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Boisaubin Manor is a historic brick house located on Treadwell Avenue in the Convent Station section of Chatham Township, southeast of Morristown, in
Morris County, New Jersey Morris County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county was the state's List of counties in New Jersey, tenth- ...
, United States. Built sometime between 1822 and 1834, it was added to the
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 October 22, 1976, for its significance in art and architecture. With


History and description

Vincent Class Van Schal-Kwyck Boisaubin (1755–1834) was born in
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. He was educated in
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and became a member of the
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of King
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of France. He fled during the French Revolution and purchased land near Morristown. The manor house was built sometime between 1822 and 1834 with
Greek Revival style Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...
. His son, Amidee Boisaubin, inherited the property and in 1851 sold it to Alfred Treadwell. By 1890, the illustrator A. B. Frost bought the property and named it Moneysunk. In 1910, Henry W. Shoemaker purchased the property and called it Kresheim.


See also

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


References

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