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John Van Buren Wicoff House, Plainsboro, NJ

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John Van Buren Wicoff House

A restored late-19th-century house in Plainsboro that now serves as a history museum for the township.

641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536 (inside Municipal Complex) · Plainsboro, NJ

About John Van Buren Wicoff House

The Historic Wicoff House Museum occupies the former home of John Van Buren Wicoff, a local leader who helped Plainsboro residents incorporate as a township in 1919. The museum collects and displays objects, documents, and photographs tied to the town's past. It runs youth groups, a history hunt, field trips, and seasonal events such as holiday visits with Santa and a winter snow festival. The house was restored with help from state, county, and township funding and reopened as a museum in 2019.

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