About This Place
The Johnson Ferry House is a colonial-era farmhouse located within Washington Crossing State Park in New Jersey. The house served as a staging point for the Continental Army after it crossed the Delaware River on December 25-26, 1776.
Revolutionary Significance
The Johnson Ferry House was a working farmstead adjacent to the ferry landing where Washington's army came ashore on the New Jersey side of the Delaware. Officers used the house to coordinate troop movements and plan the march to Trenton. The house is furnished with period items and interpreted to reflect its appearance at the time of the crossing. It is one of the few surviving structures directly associated with the events of December 25-26, 1776.
Location
Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, NJ 08560
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Events at This Location
1758
Old Barracks Built for French and Indian WarJohann Rall
1776
Fall of Fort WashingtonJohann Rall, Nathanael Greene
1776
Continental Army Retreats Through TrentonGeorge Washington, Nathanael Greene
1776
1776
Intelligence Gathering Before the CrossingJohn Honeyman, George Washington, Johann Rall
1776
1776
1776
Hessian Garrison Established at TrentonJohann Rall, Abraham Hunt, Phillis
1776
1776
Washington Crosses the DelawareGeorge Washington, John Glover, Henry Knox
1776
Battle of TrentonGeorge Washington, Johann Rall, Henry Knox
1776
1776
Hessian Surrender at TrentonGeorge Washington, Johann Rall
1776
Death of Colonel RallJohann Rall
1776
1776
Washington's Re-enlistment AppealGeorge Washington
1776
Enlistment Crisis and Re-enlistment AppealGeorge Washington
1776
1777
Night March from Trenton to PrincetonGeorge Washington, Henry Knox
1777
Cornwallis's March to TrentonGeorge Washington