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Jacob Wills House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
The Jacob Wills House in 2013
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Location	Brick Road, west of Evans Road, Evesham Township, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°52′46″N 74°54′02″W / 39.87944°N 74.90056°W / 39.87944; -74.90056
Built	1789 (1789)
Built by	Jacob Wills
Architectural style	Georgian, Corner Passage Plan, Delaware Valley Vernacular
MPS	Historic Resources of Evesham Township MPDF
NRHP reference No.	89002296
NJRHP No.	809
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 1, 1990
Designated NJRHP	November 29, 1989

The Jacob Wills House is an eighteenth-century Flemish "checkerboard" brick farmhouse, located on Brick Road, west of Evans Road, near the Marlton section of Evesham Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1789 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, 1990, for its significance in architecture. It was listed as part of the Historic Resources of Evesham Township, New Jersey, Multiple Property Submission (MPS).

Jacob Wills was a descendant of Dr. Daniel Wills, a Quaker, who had purchased the land in 1676 from William Penn. The brickwork in the gable of the house has the initial I, M, and W for Jacob and Mary Wills, and the date 1789.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System – (#89002296)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Burlington County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 25, 2024. p. 8.
3. ^ Benenson, Carol A.; Claypoole, N. Catherine (March 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Jacob Wills House". National Park Service. With accompanying 14 photos
4. Behenson, Carol A.; Claypoole, N. Catherine (March 1989). "Historic Resources of Evesham Township, New Jersey". National Park Service.

External links

• Media related to Jacob Wills House at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-597, "Jacob Wills House, Marlton, Burlington County, NJ", 6 photos, 21 measured drawings, 4 data pages, supplemental material

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Places of worship	Arney's Mount Friends Meetinghouse and Burial Ground Coopertown Meetinghouse Cropwell Friends Meeting House Evesham Friends Meeting House Jacob's Chapel A.M.E. Church Main Street Friends Meeting House Moorestown Friends School and Meetinghouse Protestant Community Church of Medford Lakes Providence Presbyterian Church of Bustleton St. Mary of the Lakes Catholic Church St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Houses	Bishop–Irick Farmstead Breidenhart Isaac Collins House Amos Evans House William and Susan Evans House Evans–Cooper House Thomas and Mary Evens House Farmer's Hall Fenwick Manor Thomas French Jr. House Gen. Edward S. Godfrey House Green Hill Farm Jonathan Haines House Thomas Hollinshead House James and Charles B. Holloway Farm Complex John Inskeep Homestead John Irick House Ivins–Conover House Benjamin Jones House Log Cabin Lodge Barzillai Newbold House William and Susannah Newbold House Oakwood Peachfield Pearson-How, Cooper, and Lawrence Houses Perkins House Singleton-Lathem-Large House Smith Mansion Thomas Smith House Dr. James Still Office Charles Stokes House Stokes–Evans House Taylor-Newbold House West Hill Jacob Wills House Zurbrugg Mansion
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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

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• Brick buildings and structures in New Jersey
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