Cross Estate Gardens, containing both formal and native plant gardens, is located at 61 Jockey Hollow Road in the borough of
Bernardsville
Bernardsville (Melisurgo, Len NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 23, 2017. Accessed December 1, 2024. "Same goes with the neighboring borough of Bernardsville. (It should be pronounced BERN-ards-vil.)") is the northernmost borough in Somerset C ...
in
Somerset County, New Jersey
Somerset County is a county located in the north-central part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's 13th-most-populous county,[New Jersey Brigade Encampment Site
The New Jersey Brigade Encampment Site, also called the New Jersey Brigade Area, was used by the Continental Army in the winter of 1779–80, during the American Revolutionary War. The site is located in Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey ...]
of the
Morristown National Historical Park
Morristown National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park, headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, consisting of four sites important during the American Revolutionary War: Jockey Hollow, Ford Mansion, Fort Nonsense, ...
. The property was acquired in 1975 by the
National Park Service
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History
The property was originally called "Queen Anne Farm" by the owners Mr. and Mrs.
John Anderson Bensel between 1903 and 1906. It included a 23-room stone house and stone water tower. The next owners, W. Redmond and Julia Appleton Newbold Cross, called it "Hardscabble House" in 1929. The property was later acquired by the
National Park Service
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in 1975 from their children.
Gallery
File:Cross Estate Mansion, Bernardsville, NJ - north view.jpg, Mansion, view from the north
File:Cross Estate Water Tower, Bernardsville, NJ.jpg, Water Tower
References
External links
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Gardens in New Jersey
Bernardsville, New Jersey
Morristown National Historical Park