About This Place
The Cross Estate, located within Morristown National Historical Park near Jockey Hollow, features a restored formal garden and the remains of a twentieth-century estate built on land that was part of the Continental Army encampment area. The gardens, maintained by the New Jersey Historical Garden Foundation, provide a quiet setting adjacent to the encampment grounds. The site offers an accessible entry point to the Jockey Hollow trail system and connects the eighteenth-century military history of the area with its later development as country estates for New York-area families.
Revolutionary Significance
The land on which the Cross Estate stands was part of the broader Jockey Hollow area where Continental Army troops encamped during the winter of 1779-1780. While the estate buildings date to the early twentieth century, the property sits amid the landscape that thousands of soldiers occupied, and trails from the gardens lead directly into the encampment area.
Location
61 Jockey Hollow Rd, Bernardsville, NJ 07924
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Events at This Location
1777
Continental Army Arrives in MorristownGeorge Washington, Nathanael Greene, Colonel Jacob Ford Jr.
1777
First Winter Encampment at MorristownNathanael Greene, Colonel Jacob Ford Jr., Theodosia Ford
1777
Washington Establishes Headquarters at Ford MansionGeorge Washington, Theodosia Ford, Alexander Hamilton
1777
Morristown Intelligence Network OperationsGeorge Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Martha Washington
1777
Continental Army Smallpox Inoculation ProgramDr. John Cochran, George Washington, Martha Washington
1777
Construction of Fort NonsenseGeorge Washington, Martha Washington
1777
Continental Army Departs Morristown (First Encampment)George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Martha Washington
1779
Continental Army Returns to Morristown for Second EncampmentGeorge Washington, Nathanael Greene, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
1779
The Hard Winter: Second Encampment at MorristownNathanael Greene, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Temperance "Tempe" Wick
1779
Soldier Hut Construction at Jockey HollowGeorge Washington, Joseph Plumb Martin, Martha Washington
1779
Martha Washington Arrives at MorristownMartha Washington, George Washington, Theodosia Ford
1780
Supply Crisis and Starvation at Jockey HollowGeorge Washington, Nathanael Greene, Joseph Plumb Martin
1780
Great Snowstorms of January 1780Joseph Plumb Martin, Nathanael Greene
1780
Alexander Hamilton Courts Elizabeth SchuylerAlexander Hamilton, Martha Washington, George Washington
1780
Continental Currency CollapseNathanael Greene, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington
1780
Continental Army Departs Morristown (Second Encampment)George Washington, Joseph Plumb Martin, Anthony Wayne
1780
Knyphausen Raids Connecticut FarmsGeorge Washington
1780
Battle of SpringfieldGeorge Washington, Nathanael Greene
1780
Benedict Arnold's Treason DiscoveredAlexander Hamilton, George Washington, Martha Washington
1781
Pennsylvania Line MutinyAnthony Wayne, Temperance "Tempe" Wick, George Washington