Lansdown

Franklin Township, US

Lansdown, also known as the Charles Stewart Plantation, is a historic house located on Hamden Road along the South Branch Raritan River in the village of Lansdowne, northeast of Pittstown, in Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on

November 2, 1979, for its significance in architecture, military, and politics/government. The oldest part of the house was probably built c. 1763, when the land was deeded to Charles Stewart by his father-in-law, Justice Samuel Johnston. George Washington and his wife often visited this house.

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Bethlehem United Presbyterian Church cemetery · 3 km away
Main Street Bridge bridge · 3 km away
Dunham's Mill watermill · 3 km away
Hunterdon County Arboretum botanical_garden · 5 km away
Bray-Hoffman House monumenti · 5 km away
Spruce Run Recreation Area monumenti · 6 km away
William H. Fauver Youth Correctional Facility prison · 6 km away