Jacobus Vanderveer House
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The Jacobus Vanderveer House, also known as Knox House, is a Federal
style house located just north of the village of Pluckemin, in Bedminster Township, New Jersey
at the junction of US 202
and 206
north of River Road. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
. 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 acre (0.88221548 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 famous as being the winter residence for General Henry Knox during the winter of 1778-1779 while he was commanding Continental Army Artillery Cantonment and 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 cantonmnent.
Bedminster Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 8,302.
Bedminster Township
was created by Royal Charter on April 4, 1749, from portions of the Northern precinct. It was formally incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken on March 28, 1912, to form Peapack-Gladstone.[8] The village of Pluckemin is also part of the township.
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
style house located just north of the village of Pluckemin, in Bedminster Township, New Jersey
Bedminster Township, New Jersey
Bedminster Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 8,165....
at the junction of US 202
U.S. Route 202
U.S. Route 202 is a highway stretching from Delaware to Maine, also passing through the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire....
and 206
U.S. Route 206
U.S. Route 206 is a long north–south United States highway in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, United States. Only about a half a mile of its length is in Pennsylvania; the Milford-Montague Toll Bridge carries it over the Delaware River into New Jersey, where it is the remainder of the route...
north of River Road. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
. The Vanderveer /Knox House & Museum while owned by Bedminster Township
Bedminster Township, New Jersey
Bedminster Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 8,165....
, 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 acre (0.88221548 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 famous as being the winter residence for General Henry Knox during the winter of 1778-1779 while he was commanding Continental Army Artillery Cantonment and what is now known as America's first military training academy, the forerunner to the United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
at West Point. What was then known as the Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment Site
Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment Site
The Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment Site in Pluckemin, New Jersey, a hamlet at the southern section of Bedminster Township, New Jersey, holds historic American Revolutionary War importance as the Continental Army's artillery winter cantonment during the winter of 1778-1779. Nestled on the western...
is near the Vanderveer/Knox house, which happens to be the only remaining original structure on the fringe of the cantonmnent.
Location
Jct. of US 202 and 206, N of River Rd., Bedminster Twp., PluckeminBedminster Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 8,302.
Bedminster Township
Bedminster Township, New Jersey
Bedminster Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 8,165....
was created by Royal Charter on April 4, 1749, from portions of the Northern precinct. It was formally incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township were taken on March 28, 1912, to form Peapack-Gladstone.[8] The village of Pluckemin is also part of the township.