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
George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Colonel Jacob Ford Jr.
1777
Nathanael Greene, Colonel Jacob Ford Jr., Theodosia Ford
1777
George Washington, Theodosia Ford, Alexander Hamilton
1777
George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Martha Washington
1777
Dr. John Cochran, George Washington, Martha Washington
1777
George Washington, Martha Washington
1777
George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Martha Washington
1779
George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
1779
Nathanael Greene, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Temperance "Tempe" Wick
1779
George Washington, Joseph Plumb Martin, Martha Washington
1779
Martha Washington, George Washington, Theodosia Ford
1780
George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Joseph Plumb Martin
1780
Joseph Plumb Martin, Nathanael Greene
1780
Alexander Hamilton, Martha Washington, George Washington
1780
Nathanael Greene, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington
1780
George Washington, Joseph Plumb Martin, Anthony Wayne
1780
George Washington
1780
George Washington, Nathanael Greene
1780
Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Martha Washington
1781
Anthony Wayne, Temperance "Tempe" Wick, George Washington