Littell-Lord Farmstead | Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
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Littell-Lord Farmstead
Littell-Lord Farmstead is a beautiful landmark home in Union County, New Jersey.
We visited it on the same spectacular fall day (October 28, 2023) we visited The Haunted Village of Feltville which is located in the same lovely town of Berkeley Heights on Horseshoe Road.
According to the Berkeley Heights website:
The Littell-Lord Farmstead, located in Berkeley Heights, Union County, New Jersey, United States, is a pastoral site reminiscent of Union County’s agricultural past. It was built around 1760 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1979. It currently serves as the home and public museum of the Berkeley Heights Historical Society.
The farmhouse was built around 1760 by farmer and weaver Andrew Littell, who lived there with his wife and seven children. It was passed down through the Littell family until it was sold to the Lord family in 1867. Elizabeth Wemett of the Lord family sold the property to Berkeley Heights in 1975.
The farmstead property, all of which is owned by the township of Berkeley Heights, includes the main farmhouse, an adjacent Victorian annex in the Carpenter Gothic style (which served as a schoolhouse in the 1870s), a stone spring house, a summer kitchen, and 18 acres of farm and forest land.
Restoration and Structural Stabilization
The site is currently undergoing restoration efforts for structural stabilization.
There is a Construction Journal of the progress of the renovations.
This video explains the need for renovations:
The video below was filmed the Saturday before we visited the Farmstead! Sadly, we missed seeing the interiors when we were there.
Further Reading
Please check out my other posts:
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Delicious Orchards 2023 | Colts Neck, New Jersey
First Presbyterian Church of Oxford at Hazen and the Spooky Graveyard 2023 | Belvidere, New Jersey
The Historic Cooper Gristmill | Chester Township, New Jersey
The Little Red Schoolhouse | Florham Park, New Jersey
Clara Barton Schoolhouse | Bordentown, New Jersey
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital Is About To Be Torn Down 2015 | Morris Plains, New Jersey
and check out the posts on my book blog:
Top 10 Books on My Fall 2023 Reading List
Diary of a Mad Housewife by Sue Kaufman | Book Review
2 Comments
Paula Short
This is lovely. Thank you for sharing your visit with us.
Visiting today from Unlimited Linky 138 #14&15
New Jersey Memories
Thank you so much for visiting!