Major John Burrowes Mansion
Matawan, United States
Major John Burrowes Mansion is located in Matawan, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The mansion was built in 1723 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1972. It was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places on March 17, 1972. The mansion is now a museum and is the headquarters of the Matawan Historical Society. The mansion, located at 94 Main Street, is a half Georgian style mansion, built by John Bownes III. The exterior of the house contains hand-scalloped wooden shingle siding. The mansion was previously two separate structures: the original house, and the wings to the mansion, which joined the full structure around the beginning of the nineteenth century. The house has been recently restored and still maintains its colonial appearance. John Bowne's original house was thirty by thirty square feet.
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