DAR Van Bunschooten Museum - Wantage Township, NJ
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N 41° 15.848 W 074° 38.284
18T E 530317 N 4568142
This home is now a Museum and is located 1097 State Route 23, Wantage Township, NJ 07461.
Waymark Code: WMEMMB
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 06/14/2012
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The National Register's listing for this site (
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"Van Bunschooten, Elias, House (added 1974 - - #74001191)
NW of Sussex on NJ 23 , Sussex
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Religion
Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Museum"
A Sussex County Historical Marker (
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"DAR Van Bunschooten Museum
This house was built in 1787 as the home of the Reverend Elias Van Bunschooten, a Dutch Reformed Minister. He was a farmer, mill operator, and large land owner. The farm was part of a 1000 acre plantation. The Dutch Colonial house is post and beam construction. Out buildings include a Wagon House, Ice House and a Privy. The home was given to the Chinkchewunska Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution by Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ramsey in 1971. The house and out buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Sites and Places in 1974."
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