Site Number: 24  Central Tour

Weekend Events:
 -  Original 18thCentury furnishings
 -  Costumed Interpreters
 -  Open-hearth period cooking
 -  Musket demonstrations
 -  Period Music
 -  Note: Photography is NOT allowed inside Wallace House

Driving directions:
From the center of Somerville, drive west on Main Street. At the fork, bear left onto Somerset Street until you pass under the railroad tracks. Parking for the Wallace House and the Old Dutch Parsonage will be just to the left.

Parking:
Parking and restroom facilities are available at the site

ADA Accessable: Yes

Normal Hours:
Open year-round to the public: Wed.- Sat., 10 AM - Noon & 1 - 4 PM; Sun. 1 - 4 PM; closed Mon. and Tues., state & federal holidays, and Wednesdays following holidays.

Website: www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests
Email: Whouse3@verizon.net
Phone: 908-725-1015, Jim Kurzenberger
Map: Google Map
Historic Register: Yes

Organization:
State of NJ, Division of Parks & Forestry       

Wallace House

The Wallace House is an eight-room, Dutch framed, Georgian dwelling constructed in 1776 by John Wallace, a Philadelphia fabric merchant. The house maintains its 18th-century appearance and was recently restored.

It was General Washington's headquarters from December 1778 to June 1779, when the Continental Army was stationed at Middlebrook. From the house, Washington planned the strategic Sullivan campaign, which helped to destroy the power of the Iroquois Confederacy. Visitors to the home included General Lafayette, General Knox, Benedict Arnold, Alexander Hamilton, Baron Von Steuben, and Lord and Lady Stirling. It has been a museum house for over 100 years.