What’s so special about Three Fields? Mansion in May historian will tell you in April

Historian Barry Thomson
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From the Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center:

Author and historian W. Barry Thomson will present a series of illustrated talks on Three Fields, the site of the 20th Mansion in May Designer Showhouse and Gardens presented by the Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center.

Three Fields, site of Mansion in May 2023. Photo by David Gruol.

Three Fields, designed and built between 1928 and 1930, is a 9,000-square-foot stone, brick and tile-roofed French manor style home in the Borough of Mendham, NJ. The mansion was designed by New York architect Greville Rickard for Benjamin Duncan Mosser and his wife, the former Florence Willets Mosford.

Thomson’s illustrated talk will cover the history and design of the Three Fields estate and discuss the first two families that lived there, the Mossers, who built the house, and Andrew and Dorothea Fletcher, who purchased the estate in 1949 and who were such generous benefactors to Mendham.

The talk will also describe the design of Three Fields by architect Greville Rickard and the original landscape architect, Robert Ludlow Fowler Jr.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2023, at 7 p.m.

Live and via Zoom, with pre-registration required at the Chester Library or via its website  or call 908-879-7612

Sponsored by the Chester Library
250 West Main St.
Chester, NJ 07930

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, at 7 p.m. 

Live with pre-registration required.

Sponsored by the Mendham Borough Library with the presentation held at:

Hilltop House
14 Hilltop Road
Mendham Borough, NJ 07945

SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1:30 p.m.

No pre-registration required

Sponsored by the Tewksbury Historical Society with the presentation held at:

Zion Lutheran Church Christian Education Building
18 Miller Ave.
Oldwick, NJ 08858

Historical Presentation on the Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center

Additionally, on April 6, the Women’s Forum will welcome author and historian Barry Thomson as its guest speaker at its Spring Luncheon. Thomson’s illustrated talk will focus on the 130-year history of the Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center and its invaluable affiliation with the hospital. Thomson’s presentation also will discuss each of the 19 Mansions in May fundraising events sponsored by the Women’s Association, its signature fundraiser since 1974, and feature a hint of this year’s upcoming event at Three Fields in the Borough of Mendham.

THURSDAY, APRIL 6, Noon
Admission $20 — Lunch included

Pre-registration required.

Sponsored by the Women’s Forum with presentation to be held at:

Clarence Dillon Library
2339 Lamington Road
Bedminster, New Jersey 07921

Mansion in May is the preeminent designer showhouse and gardens in the New Jersey-New York area, attracting over 20,000 visitors. Three Fields will be open to the public for Mansion in May from May 1 to May 31, 2023. Funds raised will contribute to the expansion and modernization of the Institute of Bioskills Training and Innovation at Morristown Medical Center. For more information on Mansion in May 2023 and to purchase tickets, please click the link above.

ABOUT THE WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION FOR MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER

Founded in March 1893 to provide financial support to Morristown Medical Center, part of the Atlantic Health System, the Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center (WAMMC) helps enable the hospital to respond to the changing healthcare needs of the community. With a volunteer base of more than 400 members, WAMMC hosts a number of fundraising events, anchored by its flagship event, Mansion in May Designer Showhouse and Gardens. WAMMC also operates the hospital’s gift shops and The Bargain Box Thrift Boutique, as well as WAMMC Network TV, which created Calling All Kids and is the first in-house family television station for young patients and their families to enjoy during their stay at the hospital. WAMMC is an integral part of the hospital’s ability to continue bringing cutting-edge technology and superior health services to the community, and has raised more than $30 million to date to support this mission.

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