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Jacob Wills House

Coordinates: 39°52′46″N 74°54′02″W / 39.87944°N 74.90056°W / 39.87944; -74.90056
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Jacob Wills House
The Jacob Wills House in 2013
Jacob Wills House is located in Burlington County, New Jersey
Jacob Wills House
Jacob Wills House is located in New Jersey
Jacob Wills House
Jacob Wills House is located in the United States
Jacob Wills House
LocationBrick Road, west of Evans Road, Evesham Township, New Jersey
Coordinates39°52′46″N 74°54′02″W / 39.87944°N 74.90056°W / 39.87944; -74.90056
Built1789 (1789)
Built byJacob Wills
Architectural styleGeorgian,
Corner Passage Plan,
Delaware Valley Vernacular
MPSHistoric Resources of Evesham Township MPDF
NRHP reference No.89002296[1]
NJRHP No.809[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 1, 1990
Designated NJRHPNovember 29, 1989

The Jacob Wills House is an eighteenth-century Flemish "checkerboard" brick farmhouse, located on Brick Road, west of Evans Road, near the Marlton section of Evesham Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1789 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, 1990, for its significance in architecture.[1][3] It was listed as part of the Historic Resources of Evesham Township, New Jersey, Multiple Property Submission (MPS).[4]

Jacob Wills was a descendant of Dr. Daniel Wills, a Quaker, who had purchased the land in 1676 from William Penn. The brickwork in the gable of the house has the initial I, M, and W for Jacob and Mary Wills, and the date 1789.[3]

HABS photo from 1939 showing initials and date

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#89002296)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Burlington County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 25, 2024. p. 8.
  3. ^ a b Benenson, Carol A.; Claypoole, N. Catherine (March 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Jacob Wills House". National Park Service. With accompanying 14 photos
  4. ^ Behenson, Carol A.; Claypoole, N. Catherine (March 1989). "Historic Resources of Evesham Township, New Jersey". National Park Service.
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