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Far Hills

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Bedminster, Bernards, Bernardsville and Peapack-Gladstone

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Anticipating the demand for country properties was Evander H. Schley, a land developer and real estate broker from New York State. He bought several thousand acres of farmland, some of it sight unseen, in Bedminster and Bernards townships in the 1880s. One day in 1887, Schley's brother, Grant, and his wife, Elizabeth, arrived by horse-drawn carriage to see Evander's farms. Elizabeth is said to have remarked on the beautiful vista of the "far hills," thus giving the name to the place before a village was built.

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Official Web Site

Government

Far Hills Borough Hall
6 Prospect Street
Far Hills, NJ 07931
908-234-0918

Departments

Construction Official 908-234-0611 x11

Court Administator 908-781-1911

Fire - 911
(Non-Emergency)

First Aid - 911
(Non-Emergency)

Health Department 908-231-7155

Library -

Office of Emergency Management (OEM) 908-234-9300

Police - 911
(Non-emergency) 908-234-1192

Public Works

Recreation

Senior Citizens

Tax Collector's Office 908-234-0611 x14

Tax Assessor 908-234-0611 x13

Education

Board of Education
The Somerset Hills School District
25 Olcott Avenue
Bernardsville, NJ  07924
908-204-1930


Bedwell Elementary School Grades K - 5
141 Seney Drive
Bernardsville, NJ  07924
908-204-1920

Bernardsville Middle School Grades 6- 8
141 Seney Drive
Bernardsville, NJ  07924
908-204-1916

Bernards High School Grades 9 - 12
25 Olcott Avenue
Bernardsville, NJ  07924
908-204-1930

Private schools

Far Hills Country Day School - Grades PreK - 8
Route 202
Far Hills, NJ 07931
908-766-0622

Arts & Entertainment

Arts

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Cooking

Music

Theaters

Clubs and Organizations

Historic Places

Historical Society

The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills
15 West Oak Street
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
908-221-1770

Far Hills Station
Route 202
Far Hills, NJ 07931

Far Hills Station was built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in 1914 and was designed by a staff architect, L.R. Simpson. The station is nearly identical to the earlier Morris Plains Station, yet is constructed of reinforced concrete rather than brick.


Parks

Leonard J Buck Garden
11 Layton Road
Far Hills, NJ 07931
908-234-2677

The Leonard J. Buck Garden is one of the premier rock gardens in the eastern United States. Begun in the late 1930's, the garden has reached a breathtaking point of maturity. It consists of a series of alpine and woodland gardens situated in a 33-acre wooded stream valley. Named for Mr. Leonard J. Buck, who developed the garden as part of his estate, it was donated to the Somerset County Park Commission by Mrs. Helen Buck in 1976.

 

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