Benjamin Holme's House | |
Location: | Fort Elfsborg-Hancock's Bridge Road, Elsinboro Township, New Jersey |
Coordinates: | 39.5453°N -75.5128°W |
Built: | , |
Architecture: | Jersey Georgian |
Added: | August 31, 1978 |
Refnum: | 78001794 |
Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
Designated Other1 Date: | December 19, 1977 |
Designated Other1 Number: | 2431[1] |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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Benjamin Holme's House, also known as Holmeland, is located on Fort Elfsborg-Hancock's Bridge Road in Elsinboro Township near Salem in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. The oldest part of the house was built . The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 1978, for its significance in architecture, government, and military history.[2]
The original property expanded over 1,600 acres, with a ferry running to New Castle, Delaware. It now is . The original house was built, but was looted and burned by the British during the American Revolutionary War. It was later rebuilt by Colonel Benjamin Holme, adding the east section of the house . Holme had fought in the Battle of Quinton's Bridge. The two and one-half story brick house features Jersey Georgian architecture.[2]