Green Hill Farm

Green Hill Farm
This picture was taken some time from 1907-1920[2]
Location: Oxmead and Deacon Rds., Burlington Township, New Jersey
Area: 9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
Built: 1800
Architectural style: Italianate, Gothic Revival, Federal
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 82003265[1]
Added to NRHP: July 8, 1982

Green Hill Farm was a 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) horse farm in Burlington, New Jersey and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[3] Green Hill Farm was established in 1603 via a land grant from King Charles I The land was owned and operated by families out of Burlington and Philadelphia. First, Green Hill was owned by Samuel Jennings, the acting Governor of West Jersey. In 1791, John Smith bought 340 acres (1.4 km2) of the Jennings property. The famous brick house located there was built between 1800 and 1803. [4] The frame tenant house was the home of various families to work on the farm.

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References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ "Playle's: Real Photo Stamp Boxes U-Z, How to Identify and Date Real Photo Vintage Postcards". Playle.com. http://www.playle.com/realphoto/photou.php. Retrieved 2011-11-11. 
  3. ^ "National Register of Historical Places - NEW JERSEY (NJ), Burlington County". Nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/BURLINGTON/state.html. Retrieved 2011-11-11. 
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