Camp Kilmer

(page in progress)

Built starting in 1941, Camp Kilmer was a major project of WWII military buildup.

It was built directly next to the Stelton Colony / Ferrer Modern School - an anarchist intentional community that had come to New Jersey in 1915. The construction of Camp Kilmer was one of the factors in the Colony's decline and disbanding.

In 1956, it became the temporary home for thousands of Hungarian refugees. [more on this soon!]

Today, some of the Camp Kilmer buildings have been turned into offices in the Rutgers-Livingston campus.