Maybury Hill
Maybury Hill | |
Location | 346 Snowden Lane, Princeton, New Jersey |
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Coordinates | 40°22′03″N 74°38′29″W / 40.36750°N 74.64139°W |
Area | 9.6 acres (3.9 ha) |
Built | c. 1725 |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 71000502[1] |
NJRHP No. | 1748[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 11, 1971[1] |
Designated NHL | November 11, 1971[3] |
Designated NJRHP | November 11, 1971 |
Maybury Hill is a historic house at 346 Snowden Lane, in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Built about 1725, it was the birthplace and boyhood home of Joseph Hewes (1730-1799), a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. The house, an architecturally excellent example of Georgian domestic architecture, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971 for its association with Hewes.[3] It is a private residence not open to the public.
Description and history
Maybury Hill is located in a residential setting of northern Princeton, on the west side of Snowden Lane between Maybury Hill Road and Overbrook Drive. It is a 2+1⁄2-story masonry structure, with woodframe ells to the side and rear. It is built out of fieldstone which was finished in the 20th century in concrete, and is covered by a gabled roof. It has brick chimneys at each gable end. The interior follows a typical central hall plan, with a staircase rising in the main hall, a parlor to the left extending the full depth of the main block, and a dining room and kitchen to the right. Original features in these rooms include exposed beams and wooden paneling, and a tiled fireplace in the dining room.[4]
The house was built about 1725, originally as a single block with a detached kitchen structure. Damaged by fire, it was reconstructed in 1735. In 1753 an ell was added, joining the main block to the kitchen and giving the house its overall L shape. It was leased by Arron Hewes between 1730 and 1755, and it is there where is son Joseph Hewes was born in 1730. Educated at
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places — Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — Historic Preservation Office. April 5, 2013. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
- ^ a b "Maybury Hill". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. June 23, 2008. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Maybury Hill". National Park Service. Retrieved April 19, 2021. With accompanying pictures
External links
Media related to Maybury Hill at Wikimedia Commons