The Hermitage Museum in Ho-Ho-Kus NJ

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-04T20:24:40Z
dc.date.available2025-02-04T20:24:40Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-06
dc.descriptionBuilt around 1760 and renovated in 1847, The Hermitage Museum is a fourteen-room Gothic Revival house museum. The home was occupied by Major James Marcus Prevost, his wife Theodosia, and their children during the Revolutionary War. The Hermitage played a major role as a resting place for General George Washington and various key figures from history. During this period, Bergen County was at the center of the American Revolution, with troops from both sides regularly passing through the area. In July of 1778, while her husband was away fighting for the British, Theodosia invited George Washington and his troops to stay for four days as they passed through Ho-Ho-Kus. Among the invited guests were James Monroe, William Paterson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Alexander Hamilton, Lord Sterling, and Aaron Burr. Following the war, after the death of her husband, Theodosia and Aaron Burr married at The Hermitage in 1782.
dc.descriptionOriginal file name Ho-Ho-Kus The Hermitage 5 (1).jpg
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/144342
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dc.subjectThe Hermitage Museum
dc.subjectThe Hermitage Mansion
dc.subjectAmerican History
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectUS History
dc.subjectThe American Revolution
dc.subjectU.S. National Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectU.S. National Historic Landmark
dc.subjectNew Jersey Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectBergen County
dc.subjectHo Ho Kus
dc.subjectGateway
dc.subjectThe Gateway Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleThe Hermitage Museum in Ho-Ho-Kus NJ

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