Site Number: 22  Northern Tour

Weekend Events:
- Fleetwood Museum: Art and Photographica which promotes
  interest in the art, technology, history, and science of photo
  imaging through artifacts from the last 170 years.
- Vermeule cemetery: the final resting place of the Vermeule
  family including members who served in the Revolutionary
  and Civil Wars
- Extensive display of music boxes and unique musical
  instruments on display
- Perennial garden and playground for children
- Meet "Cornelius Vermeule" in period dress who will talk
  about life on the Vermeule estate during the American
  Revolution and how his family supported Gen. George
  Washington and our Nation's quest for freedom

Driving directions:
The Vermeule Mansion is located in North Plainfield on Greenbrook Road. From Somerville, drive east on Rt. 22 to Rock Avenue. Turn right on Rock to the second stop light. Turn left on Greenbrook Road. Look for the Mansion on the left side of the road.

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

ADA Accessable: No

Normal Hours:
Most Saturdays 10 AM - 4 PM and by request

Website: No
Email: No
Phone: 908-561-1962, Bob Hitchcock
Map: Google Map
Historic Register: Yes

Organization:
Friends of Vermeule Mansion

Vermeule Mansion

The Vermeule Mansion, built in 1803, is an example of the French Second Empire style of architecture. The three story, 26 room mansion is situated on the original 1,600 acre "Blue Hills Plantation". The original estate, first settled in the late 1600s by the Vermeule family, eventually passed down through marriage to the Van Deventers and Brunsons.

The Vermeule family supported the American Army with their four sons, food, water, live stock, lumber, and clothing during the Revolutionary War. General George Washington gave the Vermeules a set of china for their assistance. The site is now an eight acre designed Green Acres Park; the mansion is a prime example of successful adaptive reuse of an historic building with the upper two floors occupied by artists and musicians, from whom user fees support the continuous restoration efforts of the mansion.