The Robinson Plantation House is a historic house in Clark, New Jersey built around 1690 on territory that was part of the Elizabethtown Tract, and was once part of Rahway. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as Seventeenth Century Clark House. The owner of the house, Dr. William Robinson, was the first official landowner in Clark, NJ. He was one of only a few physicians in New Jersey at the time, and built a medicine room in the house to practice "Physick," a then-popular form of healing using plants and herbs. He also performed Chirurgery[3][4][5][6]
Seventeenth Century Clark House | |
 The Dr. William Robinson Plantation House in fall of 2011 | |
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| Location | 593 Madison Hill Road, Clark, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°36′49″N 74°18′36″W / 40.61361°N 74.31000°W |
| Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
| Built | ca. 1690 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001193[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 2651[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 19, 1974 |
| Designated NJRHP | July 1, 1974 |
The Squire Hartshorne House is another home from the 17th century located in Clark.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Union County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^ Toal, Brian (2015). Clark Revisited. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated.
- ^ Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders (2019). Union County Across the Centuries: Where New Jersey History Began. Elizabeth, NJ: New Jersey Historical Commission. p. 8.
- ^ "Dr. Wm. Robinson Plantation & Museum". Dr. Wm. Robinson Plantation & Museum. Archived from the original on September 13, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
- ^ "Robinson Plantation House". New Jersey Art and Architecture. Richard Stockton University. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
- ^ Squire Hartshorne House, www.oldhouses.com, archived from the original on October 3, 2011, retrieved July 7, 2011
- ^ "Revolutionary War Sites in Clark, New Jersey / Historic Sites". Archived from the original on June 21, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
External links
edit- Dr. William Robinson Plantation Museum - official site
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