Laing House of Plainfield Plantation is a historic house in Edison, Middlesex County,

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, built in the early 18th century when the region was being settled by Scottish Quakers in the late 17th and early 18th century, as recalled in the name of

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and Scotch Plains. The region was part of the colonial era

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and later part of

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. It is not certain whether the name derives from the plain clothing worn by the founders or is a reference to the landscape. The house was added to the

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and the

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in 1988.

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