House of Sam Jennings

Photograph

Mahwah Museum

Sam Jennings House, Halifax Ro

Origsize: 7X9; Resolution: 300; Negno: 17

Name/Title

House of Sam Jennings

Entry/Object ID

2005.02.004

Description

Sam Jennings House which stood north of the Halifax Road and east of Havemeyer reservoir. The Grandmother of Lloyd Jennings of N.Railroad Avenue is on the porch. Picture from a watercolor by a daugher ot T.A. Havemeyer.The Jennings and some Mountain people worked for Mountain Side. Bischoff, page 144. Natalie Havemeyer left a bequest to Sam Jennings in her will. Bergen County Wills. Lloyd Jennings whose grandmother is shown on this porch was a pitcher in the 1920's for the Mahwah Tigers, a semipro team. He was offered a position on a Brooklyn professional team but turned it down. Bischoff page 242. Lloyd Jennings recalled that H.O. Havemeyer decided to move people out of Green Mountain Valley (Havemeyer Hollow). Gave his father (who had been an employee on the Havemeyer estate) $5.00 to move out. The frame church in Havemeyer Hollow was dissassembled and moved to Grove Street as the AME Zion congregation. Bischoff page 247

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Jennings, Sam (1814-1888), Jennings, Lloyd (1894-1978), Jennings, Sarah (1832-?)

Subject Place

Road

Halifax Road

City

Mahwah

County

Bergen County

Location

New Jersey

Collection

Mahwah Museum Society Photograph Collection

Cataloged By

twd

Acquisition

Accession

2008.02

Source or Donor

Mahwah Museum Society Collection

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1879 - 1900

Notes

Medium: Photographic Paper Location of Negative: 17

General Notes

Note

Notes: The Jennings and some Mountain people worked for Mountain Side. Bischoff, page 144. Natalie Havemeyer left a bequest to Sam Jennings in her will. Bergen County Wills. Lloyd Jennings whose grandmother is shown on this porch was a pitcher in the 1920's for the Mahwah Tigers, a semipro team. He was offered a position on a Brooklyn professional team but turned it down. Bischoff page 242. Lloyd Jennings recalled that H.O. Havemeyer decided to move people out of Green Mountain Valley (Havemeyer Hollow). Gave his father (who had been an employee on the Havemeyer estate) $5.00 to move out. The frame church in Havemeyer Hollow was dissassembled and moved to Grove Street as the AME Zion congregation. Bischoff page 247 Original or Copy: Copy

Updated By

Hajo, Cathy Moran

Update Date

April 12, 2025