Howell Homestead as it looked in 2010 Howell Homestead as it looked in 2010

Howell Homestead — 1934

Ebenezer Howell, Richard Howell’s father, removed from Newark, Delaware in 1769 and 4 years later built this house. Richard and his twin brother Lewis were 19 years old when they moved into the house.

At the time of the homestead survey there were initials “RH 1773” and “LH” carved next to the rear doorway. A year later after moving into this house on December 22, 1774, Richard and Lewis Howell participated in the Greenwich Tea Burning. They used their father’s house as a staging area to gather with other tea burners to plan their night’s activities.

Howell Homestead is in Cumberland County, Roadstown, NJ.

Name: Howell Homestead 1773 Collection: Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record / Historic American Landscapes Survey

Floor Plans, Elevations, and Survey Drawings#

The following images are from the Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress). Click any image to view full size.

Survey drawing 1Survey drawing 2
Survey drawing 3Survey drawing 4
Survey drawing 5Survey drawing 6

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HABS Survey Record#

6 drawings, 1 b&w photo, 4 data pages

Supplemental Material

TITLE: Howell Homestead, Roadstown Road, Roadstown, Cumberland County, NJ

CALL NUMBER: HABS NJ,6-ROATO.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: [See Call Number]

MEDIUM: Measured Drawing(s): 6 (18 x 24 in.) Photo(s): 1 (5 x 7 in.) Data Page(s): 3 plus cover page

DATE: Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR: Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

RELATED NAMES:

  • Howell, Ebenezer
  • Howell, Richard
  • Howell, Lewis

NOTE: Survey number HABS NJ-76 Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (75). Building/structure dates: 1773 initial construction

SUBJECTS: NEW JERSEY — Cumberland County — Roadstown

COLLECTION: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nj0452

PHOTOGRAPH CAPTION:

  1. Historic American Buildings Survey — Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer — April 24, 1936 — EXTERIOR — SOUTH ELEVATION

CONTROL NUMBER: NJ0452