Van Horne House
historic house in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey
Van Horne House is a historical building in Somerset County, New Jersey. It was built in 1750. It was called Phil's Hill because it was owned by Philip Van Horne.
Van Horne House | |
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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 Van Horne House, 2013 | |
| Location | 941 East Main Street Bridgewater, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°33′42″N 74°33′5″W / 40.56167°N 74.55139°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | c. 1750 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000133[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 3719[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 8, 2002 |
| Designated NJRHP | December 20, 2001 |
The house was the headquarters for two American generals, Benjamin Lincoln in 1777 and William Alexander in (1778-79).[3] It was also used as headquarters by the Heritage Trail Association starting in 2000. It was to the National Register of Historic Places on March 8, 2002.[4][5][3]
References
change- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. February 12, 2018. p. 5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bertland, Dennis N. (March 8, 2002). "NRHP Nomination: Van Horne House". National Park Service.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) "Accompanying 36 photos, from 2001".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Cawley, James; Cawley, Margaret (1965). Along the Old York Road. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. pp. 5, 96. ISBN 978-0-813-50487-2. OCLC 692143813.
- ↑ "The Van Horne House". Heritage Trail Association, Bridgewater, NJ. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-13.