Official Site of The State of New Jersey

The Johannes Christoffel Vought House was constructed circa 1759. The house was confiscated during the Revolutionary War because of Vought’s loyalty to the British crown. The Christoffel Vought Farmstead is listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places and is significant for its associations with loyalism during the Revolutionary War, as an example of New Jersey-Germanic architecture, and for its archaeological potential. The Vought House is the only house in the United States known to still possess German American ornamental plaster from the colonial period, the most extraordinary being the motif of a snake winding the length of the center hall with its head facing the formal entrance. The farmstead was purchased in 2006 by the 1759 Vought House, Inc., with the goal of saving and preserving the building. 

When the farmstead was threatened with demolition by the Clinton Township School Board, public outcry resulted in its preservation. The property will be protected by a preservation easement and ownership by the nonprofit 1759 Vought House Inc.

The 2024 Trust grant will help fund an archaeological investigation and the preparation of construction drawings for stair and entrance reconstruction.

The 2023 Trust grant will help fund an archaeological investigation of the 1759 kitchen.

A 2019 Trust grant helped fund the stabilization and repair of the decorative plaster ceilings of the Christoffel Vought House. 

A 2010 Trust grant funded the preparation of a prioritized condition assessment and development of a vision plan for the future use of the building.

For more information visit: http://1759voughthouse.org/