Rockingham State Historic Site
84 Laurel Avenue
Kingston, NJ 08528

Site Number: 15  Southern Tour

Weekend Events:
 - Garden tours of 18th-century kitchen garden
 - Washington military reproductions highlight and Q&A
 - Period furnishings
 - Museum Store
 - Demonstrations of worm fence building

Driving directions:
From the Rt. 206 in Montgomery Township, take Rt.518 (Washington Street) through Rocky Hill, across the Millstone River and D&R Canal to Kingston-Rocky Hill Road (Rt.603). Turn right on the Kingston-Rocky Hill Road (Laurel Avenue). The Rockingham State Historic Site is located on the right side of Laurel Avenue (1 mile).

Parking:
Parking and restroom facilities are available at the site.

ADA Accessable: Yes.
ADA accessable on the first floor only; designated parking & accessible restroom are available on premises.

Normal Hours:
Open year round; Guided tours given Wed - Sat at 10 and 11 AM, and at 1, 2, and 3 PM; Sun at 1,2, and 3 PM; closed all State holidays. Groups of 11 or more must schedule at least 2 weeks in advance. Closed all Mondays and Tuesdays.

Website: www.rockingham.net
Email: Rockingham1783@yahoo.com
Phone: 609-683-7132, Lisa Flick
Map: Yahoo Map
Historic Register: Yes

Organization:
State of New Jersey, DEP, Division of Parks & Forestry, with assistance of Rockingham Association

Rockingham

Rockingham is believed to be the 2nd oldest house in the Millstone River Valley. The First section was built c 1710, and added to in the 1760's by John Berrien, a prominent State legislator and Superior Court Justice.

The house served as the final wartime headquarters for General George Washington, from late August to early November 1783, while Congress was meeting in Princeton. It was here that he wrote the Farewell Orders to the Armies, shortly before receiving word that the Treaty of Paris had been signed, formally ending the Revolutionary War.

The mansion is now a prominent living history museum, interpreted with a fine collection of antiques and reproductions of several of Washington's personal military
artifacts, replicated only for Rockingham.