Ringwood Manor

Ringwood Manor

Infobox_nrhp | name =Ringwood Manor
nrhp_type =nhld


caption = Ringwood Manor
location= Ringwood, New Jersey
locmapin = New Jersey
area = convert|579|acre|km2
built =1739
architect=
architecture=
designated= November 13, 1966cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=333&ResourceType=Building
title=Ringwood Manor |accessdate=2007-10-14|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 13, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000471

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 convert|479|acre|km2|sing=on area including the manor house was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000471.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Ringwood Manor / Ringwood Manor State Park] |642 KiB |date=August 14, 1975 |author=Richard Greenwood |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000474.pdf 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.] |3.16 MiB ] The Ringwood Manor NHL area is the entire convert|479|acre|km2|sing=on Ringwood Manor State Park.

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 Route 23.

Ringwood Manor is considered to be one of America's most haunted places. It has been featured in books as well as a documentary entitled "Real Ghost Stories" produced by Russ Markowitz and Shot / Edited by John Gonzalez.

References

Host Haunted, Burt Proll Historian and caretaker of Ringwood Manor.

ee also

*Ringwood State Park

External links

* [http://www.ringwoodmanor.com Official Site]


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