Jacobus Vanderveer House
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| Nearest city | Pluckemin, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°40′0″N 74°38′42″W / 40.66667°N 74.64500°W |
| Area | 19 acres (7.7 ha) |
| Built | 1779 |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 95001137[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 2808[2] |
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| Added to NRHP | September 29, 1995 |
| Designated NJRHP | July 13, 1995 |
The Jacobus Vanderveer House, also known as Knox House, is a U.S. Federal style house located just north of the community of Pluckemin in Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey at the junction of US 202 and 206 north of River Road. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1995, and noted as an "excellent example of a Dutch–American house".[3] The Vanderveer /Knox House & Museum while owned by Bedminster Township, is operated under the direction of the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House, a 501-C3 non-profit organization. The Jacobus Vanderveer House is situated on part of the 218 acres (0.88 km2) that make up River Road Park. The house was thought to be built somewhere in the mid-1770s by James (Jacobus) Vanderveer, son to Jacobus Vanderveer after the property was willed to him by his father.
The house is notable as being the headquarters for General Henry Knox during the second Middlebrook encampment during the Revolutionary War (1778–79).[3] Knox was in command of the Continental Army Artillery Cantonment, what is now known as America's first military training academy, the forerunner to the United States Military Academy at West Point. What was then known as the Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment Site is near the Vanderveer/Knox house, which happens to be the only remaining original structure on the fringe of the cantonment.
Each year, the Jacobus Vanderveer House hosts a "colonial christmas" event to raise funds for the ongoing maintenance and preservation of the historic site. The event includes tree-lighting ceremony, traditional christmas decorations and other festivities.[4]
See also[edit]
- Other houses used as headquarters during the second Middlebrook encampment (1778–79):
- Wallace House – General George Washington
- Van Veghten House – General Nathanael Greene
- Van Horne House – General William Alexander, Lord Stirling
- Staats House – General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
References[edit]
- ^ "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. 1.
- ^ a b Greiff, Constance M. (September 29, 1995). "NRHP Nomination: Jacobus Vanderveer House". National Park Service.
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External links[edit]
Media related to Jacobus Vanderveer House at Wikimedia Commons
- The Jacobus vanderveer House & Museum
- Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment
- General Knox Museum
- Somerset Hills History Coloring Book
- Somerset Hills
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- Houses completed in 1779
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- Houses in Somerset County, New Jersey
- Museums in Somerset County, New Jersey
- Historic house museums in New Jersey
- American Revolutionary War museums in New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, New Jersey
- New Jersey Register of Historic Places
- American Revolution on the National Register of Historic Places
- New Jersey in the American Revolution
- Bedminster, New Jersey