The Sip Manor, previously located in Jersey City before its preservation and move to Westfield, is considered by some to be the oldest house in New Jersey and supposedly served as British General Cornwallis’s headquarters during the Revolutionary War in 1776.
The building, which was located at the intersection of Bergen Avenue and Academy Street, was home to the Sip family, one of the founding families of the New Netherland and the village of Bergen, according to New Jersey City Un… (View original article)