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The Robinson Plantation House is a historic house in
Clark, New Jersey Clark is a Township (New Jersey), township in southern Union County, New Jersey, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 15,544, an increase of 788 (+5.3%) from the 2010 U ...
built around 1690 on territory that was part of the
Elizabethtown Tract The Elizabethtown Tract was a property that was purchased on October 28, 1664, by John Baily, Daniel Denton and Luke Watson from the Native Americans that is in the area of (and surrounding) present-day Elizabeth, New Jersey. The Native American w ...
, and was once part of Rahway. 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 ...
in 1974 as Seventeenth Century Clark House. The owner of the house, Dr. William Robinson, was the first official landowner in Clark, NJ. He was one of only a few physicians in New Jersey at the time, and built a medicine room in the house to practice "Physick," a then-popular form of healing using plants and herbs. He also performed Chirurgery The Squire Hartshorne House is another home from the 17th century located in Clark.


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Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge The Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge is a historic house and grounds located in Oak Ridge Park in the township of Clark in Union County, New Jersey and extending into the township of Edison in Middlesex County. It was listed on the National Registe ...
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List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey This article attempts to list the oldest wikt:extant, extant buildings surviving in the state of New Jersey in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in New Jersey and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in New Jersey Image:New Jersey counties map.png, 180px, New Jersey counties (clickable map) poly 181 634 243 566 259 577 263 584 263 597 266 600 273 600 281 605 283 606 285 608 288 609 290 609 292 612 293 616 297 617 299 616 302 618 305 621 310 622 311 621 ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Union County, New Jersey Uni ...
*The Robinson's Branch of the
Rahway River The Rahway River is a river in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex, Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex, and Union County, New Jersey, Union Counties, New Jersey, United States, The Rahway flows into the Arthur Kill, the tidal channel between ...
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Robinson's Branch Reservoir The Robinson's Branch Reservoir is a decommissioned water reservoir in Clark, New Jersey. It is the largest body of water in Union County, New Jersey, Union County. Other names for the reservoir include the Clark Reservoir and the Middlesex R ...
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Dr. William Robinson Plantation Museum
- official site Clark, New Jersey Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Houses in Union County, New Jersey Museums in Union County, New Jersey Rahway, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Union County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places {{NewJersey-museum-stub