Learn About the History, People and Buildings

Built by merchant John Wallace as “Hope Farm,” the Wallace House became General George Washington’s headquarters during the Middlebrook encampment of 1778–1779, where he and his staff planned key strategies of the Revolutionary War.

John Wallace, a Scottish immigrant and successful merchant, and Mary Maddox, born in Philadelphia to a prominent family, married in 1749 where they bought land on the Raritan in 1775 and built their new home.

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Middlebrook, New Jersey served as the Continental Army’s most successful winter cantonment, where improved leadership, organization, and supply transformed the post–Valley Forge army into a healthier, better trained, and more confident fighting force.

Though called the Old Dutch Parsonage, the 1751 house reflects an early “Proto-Georgian” English architectural style that evolved through centuries of alteration before preservation efforts restored its Revolutionary-era character.

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Middlebrook, New Jersey served as the Continental Army’s most successful winter cantonment, where improved leadership, organization, and supply transformed the post–Valley Forge army into a healthier, better trained, and more confident fighting force.

Dinah van Bergh was a pious Dutch woman who made her home at the Dutch Parsonage as the wife of two ministers and the mother of 9 children.