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Vanderveer House Receives Historic Preservation Award
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2005 May - Basking Ridge, New Jersey Bedminster The Jacobus Vanderveer House -
The Jacobus Vanderveer House is being recognized for the meticulous restoration of the exterior of this National Register site. The house is significant for its role in the Revolutionary War and is the only known extant building associated with the Pluckemin encampment of 1778-79, which is considered to be the first installation in America to train officers in engineering and artillery. The house is a fine example of an 18th-century Dutch-framed building with an early 19th century Federal-style addition. As part of the restoration, additions and alterations from the late-19th and early-20th centuries were removed to return the building to its circa 1813 appearance. The carefully researched project is an inspiring example of a successful public-private historic preservation collaboration, involving Bedminster Township and Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House, with funding from Somerset County and New Jersey Historic Trust grants. For additional details on the Historical Society of Somerset Hills, please visit their website at http://www.historicalsocietyofsomersethills.org Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House Submitted: September 2007 (archived update)
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Over the past three years awards have been given to a wide variety of realistic and practical preservation projects that have successfully preserved and adapted familiar landmarks throughout the five communities. This year, five more noteworthy projects that substantially enhance the Somerset Hills communities are being recognized. “It is gratifying to formally acknowledge a group of projects that demonstrate some of the benefits achieved by preserving our familiar and beloved buildings and landmarks,” said Marcella Miccolis, Chairman of the
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.
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The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House |
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| P.O. Box 723, Bedminster, New Jersey 07921-0723 908 - 212 - 7000 ext. 611 |
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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
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