Snyder’s Farm
A working farm with 80 acres of crops including sunflower and corn fields. Farmhouse, carriage house and barns dating back to the early 1800s.
Historic
Hageman House
The Hageman House, built in 1861, is a historically accurately restored, Italianate-Victorian farmhouse, with mature trees and a stone well in the backyard, and surrounded by lush meadows and wooded wetlands. The interior of the house has original fireplace mantel pieces and woodwork, and some 19th and early-20th Century furniture and appliances. The horse, dairy, …
Van Liew-Suydam House
The Van Liew-Suydam house, built in 1875, is a meticulously restored Victorian farm house that sits on the top of a hill, at the end of a shady, maple-lined drive, with cornfields on three sides. The front of the house and porch faces west and the back faces east, and both are beautifully lit by …
Van Veghten House
Built in the early 1700s, the Van Veghten House served as headquarters for Quartermaster General Nathaniel Green during the Middlebrook Cantonment of 1778-1779. It was originally a brick one and one half story dwelling that was widened and enlarged to two and one half stories, probably prior to the Revolution. In the late 1830s the home was updated …
Water Tower
Located on the grounds of the Cross Estate, this water tower is typical of structures that were once designed to make isolated estates of the time self-sufficient.
Brook Arts Center
Built by local developer Alexander Morecraft, opened its door on January 9, 1927, as a vaudeville house. The theater was designed by architect W. H. Lehman of Newark, NJ, and Interior Designer Vincent Marilette of New York.
Somerset County Courthouse
Constructed between 1907 & 1909 in the Neo-Classical Palladian style, the Courthouse is faced with Sylacauga marble.
Griggstown Bridgetender’s House
Built circa 1834 when the D&R Canal was constructed, this structure housed the bridgetender and his family. In the early days of the Canal there were drawbridges which had to be raised in order to allow the mules and boats to pass along the canal. The Griggstown Bridgetender’s House is a good example of a …
Jacobus Vanderveer House & Museum
Built in the early 1770’s it is typical of the Dutch frame houses that dotted the coutnryside before the American Revolution. The Jacobus Vanderveer House served as the headquarters of General Henry Know during the winter of 1778-79 and is the only surviving building associated with the Pluckemin Cantonment’s role in helping the Continental Army …