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Silas Riggs House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Silas Riggs House in 2018
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Location	213 Main Street Ledgewood, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°52′43.5″N 74°39′08″W / 40.878750°N 74.65222°W / 40.878750; -74.65222 (Silas Riggs House)
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	c. 1805
Part of	Ledgewood Historic District (ID13000202)
NRHP reference No.	77000894
NJRHP No.	2253
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 11, 1977
Designated CP	April 18, 2013
Designated NJRHP	September 20, 1974

The Silas Riggs House is a historic house built around 1805 by Silas Riggs (1779–1847) in the Ledgewood section of Roxbury Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 11, 1977, for its significance in architecture and community history. It was later added as a contributing property to the Ledgewood Historic District on April 18, 2013.

History and description

Silas Riggs was born in Mendham and moved here, then known as Drakesville, around 1805. Riggs was a tanner, and later a canal boat owner, operating on the Morris Canal. His son, Albert Rose Riggs, owned the King Store. The one and one-half story frame house was moved to its current location in 1962. It was restored by the Roxbury Township Historical Society.

See also

• List of museums in New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#77000894)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 11, 2023. p. 23.
3. ^ Dodd, John Bruce (January 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Silas Riggs House". National Park Service. With accompanying pictures
4. Parsekian, Ann; Armstrong, Janice; Bertland, Dennis (June 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ledgewood Historic District". National Park Service.

External links

• Media related to Silas Riggs House at Wikimedia Commons
• "The Roxbury Historic Trust". curator of museums at Drakesville Historic Park

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Places of worship	The Church in the Glen Community of St John Baptist First Congregational Church First Presbyterian Church of Hanover First Reformed Church of Pompton Plains Friends Meetinghouse Rev. John Hancock House, Cider Mill and Cemetery Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist Episcopal Church of Hibernia Mount Freedom Presbyterian Church Mount Hope Miners' Church Our Lady of Mercy Chapel Parsonage of the Montville Reformed Dutch Church Rockaway Valley Methodist Church Whippany Burying Yard
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Structures	Arch Bridge from the Boonton Ironworks Morristown and Erie Railroad Whippany Water Tank United States Army Steam Locomotive No. 4039
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

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• National Register of Historic Places in Morris County, New Jersey
• Historic district contributing properties in New Jersey
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• Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New Jersey
• New Jersey Register of Historic Places
• Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
• Houses in Morris County, New Jersey
• Houses completed in 1805
• 1805 establishments in New Jersey
• Museums in Morris County, New Jersey