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The House: Turkey Brook Park
History:

The house on the right as you enter the park is the old Seward Mansion.

1789 (July 30) -- Samuel and Rebecca Wills purchased the property from Joshua Newbold.

1798 -- their daughter Anna inherited the property.

1799 -- daughter Anna married Abraham Cooper from Chester.

1825 -- Anna and Abraham passed the property on to their children, Nathan and Beulah.

1825 -- Beulah married Henry Seward, a cousin of William H. Seward, Lincoln’s Secretary of State.

1857 -- Beulah and Henry acquired ownership of the property.

c. 1858 -- the mansion built. The mansion had 9 large rooms, a grand staircase at its center, chandeliers, ornate mantels and a wrap-around porch. Architecturally, it is an example of 18th century stone construction in a mid-Victorian style. Rosewood farm was known for its prize winning livestock.

1920s -- the property served as an airstrip.

1939 (November 30) -- the 270 acre property remained in the Seward family until this time.

1939 -- the Maier brothers purchased the property and created the lake bearing their name and used the property as a vegetable farm.

1970 -- the property was sold to developers, but the land was never further developed

1996 -- Mt. Olive Township purchased the property.

The property is a Designated Landmark.


2nd pics
The church is 1855.

oh and what a great day for a ride!!!

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