Glen Alpin in Harding, NJ
In 1751, Peter Kemble, who lived in New Brunswick, New Jersey, purchased 1,250 acres that included Mt. Kemble and today’s Glen Alpin property.
In 1765, Kemble built a manor house near where the current Glen Alpin house stands. Kemble, born in Turkey, was a wealthy merchant and a leading political figure in Colonial America. He served as president of the Royal Council of New Jersey under Royal Governor William Franklin, Benjamin Franklin’s only son.
Glen Alpin stayed in the Kemble family until 1840, when 262 acres were sold to Henry S. Hoyt, son of a prominent New York merchant and investor, Goold Hoyt.
In the 1840’s Mr Holy Hoyt built a new house, the original part of today’s Glen Alpin in the Gothic Revival style.
Hoyt used Glen Alpin as a summer estate until 1885, when he sold it to David H. McAlpin. McAlpin, a wealthy New York City Tobacco merchant, first named the property “Glen Alpin” and also used it as a
summer estate.
Glen Alpin in Harding, NJ
In 1751, Peter Kemble, who lived in New Brunswick, New Jersey, purchased 1,250 acres that included Mt. Kemble and today’s Glen Alpin property.
In 1765, Kemble built a manor house near where the current Glen Alpin house stands. Kemble, born in Turkey, was a wealthy merchant and a leading political figure in Colonial America. He served as president of the Royal Council of New Jersey under Royal Governor William Franklin, Benjamin Franklin’s only son.
Glen Alpin stayed in the Kemble family until 1840, when 262 acres were sold to Henry S. Hoyt, son of a prominent New York merchant and investor, Goold Hoyt.
In the 1840’s Mr Holy Hoyt built a new house, the original part of today’s Glen Alpin in the Gothic Revival style.
Hoyt used Glen Alpin as a summer estate until 1885, when he sold it to David H. McAlpin. McAlpin, a wealthy New York City Tobacco merchant, first named the property “Glen Alpin” and also used it as a
summer estate.