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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.
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The church is 1855.
oh and what a great day for a ride!!!