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Historical Society of Bloomfield Presents: Oakes Mill, Oakes Pond & the Oakes Family
Free event explores what it was like to work in a wool mill in the early 1900s, or for that matter, to own the wool mill...
Learn about the Oakes Mill’s history in Bloomfield that ranges from when David Oakes built a single-room mill making yarn when he was 21 to a 30-acre campus of industrial buildings known nationally for its Oakes Blue wool that was used to make Civil War uniforms. You’ll see photos and maps from the Historical Society’s archives of the early days of the mill, the pond, the Oakes family and two generations of their Oakeside mansions on Belleville Avenue.
EVENT: Oakes Mill, Oakes Pond & the Oakes Family
ORGANIZATION: The Historical Society of Bloomfield, NJ (HSOB)
PRESENTED BY: Richard Rockwell
DATE: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TIME: 7:30 PM
VENUE: Bloomfield Civic Center, 84 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ
PARKING: State Street lot behind the Bloomfield Public Library
COST: FREE & open to the public
CONTACT: www.hsob.org; info@hsob.org
ADA Compliance: This venue is ADA-compliant
