Coordinates: 40°6′14″N 74°40′37″W

Fernbrook Farms
Fernbrook Farms is a 230-acre (93 ha) working farm located
Fernbrook Historic District
along County Route 545 (Bordentown-Georgetown Road) in
Chesterfield Township in Burlington County, New Jersey. U.S. National Register of Historic
Originally an 18th century farm, it was briefly a stock breeding Places
farm, known as the New Warlaby Stock Farm, in the 19th U.S. Historic district
century. It now includes an inn, plant nursery, environmental
education center, and community-supported agriculture.[4] It New Jersey Register of Historic Places
was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July
7, 2022, for its significance in architecture and landscape
architecture.[5]

Contents
History
Historic district John Newbold House, c. 1761

Agriculture The Inn at Fernbrook Farms

Education
See also
References
External links

History
In 1760, John Newbold acquired 500 acres (200  ha) of farm
land along the Fern Brook from his father Michael Newbold.
He then built a two and one-half story frame farmhouse for the
estate, c. 1761. The house was expanded in 1791 by adding
two bays. In 1881, Charles Morgan purchased 290 acres
(120  ha) to raise premium breeding cattle. In 1897, John L.
Kuser moved here, and in 1899, he purchased the property.
After his death in 1937, his son Walter G. Kuser inherited the
property. Lawrence Kuser and his wife Susie started living here
in 1974.[5]

Historic district
The Fernbrook Historic District is a 111-acre (45 ha) historic
district encompassing the core part of the farm. It was added to
the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 2022, for its
significance in architecture and landscape architecture. The
district has eleven contributing buildings, six contributing
structures, and one contributing site. The Federal style John
Newbold House is the main contributing property in the
district. A cedar shaked water tower, built c. 1897, provided
water pressure and filtration for Morgan's mansion and the
formal Colonial Revival gardens.[5]

Water tower, the Tankhouse

Formal garden with sundial

Agriculture
In 1881, having inherited money, Morgan imported premium
breeding cattle from England, paying nearly US$20,000 for Location 142-150
them. They were shorthorns of the Booth stock from Warlaby. Bordentown-
He renamed the farm, New Warlaby, and established a model Georgetown
breeding farm.[5][6] However, by 1885, he had sold the cattle to Road
Leslie Combs of Kentucky.[7] Chesterfield
Township, New
A plant nursery operation was started in the 1970s. A
Jersey
community-supported agriculture (CSA) component was added
in 2007.[5] Coordinates 40°6′14″N
74°40′37″W
Area 111 acres
(45 ha)
Architectural style Federal,
Shingle, Stick,
Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 100007873 (http
s://npgallery.np
 s.gov/AssetDetai
l/NRIS/1000078
73)[1][2]
NJRHP No. 5577[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 7, 2022
Designated NJRHP May 16, 2022

Agricultural fields of the plant

nursery

Sunflower field by the CSA

farm store

Education
In 2001, Larry and Susie Kuser established an environmental education center on the property.[5][8]

See also
Model farm
National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey
List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
List of nature centers in New Jersey

References
1. "National Register Information System – (#100007873)" (https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDeta
il/NRIS/100007873). National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November
2, 2013.
2. "Weekly List 2022 07 08" (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/weekly-list-2022-07
-08.htm). National Park Service. July 8, 2022.
3. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Burlington County" (https://www.nj.
gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/BURLINGTON.pdf#page=5) (PDF). New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. July 15, 2022. p. 5. "listed as
Fernbrook Farm Historic District"
4. "Welcome to Fernbrook Farms" (https://www.fernbrookfarms.com/). Fernbrook Farms.
 5. Newman, Margaret; Hintz, Clark Caton (December 2019). National Register of Historic
Places Registration: Fernbrook Historic District (Draft) (https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/
nr_nomntns_10_02_2020/BUR_Chesterfield%20Twp_Fernbrook%20HD_2020-01-14_DR
AFT_WEB.pdf) (PDF). National Park Service. With accompanying 67 photos.
6. "Costly English Cattle; Imported For Breeding Purposes By Mr. Charles Morgan" (https://ww
w.nytimes.com/1881/06/05/archives/costly-english-cattle-imported-for-breeding-purposes-by
-mr-charles.html). The New York Times. June 5, 1881. "Mr. Morgan has recently come into
possession of an inheritance, and ... proposes to establish a model breeding farm."
7. "About the New Warlaby Booths" (https://books.google.com/books?id=0405AQAAMAAJ&pg
=PA260). The Breeder's Gazette. Chicago: J.H. Sanders & Company. VIII: 260–261. August
20, 1885.
8. "Environmental Education Center" (https://www.fernbrookfarms.com/center/about-the-cente
r/). Fernbrook Farms.

External links
Media related to Fernbrook Farms at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (https://www.fernbrookfarms.com/)

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