1073 E. Jersey St., Elizabeth, New Jersey. County/parish: Union.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 18, 1970. NRIS 70000397.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Boxwood Hall State Historic Site, located at 1073 East Jersey Street in Elizabeth, New Jersey, is a historic house museum operated by the state of New Jersey. Boxwood Hall was built about 1750, and is a National Historic Landmark for its association with Founding Father Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), who lived here from 1772 to 1795. Boudinot, a lawyer, politician, and diplomat, was president of the Continental Congress 1782–83.
In 1772, Alexander Hamilton, another Founding Father, stayed briefly with the Boudinots while attending Elizabethtown Academy. In 1795, Boudinot sold the mansion to Jonathan Dayton, also a Founding Father and then speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Dayton lived at Boxwood Hall with his wife until dying in 1824.
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