THE FORMER ST. JOHN BAPTIST SCHOOL PROPERTY

Video by the Rev. Cynthia Black, DD - Rector of
​the Church of the Redeemer in Morristown. NJ

The buildings and grounds of the former St. John Baptist School are comprised of 4 buildings, totaling approximately 84,000 square feet, and 25 acres of land.

The land surrounding the chapel, dorm, gym and school buildings contains a pond, the former sites of the tennis courts and lacrosse fields from the St. John Baptist School, and natural forest.
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From 1994 to 2020, the site was home to Daytop New Jersey, a renowned adolescent drug/alcohol treatment center and preparatory school founded by the Reverend Joseph H. Hennen.

PHOTOS

These recent images of the former St. John Baptist School buildings and grounds were taken by CSJB Associate, the Rev. Cynthia L. Black, DD - rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Morristown, NJ.

The property contains administrative offices, a chapel, a gym/auditorium, classrooms, medical intake center, and space for 70 residents.

HISTORY OF THE
​St. John Baptist School

The Community of St. John Baptist, founded in Windsor, England in 1852, began with works of mercy to rescue women and girls from the urban social problems created by the Industrial Revolution. Sisters founded and ran dozens of orphanages, hospitals, and schools among many other ministries.

The American branch of CSJB was founded in New York City in 1874 to serve impoverished immigrants on New York's Lower East Side. Over the years our ministries have included a Mission House, the founding of a church in Manhattan, homes for girls, a convalescent hospital, orphanages and schools. 

St. John Baptist School was founded in New York City on Stuyvesant Square in 1880, and moved to a rented property in Mendham NJ in 1915. By 1929 the Sisters had raised enough funds to build a permanent school building on the Convent property. The school operated until 1983.