| 1930: The sewer system was completed, aiding in the development of the Borough.
1936: The Kenilworth Public Library was constructed as a Works Progress Administration project during the Great Depression. The Arthur family was among many families to help construct the Kenilworth Gospel Hall on Arthur Terrace. 1939: The �Boomtown� housing development was started by the Blue Ridge Manor Development Company. The homes were designed to appeal to a lower price market. 1940: Disgruntled Kenilworth tax collector attempted to assassinate the Borough�s entire governing body on Jan. 1 1940. Former Mayor and Borough Clerk August Stahl was killed, and Kenilworth police officer Andrew Ruscansky was seriously wounded. 1942: St. Theresa�s Church opened on Washington Avenue. The site was sold and converted into a funeral home in the 1960s, when St. Theresa�s new house of worship at the corner of North 23rd Street and Washington Avenue was opened. 1955: Sir Cyril Davenport Siddeley, England�s Baron of Kenilworth, and his wife visited our Borough of Kenilworth. 1957: Kenilworth had a week-long 50th anniversary celebration in September. The pharmaceutical firm Schering Corporation established operations in Kenilworth with the acquisition of White Laboratories Inc., a proprietary drug company that had occupied a site on Galloping Hill Road since the early 1950s. In 1971, Schering Corporation merged with the Memphis, Tenn.-based consumer products company Plough, Inc., to form Schering-Plough Corporation. Schering-Plough�s Kenilworth site serves as the corporate headquarters of this global science-based health care company, which is an active corporate citizen and a major supporter of the community. 1966: Newly constructed David Brearley High School opened as part of the Regional school system. 1974: Fire partially destroyed the Rahway Valley Railroad Station. 1982: Kenilworth celebrated its 75th anniversary, beginning in April and lasting through the summer. 1990: Honorary mayor of Kenilworth, England, Michael Coker and his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. John Wagstaff (also prominent citizens from the area) visited our Borough of Kenilworth. 1993: David Brearley Regional High School was closed by the Regional board. 1996: In May, Kenilworth residents voted to deregionalize, with the intent of reopening David Brearley as an independent school. The Union County Regional High School District subsequently was dissolved. 1997: David Brearley Middle/High School reopened. 2002: Kenilworth implemented a downtown beautification program and in June celebrated the 95th anniversary of the Borough�s incorporation. 2003: The Kenilworth Historical Society moved the 19th-century Nitschke House, former home of the late Mayor Oswald J. Nitschke, from its site at the corner of the Boulevard and South 21st Street to a piece of land next to the Kenilworth Veterans Center memorial park on South 21st Street. The Society intends to restore the home and transform it into a �living history� museum and cultural arts center. 2006: The Kenilworth VFW Post 2230 celebrated its 75th Anniversary on Oct. 7 with an extensive parade followed by dedication ceremonies for the redesigned and newly landscaped Memorial Park at the Kenilworth |
| Historical Highlights of Kenilworth, N.J. 1930 - 2006 |
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