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Osborn Cannonball House Museum open house and Christmas party

28 November 2023
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Renate Maroney in Christmas decorate colonial kitchen wearing winter dress.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Come one! Come all!

You are invited to the Osborn Cannonball House for the annual open house and Christmas party on Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 from 2pm to 4pm. Located at 1840 Front St in Scotch Plains. Join us for hot mulled cider along with goodies to eat. Featured is our Victorian Christmas tree and 1800s winter clothing display. Join us for caroling around our restored 1885 Mason and Hamlin reed pump organ. Costumed guides will conduct tours. The museum will be closed for January and February. It will reopen Sunday, March 3rd in the New Year.

For more information email Info@HistoricalSocietySPFNJ.org or call 908-322-6700 Extension 230.

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Osborn Cannonball House Museum Open November 5th from 2p.m. to 4p.m.

1 November 2023
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Photos of Jonathan Hand Osborn's headstone carvings and tools used by headstone carvers.

Our new exhibit shows the work of Scotch Plains’ native gravestone carver, Jonathan Hand Osborn, along with tools used by gravestone carver’s of that period. The Osborn Cannonball House will be open for visitors on Sunday, November 5, 2023 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Come visit our Colonial-era museum where you’ll hear the story of the Osborn Family, who were instrumental to the early development of Scotch Plains.  

The Museum is located at 1840 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ  07076. Admission to the museum is free but donations are always welcome. 

For more information email Info@HistoricalSocietySPFNJ.org or call 908-322-6700 Extension 230.

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Four Centuries in a Weekend at the Osborn Cannonball House Museum, Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22

11 September 2023
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Six ladies dressed in 18th and 19th century fashions in the kitchen of the Osborn Cannonball House Museum

Tour the 18th century Osborn house, which was hit by cannonball fire during The Battle of the Short Hills, and hear about the many accomplishments of one of the most important founding families of Scotch Plains.
 
Learn about two of the Osborn brothers who grew up in the house, Jonathan Hand Osborn and Henry Osborn, who were Revolutionary War soldiers and prolific master gravestone cutters, with examples of their work still viewable in many NJ cemeteries. There will be photos of the Osborns’ stones on display and an exhibit of the tools used by these skilled tradesmen.
 
The Osborn house will be open on both days from 12 pm until 5 pm and decorated as a “haunted” house for Four Centuries in a Weekend. Children will be able to get an early Halloween treat and make their own ghost dolls!  Admission is free to all. Docents will also be offering tours, on both days, of the fully-furnished circa 1760 town home.

The Museum is located at 1840 Front Street, Scotch Plains, NJ  07076. Admission to the museum is free but donations are always welcome. 

For more information email Info@HistoricalSocietySPFNJ.org or call 908-322-6700 Extension 230.

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