The Jacobus Vanderveer House, also known as Knox House, is a U.S.
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style house located just north of the community of
Pluckemin in
Bedminster Township,
Somerset County, New Jersey at the junction of
US 202
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and
206 north of River Road. The house was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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on September 29, 1995, and noted as an "excellent example of a Dutch–American house".
[
] 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 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
Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806), a Founding Father of the United States, was a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving as chief of artillery in most of Washington's campaigns. Following the ...
during the
second Middlebrook encampment "Middlebrook encampment" may refer to one of two different seasonal stays of the Continental Army in central New Jersey near the Middlebrook in Bridgewater Township in Somerset County. They are usually differentiated by either the date of the encamp ...
during the
Revolutionary War (1778–79).
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
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at
West Point
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. 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.
See also
:Other houses used as headquarters during the
second Middlebrook encampment "Middlebrook encampment" may refer to one of two different seasonal stays of the Continental Army in central New Jersey near the Middlebrook in Bridgewater Township in Somerset County. They are usually differentiated by either the date of the encamp ...
(1778–79):
*
Wallace House – General
George Washington
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Van Veghten House
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 encampmen ...
– General
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene (June 19, 1786, sometimes misspelled Nathaniel) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. He emerged from the war with a reputation as General George Washington's most talented and dependabl ...
*
Van Horne House
The Van Horne House is a historic building at 941 East Main Street near Bound Brook in Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. The house was built and also known as Phil's Hill, after its owner, Philip Van Horne. It served as the ...
– General
William Alexander, Lord Stirling
William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling (1726 – 15 January 1783), was a Scottish-American major general during the American Revolutionary War. He was considered male heir to the Scottish title of Earl of Stirling through Scottish line ...
*
Staats House – General
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben (born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Louis von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as Baron von Steuben (), was a Prussian military officer who p ...
References
External links
The Jacobus vanderveer House & MuseumPluckemin Artillery CantonmentGeneral Knox Museum Somerset Hills History Coloring Book
*Somerset Hills
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Houses completed in 1779
Federal architecture in New Jersey
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Houses in Somerset County, New Jersey
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Historic house museums in New Jersey
American Revolutionary War museums in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, New Jersey
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American Revolution on the National Register of Historic Places
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Bedminster, New Jersey