Littel-Lord Farmstead

Littel-Lord Farmstead
Location 23 and 31 Horseshoe Road, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°40′05″N 74°25′41″W / 40.66806°N 74.42806°W / 40.66806; -74.42806Coordinates: 40°40′05″N 74°25′41″W / 40.66806°N 74.42806°W / 40.66806; -74.42806
Built 1760
NRHP Reference # 79001528[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 7, 1979
Designated NJRHP December 28, 1978 [2]

The Littel-Lord Farmstead is located in Berkeley Heights, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1760 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1979. It currently serves as the home and public museum of the Berkeley Heights Historical Society.[3]

The farmhouse was built around 1760 by farmer and weaver Andrew Littel, who lived there with his wife and seven children. It was passed down through the Littel family until it was sold to the Lord family in 1867. Elizabeth Wemett of the Lord family sold the property to Berkeley Heights in 1975.[3]

The farmstead property, all of which is owned by the township of Berkeley Heights, includes the main farmhouse, an adjacent Victorian annex in the Carpenter Gothic style (which served as a schoolhouse in the 1870s), a stone spring house, a summer kitchen, and 18 acres of farm and forest land.[4]

On the third Sunday of the month from May through October, the Berkeley Heights Historical Society offers free tours of the farmhouse and garden.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. June 4, 2012. p. 6. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Troeger, Virginia B. (1996). Images of America: Berkeley Heights. Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 0752404903.
  4. 1 2 Berkeley Heights Historical Society (Documented September 1, 2012). Spring House (sign). 28-31 Horseshoe Road, Berkeley Heights, NJ. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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