Ellis, Col. Joseph, House - Haddon Heights, NJ
N 39° 52.598 W 075° 03.771
18S E 494625 N 4414066
Gorgeous and quaint pre-Revolutionary home on a hill hidden amongst other homes. The style of architecture is Georgian. Originally, this was a small home, one window and one door.
Waymark Code: WM7Z8F
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2009
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The central portion of the home, according to the home owner, is the original piece built in the early 18th century. Aware of the home's history, he has a Revolutionary flag flying from this part of the house. The most prominent part of the home is the right hand addition, which is most conspicuous in comparison to the other two parts. It has an attractive portico supported by two plain Doric columns. I am fairly certain this is a brick house which has been covered over with siding and other materials and that there is also probably a date bricked up high on the right hand gable.
An excellent history of our local Revolutionary War hero, Joseph Ellis can be found HERE. I also found a mention of the home HERE:
Jacob Hinchman built a frame dwelling no later than 1720 that was later enlarged by Revolutionary War hero Col. Joseph Ellis. New Jersey governor Joseph Bloomfield later purchased this property.
The local historical society has this to say about the house:
Ellis, a widely respected colonial and Revolutionary War military figure married a member of the Hinchman family, who owned the land upon which the house stands. Ellis's second wife transferred the property to Joseph Bloomfield, who was Governor of New Jersey from 1801-1813. Bloomfield owned the property for a short time before selling it to Nathan Lippincott. The house has been altered several times since its construction, including the addition of the vernacular high style main section, a smaller one-and-a-half story addition, and a small wooden porch, which was in the late twentieth century to match a turn-of-the-century photograph. Source