The Andrew Ten Eyck House is a historic farm house located at 671

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in the township of Branchburg in

Somerset County, New Jersey Somerset County is a county located in the north-central part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was 345,361, an increase of 21,917 (6.8%) from the 323,444 counted at the 2010 U.S Cen ...

. It was added to the

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on May 6, 2004, for its significance in architecture. With

History and description

The house was built as a single-bedroom home for Andrew A. Ten Eyck (1762–1842) and his wife Mary Ten Eyck, a Dutch couple. It features

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and

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. In 1914, it was greatly expanded by adding a frame section to the original brick section. It was used as a tenant residence for more than 100 years, which is why much of its historic character was kept. In the early 1990s, the house and the land near it was purchased to create the Murray Corporate Center. When the developer proposed that the house be demolished, members of the community formed the Branchburg Historical Society for the purpose of saving the house.Branchburg’s Ten Eyck House to be museum, meeting place , NJ.com
/ref> In recent years, the house has been restored and is set to be a local-history museum. The back of the house portion will be used as a meeting space.

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Somerset County's Weekend Journey through the Past
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