Before it was a park, it was a neighborhood
Around 1900, the future site of Brightwood Park in Westfield was referred to as “Turkey Swamp”. It was part of the “big woods”, a wooded area bounded by Lawrence Avenue, Brightwood Avenue and the border with Scotch Plains. Between 1900 and 1905, the site was subdivided into 340 small lots by builders and real estate developers.
Click on photo below to learn about the residents of this neighborhood.
The numbers on the map correspond to the photo numbers.
The numbers on the map correspond to the photo numbers.
(1) 1203 Prospect Street Annetta & Anson McDede, Jr. |
(2) 123 Liberty Street Agnes & Archibald Stiles, Jr. |
(3) 149 Liberty Street Margaret, Stephen Glascoe &Lloyd Patterson |
(4) 155 Liberty Street Presslow Family |
(5) 157 Liberty St. Eva & Allen McPhaul |
(6) 166 Liberty St.
Lester Hurling |
(7) 176 Liberty St. Eva & Allen McPhaul |
(8) 1160 Fanwood Ave. Catherine & Henry Simmons |
(9) 1128 Fanwood Ave (background) Jordan Cladopoulos |
(10) 1126 Fanwood Ave (foreground) Cordelia Belle Spencer Perry Manair |
(11) 1118 Fanwood Ave
Samuel Jarvis |
(12) 1112 Fanwood Ave.
St. Thomas AME Zion Church |
(13) 208 Smith Street Reginald & Gladys Fields |
(14) 168 Netherwood Ave. Lula & Oliver Burton |
(15) 333 Randolph Place Bullock Family |
(16) 167 Netherwood Avenue Webber Family |
(17) 157 Netherwood Ave. Chanie & Charles Webb |
(18) 156 Netherwood Ave. Julia & Moses Hines |
(19) 120 Netherwood Avenue Julia and Durwood Dunham |
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(22) 1061 Fanwood Avenue Slaughter Family |
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