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Barrington, Cherry Hill, Magnolia, Somerdale, and Tavistock

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The land that became Lawnside was purchased in 1840 by abolitionists for freed and escaped slaves, as well as other African Americans.

On April 20, 1926, an "Official Special Election" was held in the Borough of Lawnside. Just one month earlier, on March 24, 1926, Governor of New Jersey A. Harry Moore signed into law New Jersey General Assembly Bill 561, dissolving Centre Township, of which Lawnside was a part, and incorporating the Borough of Lawnside, which also included portions of the borough of Barrington. With its first election, Lawnside became the first independent self-governing African American community north of the Mason-Dixon line.

 

 

Government

Lawnside Town Hall
4 East Douglas Ave
Lawnside, New Jersey 08045
856 573-6200

Departments

Construction Official 856 573-6208

Court Administator 856 573-6209

Fire - 911
(Non-Emergency)

First Aid - 911
(Non-Emergency)

Health Department

Library -

Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

Police - 911
(Non-emergency) 856-573-6205

Public Works 856 573-6212

Recreation 856 573-6202

Senior Citizens

Tax Collector's Office 856 573-6203

Tax Assessor 856 573-6207

Education

Lawnside School District
426 East Charleston Ave
Lawnside, New Jersey 08045
856-546-4850

Board of Education

PTA

Lawnside Public School - Grades K - 8
426 East Charleston Ave
Lawnside, NJ 08045
856-546-4850

Haddon Heights High School - Grades 9 - 12
301 Second Ave
Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
856-547-1920

Private schools



Arts & Entertainment

Art

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Martial Arts

Music

Performing Arts / Theaters

Cemeteries

Funeral Homes & Monuments

Clubs and Organizations

Historic Places

Historical Society

Lawnside Historical Society
26 Kings Ct
Lawnside, NJ 08045
856-546-8850

Peter Mott House
26 Kings Ct
Lawnside, NJ 08045

The Peter Mott House is the oldest known house
in Lawnside. Built circa 1845, the house was
residence to Peter Mott, an African-American
preacher who was the first Sunday school
superintendent at Mount Pisgah African
Methodist Episcopal Church in Lawnside,
and his wife, Eliza.

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