Announcements:
Join us tonight at 7 p.m. at the Delran Municipal Building located at 900 Chester Avenue in Delran NJ and learn about this interesting part of architectural history.
Did you buy your home from the SEARS ROEBUCK CATALOG?
Do you remember as a child the thrill of seeing the Sears Roebuck & Co. Wishbook Catalog come in the mail a few months before Christmas? It was a textbook of toys! A gospel of gifts! We bought everything from the Sears Roebuck catalog. Even….houses!
From 1908 to 1942, Sears sold more than 70,000 of build your own house kits in North America. “Sears Modern Homes” were purchased primarily by customers in the East Coast and Midwest states. New Jersey’s Burlington and Camden counties still have some Sears Roebuck homes standing strong! Do you have a Sears Modern Home? Do you want to learn more about these DIY homesteads that still dot the United States-some in your community?
The Delran Historical Society invites all to come and hear the Sears Roebuck Modern Homes Story and learn about the ground-breaking Do-It-Yourself program that found thousands of Americans buying their home from the Sears Roebuck catalog, having it delivered by railroad and then dropped on their vacant lot plot to begin the build!
Speaker Judy Gauntt will deliver an oral history of the Sears Modern Home Program and explain how to point out all the characteristics of a Sears Roebuck Home.
THANK YOU ALL for supporting this year’s Delran Historical Society Annual HOAGIE Sale!!
This Day in History, July 20, 1969 – First Moon Landing.
Artifacts provided by Recording Secretary Renee Brizzi.
Thank you to everybody that came out for The New Jersey Researchers of Paranormal Evidence (NJROPE) on paranormal investigation and research presentation. There was a great turnout for this informative, and sometimes scary, presentation. Thank you Frank and Tammy for providing us with such great stories and photos.
For more information on The New Jersey Researchers of Paranormal Evidence (NJROPE) or to use their services, please visit their website, https://www.njrope.com/
We are looking for pictures of our past Mayors. Help us fill in the blanks from our first Mayor until our current Mayor. We also want to add some color by researching information about the Mayor including what was happening in Delran during his/her term. Please see our Mayor’s Project page for more information.
Learn about two of our early Mayors, James Bramall (1881 – 1882) and Abram Conrow (1890 – 1893).
If you are looking for the presentation done by Karen and Josh Ruza on Lake Lonnie, here is the link to the presentation: https://www.delranhistoricalsociety.org/2017/08/
Our Delran Historical Society Lobby Display!!!
Visit our website often to read about the updates that we are making to our display cases and photographs!!
Visit our Farms page to see names of farmers from 1893 and old locations of the various farms in Delran.
Farms
To join the Delran Historical Society, click on the below link:
Aerial Views of Delran’s Neighborhoods. Can you pick out your house?
** Aerial shots taken and provided by Rey Rosario **
Delran Street Signs – A Piece of Delran History Is Still Available!
Please visit our Fundraisers page for more details
2024 DELRAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD MEMBERS:
- President – Mal Anderson
- Vice President – Paul (PJ) Buzzi
- Recording Secretary – Renee Brizzi
- Treasurer – Nancy Anderson
- Trustee (3) – Brad Anderson, Greg Boehmke, Cathy Cleary
Meeting Schedule:
We hold meetings on the third Tuesday of the month in these five months, January, March, May, September and November at the Delran Township Municipal Building located at 900 Chester Avenue. Meetings start at 7:00 PM. Frequently we invite speakers to address the membership. Light refreshments are provided and we welcome any refreshment donations from the public for our meetings.
