Hours:
First and Third Sundays of each month, From 2-4 p.m.
A plaque at the house reads:
" The Burrowes Mansion - 1723 - Erected by John Bowne, rallying point for colonial troops. First New Jersey company mustered in the garden by Major john Burrowes, son of John Burrowes, Sr. 'Corn King' Burrowes, a prosperous grain merchant occupied mansion during Revolutionary Period. " [1]
"Philip Morin Freneau 1752-1832 'The Poet of the Revolution'. Eloquently fired the spirit of the people with poems and ballads promoting the cause of liberty. Friend of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, published The Jersey Chronicle, first newspaper in Monmouth County. " [2]
Sources:
1.^ Historic Marker in front of the Burrowes Mansion
