Jacobus Vanderveer Property

 house, place with historical importance, American Revolutionary War 1775-1783

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Route 202-206 South
Bedminister NJ
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The Jacobus Vanderveer House, also known as Knox House, is a Federal style house located just north of the village of Pluckemin, in Bedminster Township, New Jersey at the junction of US 202 and 206 north of River Road. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Vanderveer /Knox House & Museum while owned by Bedminster Township, is operated under the direction of the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House, a 501-C3 non-profit organization. The Jacobus Vanderveer House is situated on part of the 218 acres that make up River Road Park. The house was thought to be built somewhere in the mid 1770's by James (Jacobus) Vanderveer, son to Jacobus Vanderveer after the property was willed to him by his father.

The house is famous as being the winter residence for General Henry Knox during the winter of 1778-1779 while he was commanding Continental Army Artillery Cantonment and what is now known as America's first military training academy, the forerunner to the United States Military Academy at West Point. What was then known as the Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment Site is near the Vanderveer/Knox house, which happens to be the only remaining original structure on the fringe of the cantonmnent.