Van Horne House
The Van Horne House is a historic building at 941 East Main Street near Bound Brook in Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. The house was built c. 1750 and also known as Phil's Hill, after its owner, Philip Van Horne.Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: historic house in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey
- Also known as: “Convivial Hall”, “Convivial Hill”, “Phil’s Hill”, “Philip Van Horn House”, and “Philip Van Horne House”
- Address: 941 East Main Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include TD Bank Ballpark and Bridgewater station.
TD Bank Ballpark
Stadium
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
TD Bank Ballpark is a 6,100-seat baseball park in Bridgewater, New Jersey, that is the home of the Somerset Patriots, a Double-A level Minor League Baseball team affiliate of the New York Yankees in the Eastern League. TD Bank Ballpark is situated 590 feet southwest of Van Horne House.
Bridgewater station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bridgewater is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The station stands on the site of the former Calco station that served American Cyanamid prior to its closure. Bridgewater station is situated 790 feet south of Van Horne House.
Bound Brook station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bound Brook is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Bound Brook, New Jersey. The station building on the north side of the tracks is now a restaurant; the other station building on the south side is a waiting room. Bound Brook station is situated 1¼ miles east of Van Horne House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bound Brook and Zarephath.
Bound Brook
Town
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bound Brook is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located along the Raritan River. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 11,988, an increase of 1,586 from the 2010 census count of 10,402, which in turn reflected an increase of 247 from the 10,155 counted in the 2000 census.
Zarephath
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), CC BY 2.5.
Zarephath is an unincorporated community and census-designated place and located in Franklin Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about 15 mi north of Princeton. Zarephath is situated 2 miles southwest of Van Horne House.
Manville
Photo: Ekem, Public domain.
Manville is a town in Somerset County, New Jersey. with a small city feel. It is home to many shops and restaurants. It was once an industrial town with a major Johns Manville factory.
Van Horne House
- Categories: house, building, tourism, historic site, historic house, and tourist attraction
- Location: Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.56198° or 40° 33′ 43″ northLongitude
-74.55175° or 74° 33′ 6″ westOpen location code
87G7HC6X+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
way 655195484OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=houseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q48895869
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