Whitney Mansion (Glassboro, New Jersey)

	Whitney Mansion
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	Whitney Avenue, Glassboro, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°42′22″N 75°7′6″W / 39.70611°N 75.11833°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1849
Architect	John Notman
Architectural style	Italian Villa
NRHP reference No.	72000795
NJRHP No.	1380
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 5, 1972
Designated NJRHP	March 15, 1972

Whitney Mansion, also known as Hollybush Mansion, is a historic house located on the campus of Rowan University in Glassboro in Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was used as the Rowan University President's Residence until 1998. Since 2003, Rowan University has spent more than $3 million to restore the mansion. It is now being used as a meeting place and museum.^[3]

Originally the home of the Whitney family, it was the first of its kind in South Jersey. It set a certain precedent with its

Italianate architectural style, and its interior decorations attest to this precedent. Two of these significantly unique features of the house are the trompe de l'oeil ceilings in the parlor as well as the Summit Room, and the painted glass archway above and around the front door. The stone used in construction of Hollybush was New Jersey Ironstone, a sedimentary type stone found in the low hills and ridges of South Jersey.^[4]

In 1967, the mansion hosted the Glassboro Summit Conference, a summit meeting between United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and Soviet Union Premier Alexei Kosygin.

The mansion was built in 1849 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 5, 1972, for its significance in architecture and politics/government.^[5]

References

^ "National Register Information System – (#72000795)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Gloucester County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 28, 2021. p. 2.
^ "Home".
^ "The History of Hollybush Mansion". sites.rowan.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
^ Bassett, William B. (March 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Whitney Mansion". National Park Service. With accompanying photo

External links

Media related to Hollybush Mansion at Wikimedia Commons
"Hollybush". Historical Marker Database.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System – (#72000795)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[NJRHP-2] "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Gloucester County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 28, 2021. p. 2.

[3] "Home".

[4] "The History of Hollybush Mansion". sites.rowan.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-06.

[nrhpdoc-5] Bassett, William B. (March 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Whitney Mansion". National Park Service. With accompanying photo

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