Howell Living History Farm

The Howell Living History Farm, also known as the Joseph Phillips Farm, is a 130 acres (53 ha) farm that is a living open-air museum near Titusville, in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.[2][3] The farm was first created by Joseph Phillips, a blacksmith, who purchased 125 acres (51 ha) from William Bryant in 1732. By 1800, Henry Phillips, Joseph's son, had enlarged the farm by 100 acres (40 ha). Henry served as a captain in the Hunterdon County Regiment of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. An inventory of the farm on his death in 1805 listed two teams of oxen, two slaves, a Rockingham colt, and the flax in the ground. The current buildings on the property date to the 19th century, primarily before the American Civil War.[4] The final private owner of the farm was the Howell family, who donated the land to Mercer County in 1974 for use as a museum. The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 1977.[4]

Joseph Phillips Farm (Howell Living History Farm)
Location70 Wooden's Lane, Lambertville, New Jersey
Coordinates40°20′23.0″N 74°53′56.0″W
Area130 acres (53 ha)
Built1732
NRHP reference No.77000879[1]
NJRHP No.1697[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 2, 1977
Designated NJRHPDecember 1, 1976

The museum shows farm life from the year 1900.[5] The farm is owned by Mercer County and operated by the Mercer County Park Commission with the support and assistance of The Friends of Howell Living History Farm.[6]

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References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places — Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — Historic Preservation Office. August 22, 2016. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2013.
  3. La Gorce, Tammy (September 30, 2007). "Time Stands Still on Living History Farm". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-26. At the boundary of Mercer and Hunterdon Counties, near the gurgle of the Delaware River and a sprinkling of farm stands selling apple-cider doughnuts, sits the Howell Living History Farm. Here the fields sprawl, the grass is verdant and the whine of weed-whackers has yet to pierce the tranquility of crisp autumn afternoons. That’s because at Howell, a 130-acre (0.53 km2) farm that has been tending to the public’s pastoral needs for more than 20 years, the year is 1900.
  4. New Jersey Historic Sites Staff (August 10, 1977). "NRHP Nomination: Joseph Phillips Farm". National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help) "Accompanying 2 photos, from 1977". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Zatz, Arline (2004). Horsing Around in New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-3334-1. Howell Living History Farm At this living history farm, a restoration in progress, ...
  6. "About Howell Farm - Overview". The Friends of Howell Living History Farm. The Friends of Howell Living History Farm. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

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