Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh, a Dutch Reformed minister who lived in the nearby
Old Dutch Parsonage, sold a small farmhouse and of land to John Wallace, who was a merchant and fabric importer in Philadelphia. In 1775 and 1776, Wallace bought more land, and in 1776 built an eight-room
Georgian mansion next to the farmhouse. Wallace named the estate "Hope Farm," and planned to retire there. Washington left on June 3, 1779, and paid Wallace $1,000. The Wallace family and their slaves then returned to their normal lives in the house. John Wallace, his wife, and his mother-in-law all died in 1783–84, and his youngest son William inherited Hope Farm. William lived there until he died at age 33 in 1796, leaving three orphan children. William's brother Joshua took care of the children and sold Hope Farm to Dickinson Miller in 1801. The Revolutionary Memorial Society bought the house in 1896, and gave it to the State of New Jersey in 1947. ==See also==