Our ladies have donned their antique Edwardian cool summer attire to welcome visitors to the museum. 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 Osborn Cannonball House will be open for visitors on Sunday, July 2, 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.

Our garden is beginning its springtime rebirth. Come see the museum on what is hoped to be a fine spring day. Costumed docents will be available to give tours of the c. 1760 house and tell you the story of the Osborn family, one of the early founding families of Scotch Plains, their 13 children, and the amazing story of how the house came to be known as the “Cannonball House”.

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.

From Harper’s Young People of 1886.

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.