Bodo Otto House

Bodo Otto House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	on Kings Highway, Mickleton, New Jersey
Built	1766 (1766)
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	76001154 [1]
NJRHP No.	1376 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1976 (1976-12-12)
Designated NJRHP	August 10, 1973 (1973-08-10)

The Bodo Otto House, also known as the Joseph Young House, is a historic house located at the corner of County Route 551 (Kings Highway) and Quaker Road in the Mickleton section of East Greenwich Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1725 and documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1936. ^[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976, for its significance in military history. ^[4]

History and description

The house is a three story stone building featuring Georgian architecture. The house once had nine bedrooms with eight fireplaces. The land was first deeded in 1688 as the Neat Farmer’s Plantation. Joseph Young had the home built in 1725 which was described as a two story stone home with a loft. Bodo Otto Jr. (1748–1782) purchased the home in a sheriff sale, son of Bodo Otto, on August 1, 1772. The house was burned in 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. His wife, Catherine Schweighausen, sold the property to Samuel Tonkin in 1796, who added a significant addition which is how the house stands today. ^{[3] [4]}

HABS photo from 1936

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester County, New Jersey

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#76001154)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Gloucester County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 30, 2023. p. 1.
3. "Otto–Tonkin House". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1936.
4. Diller, Kathleen J. (March 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bodo Otto House". National Park Service. With accompanying photo

External links

• Media related to Otto-Tonkin House (Mickleton, New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-46, " Otto–Tonkin House, Kings Highway, Mickleton, Gloucester County, NJ ", 2 photos, 8 measured drawings, 5 data pages
• "Bodo Otto". The Historical Marker Database.