Ayers-Allen House

Ayers-Allen House
Allen House Tavern
Location: 16 Durham Avenue
Metuchen, New Jersey
Built: 1740
NRHP Reference#: 85002002[1]
NJRHP #: 1844[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP: September 5, 1985
Designated NJRHP: July 7, 1985

The Ayers-Allen House is a historic home in Metuchen, New Jersey list on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1][2] The 1740 building, also known as Allen House Tavern,[1] for its previous function,[3] was built by descendents of early settlers to Woodbridge Township and remained in the family for many generations. It is located yards from the site of American Revolutionary War skirmishes. It is believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad and to be haunted.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "New Jersey - Middlesex County". National Register of Historic Places. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/nj/Middlesex/state.html. Retrieved 2011-07-05. 
  2. ^ a b "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Middlesex County". NJ DEP – Historic Preservation Office. June 2, 2011. p. 7. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/middlesex.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-06. 
  3. ^ Spies, Stacy E. (2000), Metuchen, Arcadia Publishing, http://books.google.com/books?id=yaYmmOqy1B4C&pg=PA64&dq=Metuchen+arcadia+publishing+ayers+allen+house&hl=en&ei=VnwfToPlDcScOpDlqb0D&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false 
  4. ^ Ayers-Allen House Metuchen Matters October 30, 2008
  5. ^ Ayers-Allen House Metuchen-Edison History