Buccleuch Mansion was built circa 1735-1739 by Anthony White for his bride Elizabeth, daughter of New Jersey Royal Governor Lewis Morris. Their son Anthony Walton White was born and raised there and later served as an aide-de-camp to George Washington and an army officer. During the Revolutionary War, British officers and the Enniskillen Guards of Ireland, now Northern Ireland, occupied the mansion, which still shows saber and musket marks on its floors and banisters. Many dignitaries visited, including General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette. Colonel Joseph Warren Scott bought it in 1821, and it remained home to his extended family for the next 90 years. He renamed the estate Buccleuch in honor of his Scottish lineage. In 1911, the last owner, Anthony Dey, gave the mansion and surrounding park lands to the City of New Brunswick to honor his grandfather, Colonel Scott. Since 1914, the Jersey Blue Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has served as its caretaker. It is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places as the White House Farm.

Photo: Don Morfe

Photo: Don Morfe

Photo: Don Morfe

New Brunswick, New Jersey · USA