Gone but Not Forgotten – North Carriage Road Gate for Stuyvesant Mansion

Everything you are viewing today is gone. Completely Gone, not a trace of either the mansion or this beautiful impressive carriage gate. Stuyvesant Mansion burned to the ground back in 1959 and the North Carriage Road Gate fell victim to thieves back in June 30, 2012.

The Rutherfurd presence in this area of New Jersey dates back to the mid-eighteenth century with the marriage of Walter Rutherfurd, recently arrived from Scotland to fight in the French and Indian War, to Catherine Alexander Parker in 1758. The family’s country residence and landholdings expanded as it passed generationally. By 1906, Winthrop Rutherfurd’s Allamuchy Farms and his brother Rutherfurd Stuyvesant’s neighboring Tranquillity Farms encompassed over 6,000 acres in both Sussex and Warren counties. Guests to the estates included titans of industry, a U.S. President, a former U.S. Vice-President and European royalty.

DID YOU KNOW? Allamuchy Mountain State Park (presently 9,600 acres) came into existence when Green Acres purchased property (abt 3000 acres) from the Rutherfurd and Stuyvesant Estates.

DID YOU KNOW? Stuyvesant Road shown in the photos below was the original CR 517 before being realigned to its present location. The carriage road mentioned had a southern entrance and a northern entrance off of the then CR 517 or Stuyvesant Road. I don’t believe the southern entrance had a gate, (not sure on that), what is left of the stone pillars there now, are in poor shape and don’t appear to have been made for a large gate. The picture of the mansion was taken from the carriage road heading north.

Please go to the Rutherfurd Hall website for more info https://rutherfurdhall.org/about/

Rutherfurd Stuyvesant – Wikipedia

Rutherfurd Hall historical site in Allamuchy, New Jersey (njskylands.com)

Rutherfurd Hall is open for tours Wednesdays 10AM-2PM