Tulipwood is a shingle style historic home at 1165 Hamilton Street in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It was designed by Jacob August Lienau.

History

The land has been owned by the family of Mary Maclay Pentz Williams since 1877. An 8-1/4 acre portion of the original property was transferred to Stephen Guion Williams in the last will and testament of Mary Williams on February 28, 1891. The house, Tulipwood, was built for

Stephen Guion Williams John Stanton Williams (8 October 1814 – 14 November 1876) with Stephen Barker Guion owned and operated the Williams & Guion Black Star Line. He was born in 1814 and married Mary Maclay Pentz (c. 1810–1891). They owned a tract in Somerset, New ...

of the

Williams & Guion Black Star Line The Black Star Line was the name used by American sailing packets owned by the New York firm of Williams and Guion from 1848 to 1866. The line owned 18 ships on the Liverpool-Queenstown-New York route. The line was shut down in 1863 because of t ...

family in 1892. It was the third house built on the property. In 1920 Tulipwood became the home of Leigh W. Kimball and his family. Kimball's grandson, Christopher Lehman was the last resident of Tulipwood before it was bought by Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey in 2003 and transferred to the Meadows Foundation. Tulipwood, also known as Whitehaven Farms, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 9, 2005.

References

{{NRHP in Somerset County, New Jersey Meadows Foundation (New Jersey) Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey Houses completed in 1892 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Houses in Somerset County, New Jersey Dutch Colonial Revival architecture in the United States Shingle Style architecture in New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places