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The Jacobus Vanderveer House is situated in Somerset County, in Bedminster Township, New Jersey.

The Jacobus Vanderveer House is located just off Routes 202/206 in Bedminster, New Jersey. Click Here to get complete door to door directions.

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The Jacobus Vanderveer house is conveniently located near routes 78, 287, 22 on the southbound side of routes 202/206
just before the River Road exit on route 202 south in Bedminster, New Jersey.

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955 US Highway 202 206 , Bedminster, New Jersey

 

General Driving Directions:

Northbound Route 202

Driving North on Rt. 202 from Somerville, drive thru the village of Pluckemin (past the Pluckemin Presbyterian Church and "The Hills" Development. Go past the Route 287 and River Road Exit, and stay in the left lane and look for the next U-Turn (it's a U-Turn from the left hand lane). Take the left U-Turn. Now traveling South on Rt. 202, look for the Jacobus Vanderveer House on the right side of the road approximately 1/8 mile beyond the U-Turn.

Slow down and please use your blinker coming into the lot.

Southbound Route 202

Driving South on Rt. 202 from Bedminster, look for the Jacobus Vanderveer House on the right side of the road 1/4 mile beyond a the Presbyterian Church Cemetery. It will be on the Right after the Lamington Road exit and just before the River Road Exit.

Slow down and please use your blinker coming into the lot.

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Parking and restroom facilities are available at the site

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About the Vanderveer/Knox House & Museum
& the Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment

For over two centuries, the Jacobus Vanderveer House has been at the center of Bedminster Township’s rich and colorful history. The house is the last surviving building in Bedminster associated with the Vanderveer's, a family prominent in Bedminster Township history from its earliest settlement through the mid 19th century.

The Vanderveer house served as headquarters for General Henry Knox during the winter of 1778-79, when the Continental Army artillery was located in the village of Pluckemin during the Revolutionary War's Second Middlebrook Encampment. The house is the only known building still standing that was associated with the Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment. The artillery park and military academy is considered to be the first installation in America to train officers in engineering and artillery and predates the United States Military Academy at West Point (est.1802) by twenty four years.

The Vanderveer family house was later enlarged with two additions in the nineteenth century, remodeled in the twentieth century, and subsequently abandoned. The Township of Bedminster purchased the home and the surrounding area as part of River Road Park in 1989. The home has been restored by The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House, a non-profit group of inspired volunteers dedicated to use the home as a museum and educational center.

Vanderveer/Knox Museum and the Friend of the Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster/Pluckemin New Jersey - Home to early Dutch colonial farming, The Vanderveer family, and the Pluckemin Artillery Encampment - America's First Artillery Training Facility - the precursor to the West Point Military Academy
The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House
P.O. Box 723, Bedminster, New Jersey 07921-0723
908 - 212 - 7000 ext. 611
www.jvanderveerhouse.com info@jvanderveerhouse.com
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The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, division of the Department of State.

 

 

 

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