Arnold Tavern

Arnold Tavern is a New Jersey historical marker in Morris County, dedicated 1963.

Marker is at the intersection of North Park Place and West Park Place, on the right when traveling south on North Park Place.

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Site of Col. Jacob Arnold's Tavern. It was used as Washington's Headquarters January - May, 1777. Troops were in Lowantica Valley.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1777 · The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1782 · Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1797 · New Jersey (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Northern Part of New Jersey, shewing the the American and British Armies after crossing… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys, 1777, covering the location of Arnold Tavern, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys, 1777, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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