[4] The Morris Township Municipal Building and Police Headquarters are located in Convent Station.

[5] The academy, the first secondary school for young women in the state, was founded in 1860 by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey.

The academy is a private college preparatory school for young women with an enrollment of two hundred and thirty students.

In 1865, Morristown incorporated with a boundary that excluded the convent's large land holdings.

At one time there also was a kindergarten and elementary school on the campus and, for many years, the complex was sustained by dairy products and produce from its own large farm.

[5] Honeywell's global headquarters was previously located here, before controversially relocating to nearby Morris Plains for a $40 million incentive package in 2015.

The roughly 147-acre (59 ha) site was redeveloped into 235 luxury townhomes, additional lab/office space (approximately 900,000 square feet (84,000 m2)), a community center, and open, free-use space (including 4 ponds and 1.68 miles (2.70 km) of walking trails).