Elias Van Bunschooten House (DAR Van Bunschooten Museum), Wantage
- Identifier
- NJS-PLC-00227
- Place Type
- Domicile
- Plantation, Estate, or Ranch
- Located In
- Wantage
- Description
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Elias Van Bunschooten's plantation was located in Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey, where Van Bunschooten pastored the Clove Church from 1787 until his death in 1815. The property is said to have been 700 to 1000 acres. Van Bunschooten purchased it when he moved to Wantage and had a large house built there, about a mile and a half north of the Clove Church. He operated a farm and mill on the property. Among the enslaved people associated with Van Bunschooten's home in Wantage were a woman named Phebe, her son Martin, and a man named Caesar, who was a gardener.
Van Bunschooten's home has been preserved; it was placed on the National Register of Historic Sites. It is now known as the Elias Van Bundschooten Museum, and it serves as the home for the Chinkchewunska Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It is located at 1097 NJ Route 23, Sussex, NJ 07461. - Locality
- Wantage
- County (Modern)
- Sussex County
- State or Province
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States of America
- Latitude
- 41.26433
- Longitude
- -74.63829
- References
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Van Bunschooten Museum website. https://www.vanbunschootenmuseum.com/.
- Keywords
- National Register of Historic Places
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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