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Boxwood Hall
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| Location: | 1073 East Jersey Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA |
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| Built: | 1750[1] |
| Architectural style: | Colonial |
| Governing body: | State |
| NRHP Reference#: | 70000397 |
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| Added to NRHP: | December 18, 1970[2] |
| Designated NHL: | November 28, 1972[3] |
Boxwood Hall, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, was the home from 1772 to 1795 of Elias Boudinot, president of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 ending the American Revolution. Boudinot and others met George Washington here for a luncheon and then escorted him to Manhattan for his inauguration on April 30, 1789.[4]
Boudinot sold it to Jonathan Dayton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, who lived here until his death in 1824.[5] In 1824, Dayton entertained Lafayette at this house.[6]
In 2004, the house was at severe risk of damage.[7]
The State of New Jersey operates the house as a historic house museum. The house is nearby the Belcher-Ogden Mansion-Price, Benjamin-Price-Brittan Houses District and the Nathaniel Bonnel House.
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