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PEACHFIELD
Executive Director:
Maureen O'Connor Leach
Address:
180
Burrs Road
Westampton,
NJ 08060
Telephone:
(609) 267-6996
Open:
By
appointment.
Directions:
From
Exit 47 of Interstate 295 or Exit 5 of the New Jersey Turnpike,
take Route 541 toward Mount Holly. Turn right onto Burrs Road
(jug handle) crossing Route 541 straight to Peachfield;
approximately three miles from 295 Exit 47 and two miles from
Turnpike Exit 5.
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Peachfield
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Certified
as a New Jersey Historic Site
Registered as a National Historic Place
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In
1674 John Skene purchased 500 acres of land in West
Jersey and established his plantation, Peachfield. Skene
was the first free Mason resident in the colonies and
served in the General Assembly and as Deputy Governor.
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In
1695 Henry Burr, an important Quaker landowner of the
time, purchased the property from Skene's widow, Helena.
Burr built his farmhouse, Peachfield, in 1725 to which
his eldest son added an addition in 1732. Descendants
of Henry Burr owned Peachfield until 1896.
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1928
Peachfield destroyed by fire. |
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1931
Norman and Miriam Harker purchased Peachfield. |
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1932-45
Architect R. Brognard Okie (1865-1945) restored the
house to a Colonial Revival interior on its original
foundation and original stone walls. |
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1965
Mrs. Harker bequeathed the property to The National
Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State
of New Jersey for use as its headquarters. |
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Peachfield is open to the public by appointment. Tours may
be arranged by contacting NSCDA-NJ at 609 267-6996 or by
emailing us. |
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