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=Florham Estate=

In 1980 the Twomblys' acquired 1,200 acres stretching from Madison Avenue to beyond Park Avenue. 150 acres of this area was transformed into a park of lawn, terraces and formal gardens by Frederick Law Olmsted. In 1894 the architects Charles McKim, William Mead and Stanford White began working on the 100 room Mansion. In 1897 the mansion was completed. Other buildings that were built were the orangerie, 10 greenhouses, a gate lodge, and a carriage house. Florence and Hamilton named the estate Florham which is a combination of their first names.

In 1957 Esso Research and Engineering Company acquired 650 acres of the Twombly Farmland and then in 1958 Fairleigh Dickinson University purchased 187 acres of property for academic purposes. The Fall of that year the Florham Campus opened. The buildings survived throughout the years and new ones were added for academic purposes.