The Silas Riggs House is a historic house built around 1805 by Silas Riggs (1779–1847) in the
Ledgewood section of
Roxbury Township in
Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
on November 11, 1977, for its significance in architecture and community history.
[ With ] It was later added as a
contributing property to the
Ledgewood Historic District on April 18, 2013.
History and description
Silas Riggs was born in
Mendham and moved here, then known as
Drakesville, around 1805. Riggs was a tanner, and later a canal boat owner, operating on the
Morris Canal
The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Jers ...
. His son, Albert Rose Riggs, owned the
King Store. The one and one-half story frame house was moved to its current location in 1962. It was restored by the Roxbury Township Historical Society.
See also
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List of museums in New Jersey
This list of museums in New Jersey is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey
References
External links
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* curator of museums at Drakesville Historic Park
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Roxbury, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Morris County, New Jersey
Historic district contributing properties in New Jersey
Historic district contributing properties in Morris County, New Jersey
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Houses in Morris County, New Jersey
Houses completed in 1805
1805 establishments in New Jersey
Museums in Morris County, New Jersey