Liberty Hall Museum, Elizabeth

Name: Liberty Hall Museum
Address: 1003 Morris Ave, Elizabeth, 07083-7120, United States
Telephone: +1 908-527-0400

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The Liberty Hall Museum, located in Union, Union County, New Jersey, United States, is a historic home where many leading influential people lived. It is now a museum. Originally a fourteen-room Georgian-style house, it was built in 1772. Liberty Hall stands today as a fifty-room Victorian Italianate mansion. Liberty Hall has been home to many historical figures and was the home of William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, who served from 1776 to 1790; United States Supreme Court Justice Henry Brockholst Livingston; the Kean political dynasty, including Susan Livingston Kean, widow of Continental Congress delegate John Kean, United States Senator and Congressman John Kean, and Captain John Kean, son of United States Senator Hamilton Fish Kean; and, in its first year of occupancy, future Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. Liberty Hall has had visitors of such stature as George Washington, Martha Washington, Lewis Morris, Marquis de Lafayette, Elias Boudinot, and John Jay, the latter of whom was married there. ()

Built: 1772 (252 years ago)Coordinates: 40°40'36"N, 74°13'38"W

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1003 Morris AveWestminsterElizabeth 07083-7120 United States

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+1 908-527-0400

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Liberty Hall Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Boxwood Hall, Ritz Theatre, St. John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth Public Library.

1.3 miSE
Museum, History museum
Boxwood Hall, Elizabeth
33 min walk • Boxwood Hall State Historic Site, located at 1073 East Jersey Street in Elizabeth, New Jersey, is a historic house museum operated by the state of New Jersey. Boxwood Hall was built about 1750, and is a National Historic Landmark for its association with Elias Boudinot, who lived here from 1772 to 1795.
1.1 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Ritz Theatre, Elizabeth
29 min walk • The Ritz Theatre in Elizabeth, New Jersey is a performing arts center. The Ritz was built on the site of the 1865 Drake Opera House/People's Theatre/Star Theatre/ Jacob's Theatre/Proctor's Theatre.
1.1 miSE
Church
St. John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth
29 min walk • St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at 61 Broad Street in the historic heart of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Now part of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey headquartered in Trenton, it was founded in 1706 by missionaries of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, London, England.
1.2 miSE
Library
Elizabeth Public Library, Elizabeth
31 min walk • The Elizabeth Public Library is the free public library of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Serving a population of approximately 127,558, its collection contains 342,305 volumes, circulating 190,581 items annually from its four locations.
1.2 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, Elizabeth
30 min walk • Siloam Hope First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth is a historic church at 14–44 Broad Street in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1783 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 for its significance in architecture.
1.4 miNE
Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery, Elizabeth
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1.3 miSE
Neighbourhood
Belcher–Ogden Mansion; Benjamin Price House; and Price–Brittan House Historic District, Elizabeth
34 min walk • The Belcher–Ogden Mansion; Benjamin Price House; and Price–Brittan House Historic District is a 0.8-acre historic district in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
0.4 miW
Universities and schools
Kean University, Elizabeth
11 min walk • Kean University is a public university in Union and Hillside, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as the Newark Normal School.