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The Stone House

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3628 Brunswick Pike, November 2018.
Historical Overview
Standing at 3628 Brunswick Pike is a stone building colloquially called the "Stone House." It is now offices but was built generations ago and still stands as a picturesque relice of the historic West Windsor community of Penns Neck.

This structure was reputedly erected in 1929 by L. Beaumont Reed.[1] It is one of West Windsor's few all-stone homes and was built in the style of traditionally Princeton architecture and inspired by the rural English cottage. 

Annabelle Hawk - Principal of the J.V.B. Wicoff School in Plainsboro - is said to have lived here in the 1950s-60s.[3] Starting in the 1980s, Carnegie Center gradually grew up around the house, replacing farmland with parking lots and commercial/office buildings.[4],[5] At some point the Stone House itself was converted into offices. Still, and although the house hasn't served as a residence for decades, it remains a memorial to a more bucolic and less commercial Route 1.
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Liscomb Beaumont Reed's house, 1939. From the New Jersey State Archives.
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Bibliography
  1. “Penn’s Neck.” Essay. In Old Princeton’s Neighbors. Princeton, NJ: Graphic Arts Press,1939. Written by the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Writers’ Project.
  2. DiFrancesco, P. S. (2020, October 2). Facebook comment by Phyllis Shinn DiFrancesco. Comment made on Facebook in response to photo of the Stone House shared by the Historical Society of West Windsor. Full comment: "My teacher and principal at Plainsboro School, Annabelle Hawk lived there in 50’s and 60’s." Retrieved from the following URL: https://www.facebook.com/profile/100051871727720/search/?q=beaumont
  3. "West Windsor Aerial Photography Composite Map, 1980.” Map. Historical Society of West Windsor - Map Archives. West Windsor, NJ, 1980.
  4. "West Windsor Aerial Photography Composite Map, 1990.” Map. Historical Society of West Windsor - Map Archives. West Windsor, NJ, 1990.
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  • About
    • Mission
    • Museum
    • Meetings
    • Leadership
    • Origins
  • History
    • West Windsor History Overview
    • Historic Sites and Villages
    • Special Historic Topics
  • Events & Projects
    • Events Calendar
    • Self-Guided History Tours
    • Cast-Metal History Signs
  • Revolution West Windsor
    • History (RevWW) >
      • American Revolution (RevWW)
      • Revolutionary Map (RevWW)
    • Logo Contest (Rev WW)
    • Events (RevWW)
    • Join Us (Rev WW)
    • Partners (Rev WW)
  • History Book
  • Contact * Volunteer * Donate