White Hill Mansion – Fieldsboro, NJ

History

• 1722 – Robert Field (1) purchased White Hill

• 1757 –  Robert Field (2) inherited White Hill.

• 1775 – Robert Field (2) drowns mysteriously in the Delaware River.
• 1776 – Captain Houston of the American Navy docks at White Hill and joins Mary for dinner.  This resulted in her neighbors reporting her as a colonial sympathizer.
• 1776 – December 8th the British army invades Mary’s home looking for rebel colonial soldiers.
• 1776 – December 12th Captain Wrenden of the Hessian army makes White Hill his temporary quarters.  During his stay Colonel, Carl von Donop visited Mary.
• 1779 – The Widow Field married Commodore Thomas Read.  The Commodore decides to make White Hill his County Seat.
• 1779 – Mary assists Commodore John Barry escape capture by the British.

• 1788 – Commodore Thomas Read dies at White Hill.

• 1797 – Mary signs White Hill over to her son Robert (3) and his wife Abigail Stockton

• 1804 – Robert (3) loses White Hill due to mismanagement.  To save his sister’s good name Richard Stockton purchased White Hill and allowed Robert and Abigail to remain in the Mansion.
• 1832 – David Bruce invented a new typesetting machine at White Hill, as well as perfecting typefaces still in use.
• 1847 – Isaac Field purchased White Hill.
• 1853 –  The Name of White Hill was changed to Fieldsboro to honor the Field family.
• 1885 – Joseph Mayer bought the property and developed several pottery techniques at White Hill.
• 1896 – The Mansion was traded to Joseph Crossley for a building in Trenton and $10,000.
• 1897 – Famous pollster, Archibald Crossley is the last baby to be born at White Hill.
• 1922 – Heinrich and Katrina Glenk purchase White Hill and open an upscale German restaurant in 1923.
• 1972 – Katrina Glenk sold White Hill to a consortium.  The name is changed from Glenks White Hill Mansion Restaurant to “The Mansion”.
• 1977 – The Mansion Restaurant is sold to the Zusack Family
• 1991 – Stepan Company bought White Hill with plans to open corporate offices in the Mansion.
• 1999 – The Borough of Fieldsboro purchased the Mansion.
• 2004 – Preservation efforts begin
• 2011 – The first archaeological dig is conducted and the Preservation Plan is completed.  These projects were partially funded with the HTNJ grant.

• 2012 – The New Jersey State Review Board for Historic Sites approved the nomination to submit White Hill Mansion to the State Register.
• 2013 – The White Hill Mansion becomes a State Registered Historic Place.

For Booking Info –

https://www.whitehillmansion.org/book-online?category=c3684ac4-4fda-4756-8d1c-831d6993dc2e