The Turner–Chew–Carhart Farm, also known as the Jockey Hollow Farm, is a historic farm located off Van Syckles Road in
Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey and near
Clinton
Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton has frequently been used as a given ...
. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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on August 11, 1977, for its significance in agriculture, architecture, industry, and politics/government. The farmstead includes seven
contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
.
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History
Joseph Turner (1701–1783) and
William Allen William Allen may refer to:
Politicians
United States
*William Allen (congressman) (1827–1881), United States Representative from Ohio
*William Allen (governor) (1803–1879), U.S. Representative, Senator, and 31st Governor of Ohio
*William ...
(1704–1780), both from
Philadelphia
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, built two iron forges in the area during the 1740s. The house was built for the nearby Union Forge and was intended as the residence for its superintendent. In 1784, Turner's niece, Elizabeth Oswald Chew, second wife of
Benjamin Chew
Benjamin Chew (November 19, 1722 – January 20, 1810) was a fifth-generation American, a Quaker-born legal scholar, a prominent and successful Philadelphia lawyer, slaveowner, head of the Pennsylvania Judiciary System under both Colony and Com ...
(1722–1810), inherited the farm. In 1833, Charles Carhart (1786–1863) purchased it from Samuel Chew.
Description
The early 19th century farmhouse is a two and one-half story frame building with a
gambrel roof attached to an 18th-century one and one-half story frame building. It shows a restrained
Greek Revival style
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, such as the sidelights and
transom
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* Transom (architecture), a bar of wood or stone across the top of a door or window, or the window above such a bar
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for the front door. There is a dormer in the gambrel roof. The original 18th-century building was likely altered and expanded by Carhart.
Museum
In 2012, the Union Forge Heritage Association established the Solitude Heritage Museum in the farmhouse at 117 Van Syckles Road, named the 1760 Joseph Turner House.
The Forge Masters house for the Union Forge is also located nearby, off Van Syckles Road toward
High Bridge.
See also
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
*
List of museums in New Jersey
References
External links
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Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Greek Revival houses in New Jersey
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey