Anyone have information on this?

It is in front of the library on Springfield Ave. I guess it was part of the "smudge pot" warning system that Washington had while he was at Jockey Hollow.  There would have been fewer trees and only a few houses in the area. So a watch tower would have offered a view of Hessians in Elizabeth.

The other, less likely choice, a fire watch.

Library people on Springfield Ave. didn't even know it was there. One librarian at the pool was aware of it but had no information. She gave me the phone number of the historical people. 

It is in front of Springfield Ave library, in front of the mile marker

Then we get to the mile marker, itself. Was that part of the original U.S.P.S. system that was used to calculate postage by the mile? 

There was an entire set of mile markers on U.S. 1 until they were removed with the widening of the highway.

Can you read the writing on the emblem and the mile marker?

mrmaplewood said:

Can you read the writing on the emblem and the mile marker?

Yes. Daughters of the American Revolution logo.

Formerlyjerseyjack said:

It is in front of the library on Springfield Ave. I guess it was part of the "smudge pot" warning system that Washington had while he was at Jockey Hollow.  There would have been fewer trees and only a few houses in the area. So a watch tower would have offered a view of Hessians in Elizabeth.

The other, less likely choice, a fire watch.

Library people on Springfield Ave. didn't even know it was there. One librarian at the pool was aware of it but had no information. She gave me the phone number of the historical people. 

There was a Watch Tower Chapter of the DAR in Maplewood. Its name may have been inspired by the lookout site used by Washington's troops up in the Reservation but the DAR's interest in historic preservation stretches beyond the Revolutionary War. Here's a link to more information about the marker.

https://newarkstreets.com/n/newarkturnpike.php

There’s a little yellow house on elmwood avenue in maplewood closer to Irvington border that was used as a makeshift hospital for the wounded soldiers. 

dls said:

There was a Watch Tower Chapter of the DAR in Maplewood. Its name may have been inspired by the lookout site used by Washington's troops up in the Reservation but the DAR's interest in historic preservation stretches beyond the Revolutionary War. Here's a link to more information about the marker.

https://newarkstreets.com/n/newarkturnpike.php

George Washington rode his horse down south orange avenue. According to my friend that lives on south orange avenue, it’s supposed to be the first highway in the nation. Can anyone fact check that?

dls said:

There was a Watch Tower Chapter of the DAR in Maplewood. Its name may have been inspired by the lookout site used by Washington's troops up in the Reservation but the DAR's interest in historic preservation stretches beyond the Revolutionary War. Here's a link to more information about the marker.

https://newarkstreets.com/n/newarkturnpike.php

Thx. Then the next question.  Where is the original marker with only the letter "N" ?