The Shinn-Curtis Log House's 300th Anniversary!

It is December 30, 2012. Earlier today I travelled to Mount Holly, New Jersey to commemorate the 300th Anniversary of the Shinn-Curtis Log House. The House is believed to have been built in the year 1712. At one point, the House was incorporated into a modern home and that modern structure was demolished in 1967 while the historic log cabin was preserved.

As for the day itself, the wind and cold were absolutely brutal. It was my own fault for waiting until the end of the year to film and photograph the house. After filming and snapping the photographs, I went into my car and sat there for a while because my hands and fingers were not in a condition to grab the steering wheel and drive the car out of there. I am glad I made the trek though since it was very important to me to be present on this Tercentennial occasion.


Here is the url in case the above video does not embed properly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLEtdLCxeGw


 
The frill or jabot neckware kept flopping in the wind ...

























This link features some absolutely amazing photographs of the Shinn-Curtis Log House and the modern home it was incorporated into:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=Photograph:%20nj0872&fi=number&op=PHRASE&va=exact&co%20=hh&st=gallery&sg%20=%20true

Here are some more links with information about the house and its owners through the years ...

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM919R_Shinn_Curtis_Log_House_1712_Mt_Holly_NJ
http://www.mountholly.com/community/walkingtour/index.cfm
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=35388

I see a Thomas Shinn was born in 1693 and passed on in 1753. The man featured in this genealogical website may be the former owner of the House: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=moser-frank_1&id=I2248

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