Robinson Plantation House Explained

Seventeenth Century Clark House
Location:	593 Madison Hill Road, Clark, New Jersey
Coordinates:	40.6136°N -74.31°W
Built:	ca. 1690
Added:	November 19, 1974
Refnum:	74001193
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:	July 1, 1974
Designated Other1 Number:	2651^[1]
Designated Other1 Num Position:	bottom
Designated Other1 Color:	ffc94b

The Robinson Plantation House is a historic house in Clark, New Jersey built around 1690 on territory that was part of the Elizabethtown Tract, and was once part of Rahway. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as Seventeenth Century Clark House. The owner of the house, Dr. William Robinson, was the first official landowner in Clark, NJ. He was one of only a few physicians in New Jersey at the time, and built a medicine room in the house to practice "Physick," a then-popular form of healing using plants and herbs. He also performed Chirurgery^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

The Squire Hartshorne House is another home from the 17th century located in Clark.

See also

• Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge^[6]
• List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places listings in New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey
• The Robinson's Branch of the Rahway River.
• The Robinson's Branch Reservoir.

External links

• Dr. William Robinson Plantation Museum - official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Union County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office . 19 . April 1, 2010 . October 7, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090407131757/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/union.pdf . April 7, 2009 .
2. Book: Toal, Brian. Clark Revisited. 2015. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated.
3. Book: Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders . Union County Across the Centuries: Where New Jersey History Began . Elizabeth, NJ . New Jersey Historical Commission . 8 . 2019 .
4. Web site: Dr. Wm. Robinson Plantation & Museum . Dr. Wm. Robinson Plantation & Museum . 2011-06-01 . 2019-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190913113315/http://www.drrobinsonmuseum.org/History.html . live .
5. Web site: Robinson Plantation House . New Jersey Art and Architecture . Richard Stockton University . 2011-05-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110822215251/http://www.ettc.net/njarts/details.cfm?ID=817 . 2011-08-22 .
6. Web site: Revolutionary War Sites in Clark, New Jersey / Historic Sites . 2011-07-06 . 2011-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110621182632/http://revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/clark_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm . live .