Owen Coachman House is located in Lower Township,

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. The original one-room house was built between 1695 and 1700 in Townbank along

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. It was moved to its present location on Shunpike Road on Cape Island in 1846. It was added to the

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in September 2005. Restoration work performed on the property in the early 2000s won an award from the

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for its quality and sensitivity to the historic nature of the house.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Coachman, Owen, House Houses completed in 1846 Houses in Cape May County, New Jersey Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Lower Township, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Cape May County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places

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