John D. Hart House, Pennington

Name: John D. Hart House
Address: Pennington, United States

#5 among attractions in Pennington

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The John D. Hart House is a historic home in Pennington, New Jersey built ca. 1800. It is an example of a clapboard house from Mercer County. Its builder is presumed to be a relation, perhaps a nephew, of John Hart, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and lived in nearby Hopewell. The house is notable for its similarity to the John White House in Lawrenceville. ()

Built: 1800 (225 years ago)Coordinates: 40°19'18"N, 74°46'59"W

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John D. Hart House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jasna Polana, Lake Ceva, Washington Crossing Bridge, Pennington Presbyterian Church.

4.9 miE
Golf
Jasna Polana, Princeton
125 min walk • Jasna Polana is the former 226-acre estate of John Seward Johnson I and his third wife, Barbara Piasecka Johnson. It is located at 4519 Province Line Road in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1998, Jasna Polana became a private country club.
3.4 miS
Lake
Lake Ceva, Ewing
87 min walk • Lake Ceva is a 6-acre man-made lake near the Shabakunk Creek on the campus of The College of New Jersey in Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
4.8 miSW
Bridge
Washington Crossing Bridge, Washington Crossing Historical Park
124 min walk • Washington Crossing Bridge is a truss bridge spanning the Delaware River that connects Washington Crossing, Hopewell Township in Mercer County, New Jersey with Washington Crossing, Upper Makefield Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
0.6 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Pennington Presbyterian Church, Pennington
15 min walk • First Presbyterian Church of Pennington is a historic congregation in Pennington, New Jersey that started in 1709. The current building dates to 1875 after an 1847 Gothic structure burned down the previous year.
2.2 miN
Nature and wildlife, Park, Botanical garden
Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Arboretum, Pennington
56 min walk • The Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Arboretum is an arboretum maintained by the nonprofit Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association. It is located at 31 Titus Mill Road, Hopewell Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey. It is open daily without charge.
1.8 miNW
Winery, Wine tours, Live music
Hopewell Valley Vineyards, Pennington
46 min walk • Hopewell Valley Vineyards is a winery in Hopewell Township in Mercer County, New Jersey. The vineyard was first planted in 2001, and opened to the public in 2003. Hopewell Valley has 25 acres of grapes under cultivation, and produces 6,000 cases of wine per year. The winery is named for the region where it is located.
4.1 miW
Museum, Park
Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville
104 min walk • Washington Crossing State Park is a 3,575-acre New Jersey state park that is part of Washington's Crossing, a U.S. National Historic Landmark area. It is located in the Washington Crossing and Titusville sections of Hopewell Township in Mercer County, north of Trenton along the Delaware River.
3.1 miE
Winery, Wine tours, Farm
Terhune Orchards, Princeton
80 min walk • Terhune Orchards is a winery in Lawrence Township in Mercer County, New Jersey. A family produce farm since 1975, the vineyard was first planted in 2003, and opened to the public in 2010.
3 miSW
Park
Mountain View Park, Trenton
76 min walk • Mountain View Park is a large park in Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey, that surrounds Middlesex High School. The main road in and out of the park is Route 28 / Bound Brook Road.
3.7 miS
Football, Universities and schools
The College of New Jersey, Ewing
94 min walk • The College of New Jersey is a public university in Ewing Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. TCNJ was established in 1855 as the New Jersey State Normal School. The institution was the first normal school in the state of New Jersey and the fifth in the United States.
3.1 miS
Neighbourhood
Ewingville, Ewing
79 min walk • Ewingville is a section of Ewing Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States originally settled as a village on Shabakunk Creek.