Van Veghten House

Van Veghten House
Van Veghten House, looking east, 2018
Van Veghten House is located in Somerset County, New Jersey
Van Veghten House
Van Veghten House
Van Veghten House is located in New Jersey
Van Veghten House
Van Veghten House
Van Veghten House is located in the United States
Van Veghten House
Van Veghten House
Location9 Van Veghten Drive
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Coordinates40°33′25″N 74°35′18″W / 40.55694°N 74.58833°W / 40.55694; -74.58833 (Van Veghten House)
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1725
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.79003253[1]
NJRHP No.2487[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 1979
Designated NJRHPJuly 21, 1979

The Van Veghten House is a historic building in the Finderne section of Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. It was built around 1725 and served as the headquarters of Quartermaster General Nathanael Greene during the second Middlebrook encampment (1778–79) in the American Revolutionary War.[3][4] The Somerset County Historical Society owns the house and uses it as its headquarters, including a museum and library.[5] The early 18th-century Old York Road passed by here connecting Philadelphia to New York City.[6] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 1979 and noted as representing "one of the few remaining Raritan River mansions".[3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Somerset County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. February 12, 2018. p. 5.
  3. ^ a b Herfurth, Robert P. (October 10, 1979). "NRHP Nomination: Van Veghten House". National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) "Accompanying 3 photos, from 1979". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  5. ^ "Van Veghten House: Our Headquarters". Somerset County Historical Society, New Jersey.
  6. ^ Cawley, James; Cawley, Margaret (1965). Along the Old York Road. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. pp. 5, 97. ISBN 978-0-813-50487-2. OCLC 692143813.