Homestead of J. Gledhill

1871 - 1920

Twelve Mile Post Office

1874 - 1894

Cawker City

Smith Center

Trail

1871

Marker is on Wisconsin Avenue (U.S. 24) near Lake Drive, on the right when traveling east.

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Brandon Homestead

In 1876 James H. Brandon, son of town

founder John Brandon and wife Martha,

built this large two-story frame home for

his wife Johanna and their seven

children. They loved entertaining guests

in their Folk Victorian southern mansion.

In 1901 ...

Hopper Homestead

North wing built 1780

by Hendrick H. Hopper

in area then called

“Small Lots”.

Center section erected by

son John, in early 1800’s.

The farmhouse was sold

to the Hillmann family

in 1895, ending

four generations and

115 years of continuous

Hopper ownership.

Marker is at the intersection of Hillman Avenue ...

The Valentine Homestead

The first and largest 2½ story block of this house was constructed by the Valentines, carpenters, and house builders, c. 1820. It features a Greek-Revival doorway, two interior chimneys and a later wraparound porch with Tuscan-style columns. The smaller second ...

Site of Hopper-Croucher Homestead

One of the last farmsteads in Fair Lawn stood on this site. The house built by Henry A. Hopper in 1855 was razed for road improvement in 1989. He was a Sheriff and Freeholder of Bergen County and served in ...

Lincoln Homestead State Park

(obverse)

Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the parents of future president Abraham Lincoln, were married near here on June 12, 1806. Shortly after their wedding, the couple moved to Elizabethtown, where their daughter, Sarah, was born. The family eventually lived near ...

Lincoln Homestead State Park

(side 1)

Pioneer Spirit

The westward movement was an enticement felt by many nineteenth century families, and the Lincolns were in the heart of it. A friend of the family was the infamous frontiersman Daniel Boone, and it has been reasoned that ...

Kase Homestead

Johann Kase purchased land from Penn family 1738. Built a log cabin with help of Chief Tuccamigan’s tribe. Stone mansion house built ca. 1798.

Marker is at the intersection of New Jersey Route 12 and Mine Street, on the right when ...

Homestead by the Main Road

Lee Hall Mansion is the only Italianate antebellum plantation house on the lower Peninsula. It was completed in 1859 and was home to Richard D. Lee, justice of the peace for Warwick County. In 1850 Lee purchased a 452-acre tract ...

Jonathan Wright Homestead

circa 1815

Jonathan Wright (1782-1855) and his wife Mary Bateman Wright (1787-1866) moved with their five children from Menallen, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in 1814 and built this Federal style house. Using skills acquired from his father, Joel Wright, a surveyor who ...