The Willows, Mendham Road, Morristown, Morris County, NJ

Significance: This rare frame structure is the single unaltered example of a particularly influential Gervase Wheeler design known to have survived. Erected in 1854 under the direction of its original owner, General Joseph Warren Revere (grandson of patriot Paul Revere, who also probably painted the exterior and interior), the mansion overlooked an 88 acre farm originally settled by James Odgen in the 18th century...

Survey number: HABS NJ-1219

Building/structure dates: 1854 Initial Construction

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1933 - 1970

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