Van Wagenen House

Van Wagenen House

Front of the Van Wagenen House in 1967.
Location 298 Academy Street, Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°43′55″N 74°3′59″W / 40.73194°N 74.06639°W / 40.73194; -74.06639Coordinates: 40°43′55″N 74°3′59″W / 40.73194°N 74.06639°W / 40.73194; -74.06639
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1750[1]
Architectural style Greek Revival, Bergen County Dutch Stone
NRHP Reference # 05000884[2]
NJRHP # 3696[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 16, 2006
Designated NJRHP June 20, 2005

The Van Wagenen House, also known as Apple Tree House is located near Bergen Square in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 16, 2006.

History

The house was built in 1750,.[1] then, there was an addition added in the 1820s.[4] The house may have been the site of a meeting between George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette in 1779.[5][6][7] The name Apple Tree House is given to the home because of a former apple orchard and cider press that were located on the property.[8] The house was purchased by the Quinn family and used as a funeral parlor for a number of years.

In 1996, the house was on Preservation New Jersey's 10 Most Endangered Historic Sites list.[9] The city of Jersey City purchased the building in 1999 and has been working to improve the condition of the building.[1] The New Jersey Historic Trust gave Jersey City a grant in 2006 for interior restoration and accessibility improvements.[10] Jersey City plans to use the house as a museum.[9][11] Renovations were completed in 2014.[12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.nj.gov/dca/njht/funded/sitedetails/apple_tree_van_wagenen_house.html Accessed March 15, 2009.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  3. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hudson County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. July 7, 2009. p. 7. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/A_Pages/Apple_Tree_House.htm Accessed November 28, 2008.
  5. ↑ http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/appletreehousejerseycity.shtml Accessed November 28, 2008.
  6. ↑ http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/vanvorstfarmhouse.shtml
  7. ↑ Harriet Phillips Eaton, Jersey City And Its Historic Sites, 1899: On August 24th, 1779, General Lafayette and his troops marched on a foraging expedition from near Fort Lee to Bergen. On the morning of the 25th they arrived at the brow of the Hill and encamped about the large, old tulip tree, known as "oude Boom" to the early settlers and as the "King of the Woods" to those of later date. The locality is now known as Waldo avenue, between Henry street and Magnolia avenue. The tree was cut down December 20th, 1871 Lafayette's headquarters were at the Van Wagenen place on the northwest corner of Academy street and Bergen square. Mr. Taylor states, "in the orchard on the old parsonage site on northwest side of Square," where he entertained at dinner General Washington who came over from Hackensack. The dinner was cooked in the Van Wagenen weave-house and eaten under an apple tree. This tree was blown down in a gale on September 3d, 1821, and from a portion of it was made a very handsome cane, gold mounted and with this inscription, "Shaded the hero and his friend Washington in 1779; presented by the Corporation of Bergen in 1824." When Lafayette visited America in 1824, when he was on his way from Jersey City to Newark, there was a gathering of all the people of this vicinity to meet him at Riker's Tavern, Five Corners, which is still standing on the southwest corner of Newark and Summit avenues. Upon this occasion Domine Cornelison presented him with the cane, making a very appropriate address.
  8. ↑ Jersey City. Google Books. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  9. 1 2 "The Apple Tree House". Preservation New Jersey. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "Apple Tree". New Jersey Historic Trust. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  11. ↑ http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/07/revolutionary_war_sites_in_hud_2.html
  12. ↑ http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/02/wreath_laying_ceremony_held_at_historic_apple_tree_house_in_honor_of_presidents_day.html#incart_river_default
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