Mary Wilkins Freeman House | |
Coordinates: | 40.5367°N -74.3639°W |
Added: | January 17, 2020 |
Refnum: | 100004886[1] |
Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
Designated Other1 Date: | October 7, 2019 |
Designated Other1 Number: | 5594[2] |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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The Mary Wilkins Freeman House is a historic house located at 207 Lake Avenue in the Borough of Metuchen in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was the home of the author, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930). Built, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 17, 2020, for its significance in literature from 1902 to 1907.[3]
The house is a two and one-half story frame building with Italianate style, built . While renting the house, Mary Wilkins Freeman described it in humor as: She married Dr. Charles Manning Freeman here on January 1, 1902. The couple stayed here until 1907, when they moved into a new house nearby. While here, she wrote about 47 of her works.[3]