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Did you know? Morven’s garden reflects both the estate’s 18th-century roots and the Colonial Revival movement of the early 20th century. In the 1920s, Helen Hamilton Shields Stockton (who married Bayard Stockton) helped shape a Colonial Revival garden based on her interpretation of how Annis and Richard Stockton’s garden may have appeared. This garden became part of Morven’s landscape legacy and was featured in early-20th-century garden publications, including the Garden Club of America’s 1930 Gardens of Colony and State. Next to Historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel, #NewJersey, stands the Holmes-Hendrickson House, a mid-18th-century home built circa 1754, commonly attributed to William Holmes. During the #RevolutionaryWar, it was owned by Garrett Hendrickson, a prominent local citizen who served as a Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of the Monmouth County Militia. The Levi Cory House in Mountainside, #NewJersey isn't the first historic house to be moved and it certainly won't be the last! Can you name other historic structures that have been moved? If you have photos, feel free to post them too! Did you know that Roosevelt (originally called Jersey Homesteads) is the only town in New Jersey where the entire borough is listed as a historic district on both the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places? The historic district covers the town’s full boundaries, just under two square miles. The Ulster and Delaware Railroad Station, built circa 1913 in Haines Falls, #NewYork. It served until 1940 when all branch lines were abandoned. It was eventually moved from its original location, along NY 23A to a point further along its original right-of-way and was restored by the Mountain Top Historical Society. It is used by the Society for programs. It is one of only two surviving U&D branch stations remaining. Find out more about this station and my search for history in the #Catskills in this article: https://thehistorygirl.com/2015/01/07/history-catskills-haines-falls-ny/ Located in Allamuchy Township, #NewJersey, Saxton Falls marked the eastern end of the Morris Canal’s “11-mile level,” which ran from Port Murray through Hackettstown without a change in elevation. A dam built around 1830 created a slack-water pool on the Musconetcong River, allowing canal boats to be towed by mules from Lock 4 West to Lock 5 West at Saxton Falls. Today in #NJhistory: On the night of January 23, 1780, the First Academy in Newark was burned to the ground by a raiding party of British who crossed from New York on the ice and surprised the townspeople. This school was the forerunner of the present Newark Academy which erected its first building in 1792 at the corner of Broad and Academy Streets. #SpreadTheHistory Today in #history: #OTD, January 23, 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed bill S1784 which officially created George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Westmoreland County, #Virginia. This site was established in the seventeenth century as a colonial plantation by John Washington, George Washington's great-grandfather. George Washington was born here on February 22, 1732 and lived at the property until age three. His original birthplace burned down in a fire on Christmas Day 1779 and was never rebuilt (although the outline of the original foundation area is marked). A memorial house was built in 1931 to represent the original birthplace and educate about the period's history. The park and Memorial House were opened by the National Park Service in 1932, on the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. The obelisk at the site is 1/10th the size of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. #FindYourPark #nps105 #SpreadTheHistory

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