The Ayers-Allen House is a historic home in Metuchen, New Jersey

Metuchen, New Jersey

Metuchen is a Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, which is 8 miles northeast of New Brunswick, 18 miles southwest of Newark, 24 miles southwest of Jersey City, and 29 miles southwest of Manhattan, all part of the New York metropolitan area...

 list on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places

New Jersey Register of Historic Places

The New Jersey Register of Historic Places is the official list of historic resources of local, state, and national interest in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The program is administered by the Historic Preservation Office of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.The register was...

 and National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1985. The 1740 building, also known as Allen House Tavern, for its previous function, was built by descendents of early settlers to Woodbridge Township

Woodbridge Township, New Jersey

-Communities:Many distinct communities exist within Woodbridge Township. Several of these communities have their own ZIP codes, and many are listed by the United States Census Bureau as census-designated places, but they are all unincorporated areas and neighborhoods within the Township that,...

 and remained in the family for many generations. It is located yards from the site of American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...

 skirmishes. It is believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad

Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century black slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause. The term is also applied to the abolitionists,...

 and to be haunted.

See also

• Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge
  Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge
  Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge is a historic home and grounds in Clark and Edison, New Jersey list on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places in 1995...
  
  
• Battle of Short Hills
  Battle of Short Hills
  The Battle of Short Hills was a conflict between a Continental Army force commanded by Brigadier General William Alexander , and an opposing British force commanded by Lieutenant General William Howe...
  
  
• List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey