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The Howell Living History Farm, also known as the Joseph Phillips Farm, is a living
open-air museum An open-air museum is a museum that exhibits collections of buildings and artifacts outdoors. It is also frequently known as a museum of buildings or a folk museum. Definition Open air is "the unconfined atmosphere ... outside buildings" ...
located north of Titusville in the Pleasant Valley section of Hopewell Township in
Mercer County, New Jersey Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton, also the state capital, but also directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is included within the Federal Communications Commission's ...
. The farm 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 May 2, 1977, for its significance in agriculture and architecture. With The farm was included in the Pleasant Valley Historic District on June 14, 1991. With


History and description

The farm was first created by Joseph Phillips, a blacksmith, who purchased from William Bryant in 1732. By 1800, Henry Phillips, Joseph's son, had enlarged the farm by . Henry served as a
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in the Hunterdon County Regiment of the
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during the
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. An inventory of the farm on his death in 1805 listed two teams of oxen, two slaves, a Rockingham colt, and the
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in the ground. The current buildings on the property date to the 19th century, primarily before the
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. The final private owner of the farm was the Howell family, who donated the land to Mercer County in 1974 for use as a museum. The museum shows farm life from the year 1900. The farm is owned by Mercer County and operated by the
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with the support and assistance of The Friends of Howell Living History Farm.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, New Jersey. Latitude ...
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Allaire Village Allaire Village is a living history museum located within New Jersey's Allaire State Park in Wall Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The property was initially an Indian ceremonial ground prior to 1650, by 1750 a sawmill had been establis ...
, a similar living history museum located in
Howell Howell may refer to: Places In the United States * Howell, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Howell, Evansville, a neighborhood in Indiana * Howell, Michigan, a city in Livingston County * Howell County, Missouri * Howell, Missouri, a ...
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townships


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* * {{NRHP in Mercer County, New Jersey Living museums in New Jersey Museums in Mercer County, New Jersey Farm museums in New Jersey Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, New Jersey 1732 establishments in New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places Open-air museums in New Jersey Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New Jersey