(Fanwood) – Forty family teams Build Historic Fanwood with LEGOS Saturday afternoon in the cafeteria of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. The Build Historic Fanwood event was the first event hosted by the Borough’s Historic Preservation Commission for AmRev250, kicking off a series of events for AmRev250 celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. The goal of the event was to inspire pride, connection, and joy through hands-on building and storytelling.
LEGO models of Historic Fanwood homes and buildings.
Forty family teams Build Historic Fanwood with LEGOS Saturday afternoon in the cafeteria of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School.
The family fun community event, consisting of teams of four, used some 100,00 LEGOS to recreate historic homes and buildings they choose from among 64 photo cards. Among the landmarks selected were the Historic Fanwood Train Station, La Grande School, Scotch Plains Baptist Church, All Saints Episcopal Church, the Patience Clark Farmhouse and the Osborn-Paterson House, both on Westfield Road. Teams placed their finished LEGO buildings next to the appropriate numbers for each of the landmarks on a giant map of the town.
La Grande School.
Fanwood Historic Train Station.
Mayor Colleen Mahr, Council President Gina Berry and Borough Administrator Jesse Moehlman attended the LEGO Build and tried their hand at building Fanwood landmarks. Councilwomen Patricia Walsh and Erin McElroy Barker as well as Recreation Director Bob Budiansky also stopped by at the start of the event.
Mayor Colleen Mahr, Council President Gina Berry and Borough Administrator Jesse Moehlman tried their hand at building Fanwood landmarks.
Fanwood Architectural Treasure Hunt booklets listing the 64 sites and their history were distributed to participants at the conclusion of the event. See more pictures here.
The Lieb family with their model of 15 North Avenue.
Councilwoman Patricia Walsh with Joan Skubish of the Fanwood Historical Preservation Commission.
