I try to keep this list of historic house museums for New Jersey current, but it is best to check directly with the museums for their hours and other information. If you are searching for museums near you, or close to where you will be traveling to, please change the display view to Map.
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1719 William Trent House Museum
- 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… Read More
Allaire Village
- 732-919-3500
- 4263 Atlantic Avenue, Farmingdale, NJ, USA
Within the 3000 acre park is an 1800 village that features several houses. Read More
Allen House
- 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… Read More
Bainbridge House
- 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,… Read More
Boxwood Hall
- 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… Read More
Covenhoven House
- 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… Read More
Dey Mansion
- 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… Read More
Doric House Museum
- 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… Read More
Drumthwacket
- 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
Edison National Historic Site
- 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… Read More
Emlen Physick Estate
- 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,… Read More
Fosterfields Living Historical Farm
- 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… Read More
Frelinghuysen Arboretum
- 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… Read More
Historic Cold Spring Village
- 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… Read More
Historic New Bridge Landing
- 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… Read More
Holmes-Hendrickson House
- 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… Read More
Israel Crane House
- 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… Read More
Kuser Farm Mansion
- 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… Read More
Liberty Hall Museum
- 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… Read More
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
- 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.… Read More
Marlpit Hall
- 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… Read More
Miller-Cory House Museum
- 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… Read More
Morristown National Historical Park
- 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… Read More
Newark Museum
- 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… Read More
Rockingham State Historic Site
- 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… Read More
Smithville Mansion
- 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.… Read More
Taylor-Butler House
- 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… Read More
The Forges and Manor of Ringwood
- 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… Read More
The Hermitage
- 201-445-8311
- 335 Franklin Turnpike, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 07423
The fourteen-room Gothic Revival house was built in 1847–48 from designs by William H. Ranlett for Elijah Rosencrantz, Jr.. Members… Read More
The Old Dutch Parsonage & Wallace House
- 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… Read More
The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms
- 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… Read More
The Thomas Clarke House
- 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
Township of Ocean Historical Museum
In 2001, the Mayor and the Township Council moved to save the historic Eden Woolley House on the comer of… Read More
































