Official Site of The State of New Jersey

The Ebenezer Hopkins House is a Georgian-style, pattern brick residence constructed in 1737 as an addition to an earlier, circa 1720 structure. The house was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937. In 1938, the Works Progress Administration built an addition in the footprint of the 1720 building. The interior of the Hopkins House was also remodeled at this time. The Hopkins House served as Camden County Park Police offices from 1939 until 1972. It served as the headquarters of the South Jersey Tourism Corporation until 2018 and is now owned by the Camden County Parks Department. The house received a SHPO Opinion of Eligibility on June 25, 1980. It is also a contributing resource to the National Register-listed Cooper River Park Historic District.  

Cooper River Park was designed by master landscape architect Charles Wellford Leavitt, Jr. and constructed between 1925 and 1940.  Construction of the park was completed largely by the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps.  The park encompasses the north and south banks of the Cooper River in four Camden County municipalities between Camden City and Haddonfield Borough. It is considered a representative example of the City Beautiful Movement and features some influence of the Reform Park Movement, which sought to incorporate recreational facilities in previously passive gardens to promote public health.      

The 2025 Trust grant will help fund rehabilitation. The 2021 Trust grant will help fund the completion of a Preservation Plan for the Ebenezer Hopkins House and conditions assessments for 20 contributing resources in the Cooper Park Historic District.