The Martin Berry House is located in Pompton Plains in

Pequannock Township Pequannock Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 15,420, reflecting an increase of 1,652 (+11.9%) from the 13,888 counted in the 2000 Census, whi ...

, Morris County,

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, United States. The house was built in 1720 and added to the

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on June 19, 1973. Built by the son of one of the first settlers to the Pompton River region, the pre-Revolutionary War building has been little altered since its construction. Once the home of

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recipient James R. Evans, the home was purchased by Pequannock Township for historic preservation in 2017. The Pequannock Township Historical Society, formed in 2014 and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2015, has been tasked with the maintenance of the house.

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