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One of the standard works on notable early houses in the state.
"UNTIL now the State possessing the most inexhaustible supply of colonial, Revolutionary, and republican souvenirs has been almost neglected. Indeed, few of the original thirteen States can be compared with New Jersey in the number and importance of its landmarks. Her society, too, was as intellectual as that which sprang from the rocks of Puritanism, and it formed a brilliant pageant, rivalling the glittering line of the cavaliers. There is scarcely an acre of soil in the northern part of the State not once pressed by the foot of the Revolutionary soldier, and there are few of the many hundreds of dwellings which have survived the march of a century that did not shelter at one time or another some of the heroes of '76, or the colonial dames and daughters who played scarcely less potent parts in the drama of our struggle for freedom. This is the only book to tell the true story of the old houses of New Jersey, and such a record possesses deep significance for every American, as it has much more than a local or State interest.
Of the glowing and passionate pictures of early days little more than the frames and the sentiment lingering about them now remain. It has been the author's pleasure to fill in the frames with the portraits and the scenes that history and tradition, as contained in family recollection, in unpublished letters, and in local records suggest. Anecdote and gossip have supplied him with many a side-light on the great figures and their stirring times, and their chronicler will be satisfied if his story shall make more real the facts with which fancy delights to play."
"UNTIL now the State possessing the most inexhaustible supply of colonial, Revolutionary, and republican souvenirs has been almost neglected. Indeed, few of the original thirteen States can be compared with New Jersey in the number and importance of its landmarks. Her society, too, was as intellectual as that which sprang from the rocks of Puritanism, and it formed a brilliant pageant, rivalling the glittering line of the cavaliers. There is scarcely an acre of soil in the northern part of the State not once pressed by the foot of the Revolutionary soldier, and there are few of the many hundreds of dwellings which have survived the march of a century that did not shelter at one time or another some of the heroes of '76, or the colonial dames and daughters who played scarcely less potent parts in the drama of our struggle for freedom. This is the only book to tell the true story of the old houses of New Jersey, and such a record possesses deep significance for every American, as it has much more than a local or State interest.
Of the glowing and passionate pictures of early days little more than the frames and the sentiment lingering about them now remain. It has been the author's pleasure to fill in the frames with the portraits and the scenes that history and tradition, as contained in family recollection, in unpublished letters, and in local records suggest. Anecdote and gossip have supplied him with many a side-light on the great figures and their stirring times, and their chronicler will be satisfied if his story shall make more real the facts with which fancy delights to play."
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Table of contents
- Title page
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- DEDICATION
- PREFACE
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PROSPECT HALL-JERSEY CITY
- THE WHITE HOUSE-JERSEY CITY
- THE VAN VORST MANSION-JERSEY CITY
- THE PRIOR HOUSE-JERSEY CITY
- CASTLE POINT-HOBOKEN
- ASTOR VILLA-HOBOKEN
- HIGHWOOD-WEEHAWKEN
- THE SIP MANOR-JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS
- APPLE-TREE HOUSE-JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS
- RETIREMENT HALL-GREENVILLE
- THE PARSONAGE-NEWARK
- FRENCHMEN’S PLACE-NEWARK
- THE DECATUR HOUSE-NEWARK
- PETERSBOROUGH-NEWARK
- COCKLOFT HALL-NEWARK
- LIBERTY HALL-ELIZABETH
- BOXWOOD HALL-ELIZABETH
- THE BELCHER MANSION-ELIZABETH
- HAMPTON PLACE-ELIZABETH
- KEARNY COTTAGE-PERTH AMBOY
- THE BARTOW HOUSE-PERTH AMBOY
- THE PARKER CASTLE-PERTH AMBOY
- MOUNT PLEASANT HALL-FRENEAU
- THE BURROWES MANSION-MATAWAN
- THE HANKINSON MANSION-FREEHOLD
- CINCINNATI HALL-FREEHOLD
- THE FORD MANSION-MORRISTOWN
- THE CAMPFIELD HOUSE-MORRISTOWN
- THE SANSAY HOUSE-MORRISTOWN
- THE CONDICT HOUSE-MORRISTOWN
- THE STIRLING MANOR-STIRLING
- THE WALLACE HOUSE-SOMERVILLE
- THE VAN VEGHTEN HOUSE-FINDERNE
- MORVEN-PRINCETON
- ROCKY HILL HOUSE-ROCKY HILL
- BLOOMSBURY COURT-TRENTON
- THE HERMITAGE-TRENTON
- BOW HILL-TRENTON
- THE HOPKINSON MANSION-BORDENTOWN
- BONAPARTE HOUSE-BORDENTOWN
- LAKE VILLA-BORDENTOWN
- LINDEN HALL-BORDENTOWN
- NEW BELLEVUE-BORDENTOWN
- THE GIRARD HOUSE-MT. HOLLY
- THE CREIGHTON HOUSE-HADDONFIELD
- THE BRADFORD MANSION-BURLINGTON