Another View of the Entrance Foyer at Mad Hall
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2008-08-09
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The Gibbons family, including four children and servants, took up residence in 1836. The dates of bills and receipts for wallpaper, rugs, drapes, and furniture, (preserved in the University archives) attest to the fact that furnishing the mansion continued. As a family, however, the Gibbons enjoyed their splendid home for a mere eight years. Mrs. Gibbons died in 1844, William Gibbons in 1852, of a heart attack.
In those 16 years, all the while managing his southern plantations and real estate ventures (he sold the steamboat business in 1829), Gibbons found success in breeding and racing horses, producing a national champion, Fashion, nicknamed �Queen of the American Turf.� She astonished the racing world by beating the stallion Boston in 1841, running a record 4-mile race that stood for more than 13 year
Original file name 161 Entrance Foyer in Mead Hall.jpg
Original file name 161 Entrance Foyer in Mead Hall.jpg
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Gibbons Mansion, Mead Hall, Drew University, Greek Revival Architecture, Madison, Morris County, The Skylands, NJ Skylands, Jersey Skylands, New Jersey Skylands, Lakeland, Gibbon Family, New Jersey, Jersey, NJ, The Garden State, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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