Don Bosco College

Don Bosco College was a Roman Catholic seminary located in Newton, New Jersey.

Opening in 1928 (97 years ago) (1928), it was operated by the Salesian Order (Society of St. Francis de Sales) until it was closed in 1989 and its 179-acre campus sold to the Sussex County, New Jersey government on June 22, 1991 for US$4,209,800.

[1][2] When the seminary opened, the campus consisted of the mansion of merchant, leather-goods manufacturer and railroad executive John A. Horton (1807–1858), built in 1857–1858, which became the "St. Joseph's House of Studies" and improved to accommodate class rooms, dormitories, recreation rooms, and study hall to accommodate about fifty novices.

[1] In the 1930s, ground was broken on an imposing three-story, red-brick building which was dedicated in 1931.

The hilltop camp consisted of a chapel, barrack style residential cabins, dining hall, & an outdoor covered area for communal events.

From its founding in 1928, Don Bosco College was a Roman Catholic seminary connected with the Salesian Order. In 1992, Sussex County bought the campus to develop a newly founded two-year college, Sussex County Community College, founded in 1992.