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The Andrew Snable House is a historic house located on Sandyston-Haney's Mill Road near Wallpack Center in Walpack Township of
Sussex County, New Jersey Sussex County () is the northernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Newton.National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on July 23, 1979, for its significance in architecture and exploration/settlement. With


History and description

The house was probably built by Andrew Snable. The property is along the
Flat Brook Flat Brook, also spelled as Flatbrook, is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Delaware River in Sussex County, New Jersey in the United S ...
, a tributary of the
Delaware River The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for a ...
. The land was once owned by Colonel John Rosenkrans, a prominent local militia leader during the
American Revolution The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a colonial rebellion and war of independence in which the Thirteen Colonies broke from British America, British rule to form the United States of America. The revolution culminated in the American ...
. Andrew Snable bought the land for the house from Rosenkrans' son Levi in 1801. The house is a -story stone cabin measuring 36 feet by 20 feet. It is notable for being one of the best-preserved stone cottages in the area, which preceded the larger framed farmhouses that were built from the mid-1800s on.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Sussex County, New Jersey List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sussex County, New Jersey This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, New Jersey. Latitude ...


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* * Colonel John Rosenkrans Boulder Monument {{DEFAULTSORT:Snable, Andrew, House Walpack Township, New Jersey Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Houses completed in 1801 Houses in Sussex County, New Jersey Stone houses in New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places