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Johnson Ferry House

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

  1. 1758

  2. 1776

    Fall of Fort Washington

    Johann Rall, Nathanael Greene

  3. 1776

    Continental Army Retreats Through Trenton

    George Washington, Nathanael Greene

  4. 1776

  5. 1776

    Intelligence Gathering Before the Crossing

    John Honeyman, George Washington, Johann Rall

  6. 1776

  7. 1776

  8. 1776

    Hessian Garrison Established at Trenton

    Johann Rall, Abraham Hunt, Phillis

  9. 1776

  10. 1776

    Washington Crosses the Delaware

    George Washington, John Glover, Henry Knox

  11. 1776

    Battle of Trenton

    George Washington, Johann Rall, Henry Knox

  12. 1776

  13. 1776

    Hessian Surrender at Trenton

    George Washington, Johann Rall

  14. 1776

  15. 1776

  16. 1776

  17. 1776

  18. 1776

  19. 1777

    Night March from Trenton to Princeton

    George Washington, Henry Knox

  20. 1777

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