Museum Savior Remembered Fondly in Madison
W. Stanley Brown, who oversaw a crucial fundraising campaign when borough was considering selling the historic James Library building, died last week at the age of 77.
The historic James Library building on the corner of Main Street and Green Village Road in Madison, which is owned by the borough and houses the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, would not exist in the condition it does today if it was not for the work of W. Stanley Brown. Brown, a Chatham resident, served on the museum’s Board of Trustees from 1986 to 2012 and, as its chairman, oversaw a more than a million-dollar fundraising campaign to restore the historic building in the 1990s. The effort came at a time when borough officials were considering selling it because it was not being adequately maintained. "There was a very high likelihood the town would have sold that building and it would be a real estate office or law firm, out of public …
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