• 609-989-3027
• 15 Market St, Trenton, NJ, USA

William Trent built his country estate north of Philadelphia, in New Jersey, at the Falls of the Delaware River about 1719. It was a large, imposing brick structure, built in the newest fashion. An "allee" of English cherry trees led from the entrance down to the ferry landing. Nearby, there were numerous outbuildings as well as grist, saw and… Read More

• 732-919-3500
• 4263 Atlantic Avenue, Farmingdale, NJ, USA

Within the 3000 acre park is an 1800 village that features several houses. Read More

• 732-462-1466
• 400 Sycamore Avenue, Shrewsbury, NJ, USA

The property where the house stands was first purchased around 1680 by a Quaker named Judah Allen. In 1754, Josiah Halstead bought the property and turned the existing dwelling on the site into the Blue Ball Tavern which operated for almost sixty years at that busy intersection. Over the years, several major improvements were made to the structure, including… Read More

• 609-258-3788
• 158 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, USA

Built in 1766 by Job Stockton, a prosperous tanner and cousin of Richard Stockton, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Bainbridge House is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Princeton and one of the area's best preserved examples of mid-Georgian architecture. Read More

• 908-282-7617
• 1073 East Jersey Street, Elizabeth, NJ, USA

Built about 1750, Boxwood Hall became the residence of Elias Boudinot, president of the Continental Congress that ratified the Peace Treaty with Great Britain. George Washington visited his friend Boudinot in 1789 on his way to New York for his first inauguration. Read More

• 732-462-1466
• 150 West Main Street, Freehold, NJ, USA

This historic house was home to William and Elizabeth Covenhoven. They were a 5th-generation Dutch family originally from the New Amsterdam area. After raising their ten children in a one-room house on the property, William and Elizabeth received large inheritances from their parents. They were in their 50's and used the money to build a large 2-1/2 story Georgian… Read More

• 973-696-1776
• 199 Totowa Road, Wayne, NJ, USA

Constructed between 1740-1750 by Dirck Dey, a Dutch-born planter, the mansion is an amalgam of Dutch and English influences, a rich and dramatic composition of country and urban elements that had few mid-18th century counterparts west of the Hudson River. Dey, in all probability, left the completion of the mansion to his son, Theunis. During the Revolution, Theunis commanded… Read More

• 908-782-1091
• 114 Main Street, Flemington, NJ, USA

The Doric House Museum houses the Research Library and offices of the Hunterdon County Historical Society. It was built in the Greek Revival style in 1845 by Mahlon Fisher, a country carpenter of ability and taste, as his private residence. He also erected several other Flemington residences in the same style. Read More

• 609-683-57
• 354 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ, USA

Drumthwacket is the stately home that is today the official residence of the Governor of New Jersey. Read More

• 973-736-5050
• 211 Main St, West Orange, NJ, USA

The site preserves the laboratory of the inventor and his home Glenmont. The 23 room Queen Anne mansion sits on a 15.5 acre estate and contains its original furnishings. Read More

• 609-884-5404
• 1048 Washington St, Cape May, NJ, USA

A visit to the Physick Estate today offers a look back at our Victorian past as evidenced by its architecture, decorative arts, customs, and the lives of one particular Cape May family, the Physicks. Read More

• 973-326-7645
• 73 Kahdena Rd, Morristown, NJ, USA

General Joseph Warren Revere, grandson of Paul Revere, bought the property in the mid-1800s and built the impressive Gothic Revival home, The Willows. Charles Foster purchased the farm in 1881, changing its name to Fosterfields, and it was here that Caroline Foster lived 98 of her 102 years. As she wished, Fosterfields offers an incomparable opportunity to experience our… Read More

• 973-326-7601
• 353 East Hanover Avenue, Morristown, NJ, USA

The 127 acre preserve features with formal gardens and naturalized plantings. The Colonial Revival mansion serves as the headquarters for the Morris County Park Commission and is open to the public. Read More

• 609-898-2300
• Historic Cold Spring Village, Seashore Road, Cape May, NJ, USA

Located in one of the great Victorian destination cities in the U.S., this museum features 20 restored buildings that represent a mid 1800s southern New Jersey village. Read More

• 201-487-1739
• 1209 Main St, River Edge, NJ, USA

New Bridge served as a battleground, fort, encampment ground, military headquarters, and intelligence-gathering post in every year of the American Revolution. The Steuben House is the only extant building from the 1776 Retreat through Bergen County. For 2 weeks in 1780, the Steuben House was Washington's HQ and it has been the Bergen County Historical Society's HQ since 1939.… Read More

• 732-462-1466
• 62 Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ, USA

This original home is a combination of Georgian and Dutch vernacular architecture that borrowed cultural and architectural elements from both Dutch and English settlers. William Holmes, the youngest son of Jonathan Holmes and Teuntje Hendrickson, purchased land from his parents in 1752. During the brief time he owned the land, William built the house in 1754 in addition to… Read More

• 973-744-1796
• 108 Orange Road, Montclair, NJ, USA

A 1796 Federal home built by prominent Montclair resident Israel Crane with an exterior kitchen and working hearth fireplace. The Nathaniel Crane House, also located at 108 Orange Road, features a 19th century general store, schoolroom, and a small Museum Shop. Read More

• 609-890-3630
• 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton Township, NJ, USA

The 17 room mansion built in 1892 for Fred Kuser sits on the restored 22 acre estate. The Kuser family was instrumental in forming the Fox Film Co. (later 20th Century Fox) and the house features a private projection and viewing room. Other rooms are furnished with original and period pieces. Read More

• 908-527-8915
• 1003 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ, USA

Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University chronicles more than 200 years of American history. Built in 1772 by New Jersey’s first elected governor and signer of the Constitution, William Livingston, the Victorian-style mansion houses extensive collections of antique furniture, ceramics, textiles, toys and tools owned by seven generations of the Livingston/Kean families. The Firehouse is the latest addition to… Read More

• 973-538-2404
• 45 MacCulloch Ave, Morristown, NJ, USA

Macculloch Hall, a Federal-style mansion built by George Macculloch in 1810 and transformed into a museum in 1949 by W. Parsons Todd, features Todd’s impressive antiques collection, changing exhibits, and a collection of works by Thomas Nast. An oasis within walking distance of the business district, the museum’s garden has many original plantings and landscape features, and displays seasonal… Read More

• 732-462-1466
• 137 Kings Hwy, Middletown Township, NJ, USA

This historic property was laid out as lot number 36 in the original 1667 survey of Middletown village. Early owner James Grover Jr. erected the kitchen section of the structure in 1686, making it one of the oldest surviving structures in New Jersey. It was built in a salt-box shape with a large keeping room in front, and one… Read More

• 908-232-1776
• 614 Mountain Avenue, Westfield, NJ, USA

The Miller-Cory House Museum, named after the first two families that inhabited it, operates as a early American living history museum. It is fully furnished and includes gardens and several outbuildings such as an outhouse and a cookhouse, the Frazee Building, in which open hearth cooking demonstrations are given. Group tours are offered during the week and programs about… Read More

• 908-766-8215
• 30 Washington Place, Morristown, NJ, USA

The national park consists of four non-contiguous units: Washington's Headquarters with the Ford Mansion and Headquarters Museum, the Fort Nonsense Unit, the Jockey Hollow Unit, and the New Jersey Brigade Area. The Jockey Hollow Unit includes the Wick house (headquarters of General Arthur St. Clair), five reconstructed soldier huts, and approximately 27 miles of walking trails. Read More

• 973-596-6550
• 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ, USA

Built in 1885 for Jeannette and John Holme Ballantine of the celebrated Newark beer-brewing family, this brick and limestone mansion originally had 27 rooms, including eight bedrooms and three bathrooms. Part of The Newark Museum since 1937, the house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985. Read More

• 609-683-7132
• 84 Laurel Avenue, Kingston, NJ, USA

The restored house was Washington's headquarters Aug-Nov 1783 while the Continental Congress was in session. He probably slept here. The house is furnished in period. Read More

• 609-265-5858
• 803 Smithville Road, Eastampton Township, NJ, USA

Docents tell of the rise and fall of H.B. Smith, inventor and entrepreneur, his extraordinary accomplishments clouded by personal controversy. In H.B. Smith's old schoolhouse Smithville History Exhibit, 20 photo/narrative panels depict major aspects of the mill village and its colorful founder. Tourists visit Smith's "casino" annex, including card room, billiard room and bowling alley, then passes the site… Read More

• 732-462-1466
• 127 Kings Hwy, Middletown Township, NJ, USA

Joseph Dorset Taylor and Mary Holmes Taylor, first cousins and proud descendants of the Taylors of Middletown, decided to move back to Middletown and build an imposing new house on an inherited family farm. The outcome was a restrained Italianate residence, named “Orchard Home” but now called the Taylor-Butler House. It reflected the success that Joseph Taylor had achieved… Read More

• 973-962-2240
• Sloatsburg Road, Ringwood, NJ, USA

Martin J. Ryerson purchased the historic ironworks and began building the present Manor House in 1807 while still operating the iron mines and forges on the property. New York's Peter Cooper, a remarkable inventor and industrialist and his young son-in-law, Abram S. Hewitt, purchased Ringwood in 1854. Read More

• 908-725-1015
• 71 Somerset Street, Somerville, NJ, USA

The parsonage was built in 1751 and first occupied by Reverend John Frelinghuysen, who came from Amsterdam to serve three congregations of the Dutch Reform church in the upper Raritan Valley. The second occupant of the Parsonage, the Reverend Jacob Hardenbergh, founded Queens College in 1766 while residing in the house. Read More

• 973-540-311
• The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, New Jersey 10, Morris Plains, NJ, USA

This 30-acre National Historic Landmark is the centerpiece of Gustav Stickley’s early 20th century country estate. Stickley was a major figure in the American Arts and Crafts movement who combined the roles of designer, manufacturer, architect, publisher, philosopher, and social critic. His family home, the Log House, is run as a historic house museum, where visitors are welcomed for… Read More

• 609-921-74
• 500 Mercer Road, Princeton, NJ, USA

The Georgian style home was built about 1770 by Thomas Clarke, a Quaker farmer. Read More

• 732-531-2136

In 2001, the Mayor and the Township Council moved to save the historic Eden Woolley House on the comer of Deal Road and Route 35. The developer of the Route 35 property agreed to move the Woolley House to the Haupt/Terner tract that is the site of the Public Library on Deal Road. The Council asked the Museum to… Read More