OLD RUMSON CARRIAGE HOUSE TO BE RAZED
The last vestige of the Auldwood Estate in Rumson is set to be demolished. (Photo courtesy of Roberta Van Anda; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
For years, the Auldwood Estate once the sprawling home to 19th-century baking powder giant Joseph Hoagland has been chipped away at, pieces of Rumson’s history lost at each step.
One of the last vestiges of the landmark, the estate’s carriage house, is soon to be knocked down.
The house, on Edgewood Road, had it’s sewer connections removed Monday, and a demolition permit is “in the works,” said Lynda Doyle, Rumson’s building department assistant.
Watching a piece of history reduced to rubble isn’t sitting well with some locals.