Students celebrated their prom at Mayfair Farms in West Orange, which recently announced its has closed. NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Mayfair Farms, the elegant banquet hall in West Orange that hosted U.S. presidents and catered thousands of weddings, proms, and luncheons, has closed after 80 years.

The family-run business, started by Martin L. Horn in 1942, shut down on June 30, leaving a trail of memories, and no doubt, a few tears among the generations of brides, grooms, prom queens and kings that had their ‘special day’ at Mayfair Farms.

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