The 1759 Vought House, a Revolutionary War Loyalist Homestead is a non-profit incorporated to take advantage of an opportunity to preserve and make accessible to the public a rare surviving artifact from the revolutionary era in Hunterdon County, NJ. 

The Vought house, located on the site of the new Clinton Township Middle School, is eligible for inclusion on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places by any of four criteria: 

1. The people who lived here, starting with Stoffel and Cornelia Vought in 1759;
2. Events that took place on the property during the War of Independence;
3. The architecture of this exemplary Palatine German farm, especially the unusual surviving decorative plaster ceilings;
4. The ability of this farm, one of the largest surviving German American artifacts in New Jersey, to shed light on colonial era life ways and culture.

 

The 1759 Vought House Inc. is a tax-exempt public charity willing to take possession of the Vought House and manage development of a museum promoting the study of NJ society during the revolutionary era.  This non-profit will seek both private donations and public grants. 

Among the 1759 Vought House trustees and members are people with diverse skills and abilities to match the multiple tasks involved in restoring the house, preserving the ceilings, raising funds, hiring professionals, creating interpretive materials, and operating an historic museum.