Ringwood Manor

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Ringwood Manor
(U.S. National Historic Landmark District)
Ringwood Manor
Ringwood Manor
Location: Ringwood, New Jersey
Area: 579 acres (2.34 km²)
Built/Founded: 1739
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style(s): No Style Listed
Designated as NHL: November 13, 1966[1]
Added to NRHP: November 13, 1966[2]
NRHP Reference#: 66000471
Governing body: State

Ringwood Manor was home to a number of well-known ironmasters from the 1740s to the late 19th century. During the American Revolution Robert Erskine managed ironmaking operations from Ringwood, and became George Washington's first geographer and Surveyor-General, producing maps for the Continental army; Washington visited the Manor House several times. Ringwood iron was used in the famous Hudson River Chain, and for tools and hardware for the army. One of the Manor's last owners was Abram S. Hewitt, ironmaster, educator, lawyer, U.S. Congressman, and mayor of New York City.

A 479-acre (1.94 km²) area including the manor house was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966.[1][3] The Ringwood Manor NHL area is the entire 479-acre (1.94 km²) Ringwood Manor State Park.[3]

The Ringwood Manor State Park is now part of a larger Ringwood State Park that includes Skylands Manor and a recreational area.

It is located three miles (5 km) east of Hewitt, New Jersey, off New Jersey Route 23.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Ringwood Manor. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-14.
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ a b Richard Greenwood (August 14, 1975), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Ringwood Manor / Ringwood Manor State ParkPDF (642 KiB), National Park Service  and Accompanying 31 photos, from 1974, 1909, 1957, and other dates. (Note these photos are miss-filed in the NPS system under reference number of a different NHL.PDF (3.16 MiB)

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