10/04/2025
SOLITUDE HOUSE MUSEUM
When walking around Tisco (most recent location) i noticed waterfalls in the distance. When driving around to find them I found this property worth visiting. I loved the arch on the path to the back of the building. Thank you AI for the model in that last post lol. Ill talk about the High Bridge Waterfalls in the next post
According to NJ.gov
Solitude House
Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund
Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund
Historic Site Management Grant
Grant Award: $50,000 (2010); $25,500 (2020); $7,500 (2021); $6,375 (2022); $26,550 (2023)
Grant Recipient: Borough of High Bridge
County: Hunterdon
Municipality: High Bridge Borough
Solitude House and its associated outbuildings are primarily associated with the Taylor Wharton Company, the successor firm to the Allen & Turner ironworks; however, portions of the building may predate this association. The ironworks and the subsequent steelworks were significant in the industrial development of New Jersey. The house was likely expanded between 1740 and 1776 and was then significantly remodeled in the Italian Villa style during the middle of the nineteenth century, which coincided with a major expansion of the Taylor-Wharton facility. Other related components in the vicinity of the house include a lake and dam, the remains of a small hydroelectric plant, and iron furnace ruins. Outbuildings located on this property include a stone barn (subsequently remodeled for housing), a well, a root cellar, a smokehouse, and stone walls.
The Borough of High Bridge purchased the property as preserved open space in 2002 using NJ Green Acres and county funding.
