Morven (residence)

Morven (residence)

Infobox_nrhp
name =Morven
nrhp_type =nhl



caption = Morven in 2006.
location= Princeton, New Jersey
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 20 | lat_seconds = 50.97 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 74 | long_minutes = 40 | long_seconds = 1.03 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1730
architect= Unknown
architecture= Georgian
designated = July 17, 1971cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1117&ResourceType=Building
title=Morven|date=2008-06-23|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = January 25, 1971
governing_body = State
refnum=71000503 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2006-03-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Morven, officially known as Morven Museum & Garden, is a historic house in Princeton, New Jersey.

It was originally part of a convert|5500|acre|km2|sing=on tract purchased from William Penn by Richard Stockton in 1701. In 1754, his grandson, Richard Stockton (1730-1781), signer of the Declaration of Independence, acquired convert|150|acre|km2 of this land and built the house. His wife, Annis Boudinot, was a poet and named their house "Morven" after a mythical Gaelic kingdom in a poem by Ossian. Commodore Robert Stockton (1795-1869) lived in the house. Robert Wood Johnson II, Chairman of Johnson and Johnson, was the first non Stockton to reside at Morven (1928-1944). He was followed by five New Jersey governors when Morven served as the state’s first Governor’s Mansion (1945-1981). In 1982, the New Jersey Governor’s Mansion was relocated to nearby Drumthwacket and Morven became a museum.

Owners

*Richard Stockton I from 1701 till 1707
*John Stockton from 1707
*Richard Stockton (1730-1781)
*Robert Stockton (1795-1869)
*Robert Wood Johnson II from 1928 to 1944
*Governor’s Mansion from 1945 to 1981
*Museum 1982 to now

References

External links

* [http://www.historicmorven.org Official Website]

ee also

*Westland Mansion, patterned after Morven


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