Visit the Revell House – Burlington, New Jersey
Built in 1685 this is most likely the oldest building in Burlington County. It is also considered one of the oldest residences in New Jersey. George Hutchinson was a wealthy Quaker distiller when he built the house in 1685 and then sold it to Thomas Revell. Revell used the house as an office from 1696 to 1699. Revell was active in West Jersey politics, serving as Surveyor General, Registrar of the Proprietors of West Jersey, and Clerk of the Provincial Assembly.
The house was just a one room house when it was built with a second floor added in the 1700′s which consisted of a small hall and two rooms. The little house is two stories in height, of brick construction, with gambrel roof and two small dormer windows; one low-ceilinged room is downstairs and a very low ceilinged bedroom is upstairs.
Benjamin Franklin is said to have mentioned this house in his journal concerning a trip to Philadelphia. He supposedly stopped at the house and was sold gingerbread and given supper by a Burlington woman which has aided to the house sometimes being called the Gingerbread House.
The house is now managed by the Colonial Burlington Foundation. To support the house the Colonial Burlington Foundation holds the Wood Street Fair annually. At the fair there is always gingerbread for sale in honor of Ben Franklins visit. The fair is held the weekend after Labor Day.
Location: 213 Wood Street, Burlington, New Jersey
This house is one of the homes on the tour of historic residences in Burlington. You can see a number of them when you take the walking tour of Burlington.
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