Cavalry Cottage, built circa 1740, is the Grier-Campbell residence, an unusual hybrid of English and Dutch house framing practices that may be the oldest existing home in Stafford Township. In 1871, the Stafford Land Company purchased the building as an office and residence for General William Grier, the company president, a Civil War Federal cavalry officer wounded at the battle of Williamsburg and also a veteran of the Indian Wars. With his son-in-law, William Campbell, Grier developed Stafford Avenue as the main street in Manahawkin in hopes that it would become the thoroughfare to Long Beach Island. On this site in July 1872, the Stafford Land Company held an auction of several hundred acres between Beach Avenue and Bay Avenue east of Division Street, drawing more than 1000 potential bidders by special chartered train. In June 2003, Stafford Township purchased Cavalry Cottage as the first parcel acquired by the Stafford Township Open Space Fund, and it is certified as eligible for inclusion in the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places. Stafford Township and the STHS plan to develop the site into the Brescia Historical Research Center.