth century
and. eomq of the
pleceg were*the flnesthand. cary€d work 1n thl-s countryr A utr1n6
Irrlg Enplre" vase at L7t2 etood near
tb,e d,oor and a Hawtirorne vase,
sald. to have been the thlrd flnegt la thls eountry ras consl)tsuolloe
side of, the entrance are Itallan
0n elther
eolumns car.red. and.
d,ecorated ln Oolcl and. Black,
repreeentlng
the slxteenth
centuryo
Overhead. was ? plece of Rueslan ca,rrlng brought froq Plsa
by t{i.
Lanbert,.
The floor
art hall 1s lald, la sguara blocke
of the naln
of marbLe and. partly
covered. wlth
nrgs of the flnest patt,enn and,
texture.
fhe floor of the music roon le slnll.ar to that
of tbe art
haIl.
Montlcel.Llrs famous palntlngr
"The Veetal Ylrglnsrn hung ovor
thE nantEl ln the muelc roon.
The carvlng on the mantel, of, Carrara
narble ls very beautlful
and approprlate.
It consletE of a hoEt of
ehenrbs rcpr€s€nt1ng muslc, Bong and. d.ance.
The drawlng roour, on the
floor of the t,ower, 19 alnllar
flret
to
that of Wlnd.sor Cast,le. It wag furnlshed. ln Loule XV style.
fhe
Auetrlan
celllng was covered, wlth a palntlng 1n o11 by L.Lelstnerran
d.ecorator.
The nantel 1s of ltallan
tullp wood., elaborately
carved.
and. d.ecorated ln Gold and black.
On one sld.e w&s a plece of Euplre
upon rvhlch w€rE rar€
furnlture
from the Prlnce Dernld.off co1lectlon,
v &s e s , t w o C h l n e g e va se s fo r ner ly 1n the possesslon of Enper or o r s uc h
as wer€ exchanged by the rulers of Emplree as preseats to each other.
BREAKF'A$TROOTTIN T89F
,o
The breakfast roon wae ln the northweet wlng of the naln bultdlng.
The entlre roon w&s furnlghed. ln turquolse and gold.. The wal1s w€r€
ornanented, wlth beaut,lful palntlngs by Monet and Renolr.
The bower
supported by four columner^two ln front belng splral and. copled from
t h o s e 1 n f r o n t o f S t.P e te r's chur cb,ln Ror ue. The other s ar o Ita l l an
renalssance
style and cane frop. Plsa.
In t,he rear was r{c lnmenee
plate glase nlrr'or,
coverlng
the whole slde of ttre roon and. glvlng
t h e a p p € a ra n ce o f e e ve r& l roonsr tbe pr ettlest
flor al effect
w as
secured ln the breakfast room, where a grlll
wor.k ln
front of the
mlr'ror wag festooned. wlth genulne plumoea vlne, studded wlth ros€s.
The gallery fronts ln the art hall wer'e also festooned wlth tne sam€
a n d p r e s e n te d . a p re tty p l ctu r eo
The art gallery
extend.ed. fron the ground, floor to fhe d,one of the
castle.
In the gallery
on the thlrd, floor
wer€ palnt,lngs
of
the
Krenlln Palace of $oecbrr by Yereetebagln.
patnitng by the
Anothel
s a . B ea r t l s t
re p re e e n tl n g the lnter lor
of a Mooque wlth the- pr le s ts
at worshlp wae found hanglng at, the Lop of the naln stalrcase und.erneath the brldge of the fhlrd gallery.
The receptlon lasted throughout, the evenlng and the four hund.red
people partook
of. r,he swuptuous dlnner eerved. by lilaressl
of New
and plant
York.
d.ecoratlons were by Mr. Towel1 who
The floral
br o u g h t o ut a l l th e p o ssl b l 1ltlee
of plant and flower s
1n lnte r l or
ad,ornnent"
TflE NET{ ART GAI;LERT
I'{r. La.mbert had only conpleted. hls castle
when he planned to
enlarge hls art gallery.
An ad.dlblon
to tbe bulldlng
on tho norih end. was ed.d.ed., wlfh a
long gallery lCO feet
long and ]5 feet wlde.
In lt, wer'e dlsplayed.
i{ls
collectlon
a }arge nrrnber of palntlnge and rnarble sLatues.
of
Sngllsh palnters repreeented work froa $1r Tb.onag Lawrence, Hoffaqy,
Galnsbororrghr hussell a;rd i{arlow, hung ln the saue 1lne
along
bhe
gal.lery. "A large ca.:ovasby $1r Augustus Callcotb, several
by Davld
Te n l e r s , t he e l d e r a n d a fe w by W llson and. Oonsfable.
i{.r,Lainbert held a soala1 gatherlng on .E'ebruary 25r1896, to whlch
It was .terned. an "Art Receptlon'r belng
ln
8OO gueste were lnvlted.
a
housewarnlng
for openlng of hls now Art Gall€rlfc
lhe nature of
Specla1 tralns on the Lerckawannaagaln brought the guosts fron
Ne w York and. Perulsylv erlla.
New YoPKr ln bhe &us lc rocn, S,ave a
A Hungarlan Glpsy EanC fron
cotlcerl inrougb. t,he treceptlon
anc, i{ease ' s $f,aie Eand. played ln the
n e w Ar b G al l e fy.
Gues b s who haf, trave }le d e xLe ns lve ly ln iJurop€ seld i t wcLlle be
hard to f tnd. a cotle cL lon of pa,lntlngs ln eny pr lvaie
gel1e ry anywhere whLch cculd. a&betr ;r;ff. LanberL ns,
Wb1le Nhe new Art iiallery
was nearlng
.i{r. Larnbert
conpletlon,
bullt
the tower on top of the nountaln, whlch, was conpleted. 1n the
there was a. car'r1a6,e d.rlveway to
su$a€r of 1896. F'ron the Caetle
frou whlch
the tower, 1L was ueed. as & suttmer house or observaiory
a flne vlew of th€ eumoundlng count,ry can be hado It was not to be
quarters,
It, sband,s abouL seventy feet above the
ueed for llvlng
mountaln.
&!r. Larnbert had, offered.
Durlng March f896 lt was leanned that
iilIl
tract
opposlte
Nhe Court House
to buy some lots on the Colt
to bulld an Art Gallery, offerlng $5OO per clty loto
acqualatances
that lt wag
It was known t,o soroe of hls lntlriate
people
the
of
thls
clty on
h
1
s
collectlons
to
h1 s l n t e n t l o n to l e a ve
-$Ihen
questloned.
such
wag
subJeet,he
stated
thst
the
on
hls d.eath.
so
whaL
he1d.,
future
d.ld,
the
the
he
not
know
h1g lntentlons
-- --But
partso
at,
and
thes€
left
auctlon
was
sold
collectlon
51
I,AMBERTCASTTEIN 1896,
P re g l d e n t McKlnleytg vlelt
I
to the Cagtle.
For a few il3gf r Presld.ent {cK}nlex, _had been a gueet of vlce
Pregld.ent Garret, A. liobart ab -h,ls hone "Carroll
ttall.l
on the afternoou of geptenber 5,
1898 Presld,ent-McKlnley.vlce
Preeldent Hobart, wlth Col. 1{1111anBarbour, d.rove to Bel1e'Vfsia
the-_u.ans1-onof Cathollna Lau,bert on the slope of Garuet Mount,alno
Mr Lam,bert welconed hls guests ald took great
prlde 1n showing
the_chlef nag,rstrate of the natlon hls fa,ned,-art gaiterleB.
Presld.ent McKlnley
was eharned. wlth all he eawo Ylce Presld.ent
Hobart, remarked.-to the Presld.ent, rrWe b,ave h,ere the nucleue of an
Snerlcin LourverH whlch brought in11eE to both the Presld.ent and.
Mr Larnbert. The-Pregldent wae enthuelasblc over the raa{inlflolent,
vlew fron the houge, saylng that lt surpassed. anytinlng of the klnd,
he had. B€eDr After Llght refreshnentg
they drove to lYarren Polnt
to se€ Attorney General Grlggs p+?y go1f.
Lmbert cagtle
piiliirlal-"i-l-piirro
sale, by the Clty of
Pat,erson ln L925. ""r
On the af ternoon of July g r].:gTT the Cast1e was t,aken over by
tbe Paterson tuberculopes
glrlb
Health Lea6ue when lLO llttLe
fron 6 to L3 years were nat homett ln thd Cast1e.
In 1929 lt vae acqulred. by the Passale County Park Conmlsslon,
part of, Garuet ltountain
and. lt
Reservatlon,
now ls
on€ of the
County Park unltg wlth sone 575 ac!'€so There are good. road.e, a
ground,e and plenty
number of plcnlc
of rom
to relax
anong tbe
woodLand. country, away from crord.ed. clty streets.
TAII rufruNc8
'e'
ASD RBARVIEil OT' TIIE CA.gTI.EI,[ 189]
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