2010 Starts with The Middlebrook 5
Generals Tour - February 14, 2010

The Heritage Trail Association (HTA) in conjunction with the Jacobus Vanderveer House is sponsoring narrated bus tours that will visit the five houses that served as headquarters during second Middlebrook encampment – 1778-1779., for Sunday, February 14, 2010.

Vanderveer/ Knox House open 11-4

The five historic houses are the Van Horne House in Bridgewater, the Wallace House in Somerville, the Van Veghten House in Finderne, the Abraham Staats House in South Bound Brook, and the Vanderveer/Knox House in Bedminster. The houses will be open from 11 am until 4 pm.

The tours, which start from the HTA headquarters at the historic Van Horne House in Bridgewater ...Learn more

Post and Share YOUR Photos and Stories of
Colonial Christmas.

Continue to share this festive and social event online via our social media area on Facebook. Feel free to post your thoughts, pictures, and stories of what you might have thought about Colonial Christmas, the Vanderveer House, General Knox, or ways we can look to improve the program in 2010.

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Children's History Camp Concludes with Great Memories and Happy Faces

BEDMINSTER TWP. – Two separate weekly sessions of fun blending in history and hands on experiences concluded as the Bedminster Recreation Department in partnership with The Friends of Jacobus Vanderveer House, offered a unique camp experience this summer at the township’s Jacobus Vanderveer House. 

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Vanderveer House Friends and
Bedminster Twp Celebrated
Historic Anniversaries in 2009

2009 marked the anniversary of two important events for the historic Vanderveer/Knox House and Museum. Twenty years ago, Bedminster Township acquired a decrepit house and 208 acres for open space for parks and preservation. This year also marks the 10th anniversary that the Friends of the Vanderveer/Knox House has served as tenants to the historic home that once served General Knox and his family during the Revolutionary War's Pluckemin Artillery Encampment of 1778-1779....read more

Pictured above:
L to R Front: Linda McTeague, Ellen Vreeland, Grania Allport
Rear: Jay Petrillo, Robert Holtaway, Joe Metelski

New Museum Displays In the Works

Excitement is building at the Jacobus Vanderveer House as a Philadelphia design house readies the look and layout of exhibits to be used in the museum when we open. Concept design plans are being fashioned now by Steve Feldman, one of America’s top museum designers, in concert with the Friends of JVH Board Museum and Acquisitions Committee led by Daniel Powell. Learn more

Pluckemin Artillery Encampment Artifacts Move Closer to Coming Home to the JVH

One of the long term museum objectives of the Friends of the Vanderveer House is to present the history and artifacts uncovered at the nearby Pluckemin Continental Artillery winter cantonment of 1778-1779.

Take a look into the detailed process and people who have been working behind the scenes for years to where we are finally close to presenting this great view into an often missed part of american revolutionary war history. ... read more

Concept Drawing Visualizes
the Future of JVH

Dutch Farm, Orchards, Use Barn, Out buildings, Walking Paths could all someday be part of the JVH experience.

In 2010, JVH will embark on the first phase of a site landscaping plan that will be in place when the building opens to visitors as a museum. Learn more..

The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House have been undertaking a monumental task alongside the Bedminster Township with recognizing the Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment as a National Historical Site.

Before West Point....there was Pluckemin; America's first artillery training facility.

Learn more about what's happening with this historic effort. For additional news and press releases please Click Here