The Crane House by William Carpenter https://padlet.com/wacarpenterjr/3ogj27sgkd3p7szq en-us 2024-10-21 00:14:03 UTC 2024-10-21 00:19:02 UTC hello@padlet.com The Crane House is a 228 year old federal style home located about five miles south of MSU in Montclair, NJ. It was built in 1796 as the home for Israel, his wife, seven children and two enslaved servants. Mr. Crane owned a toll gate at what is now the intersection of Bloomfield Avenue and Route 23 in Montclair. wacarpenterjr https://padlet.com/wacarpenterjr/3ogj27sgkd3p7szq/wish/3178317420 The house remained in the Crane family for 100 years. In 1920 it was purchase by African American women as a segregated YWCA and lasted until 1965 when the YWCA moved into newer quarters. Local preservationists moved the house several blocks to its present location on Orange Road and turned it into a historic house museum .

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