Plume House

Plume House is a New Jersey historical marker in Essex County, dedicated 1964.

Essex County · dedicated 1964 · Marker is at the intersection of University Avenue/Broad Street and State Street, on the right when traveling south on University Avenue/Broad Street.

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Built about 1710 by Plume family. Became House of Prayer Rectory, 1850. Rev. Hannibal Goodwin invented celluloid film here, 1887.

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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