Buccleuch Mansion – New Brunswick, New Jersey
Buccleuch Mansion was built circa 1735-1739 by Anthony White for his bride Elizabeth, daughter of New Jersey Royal Governor Lewis Morris. Their son, Anthony Walton White, who was born and raised here, was an aide-de-camp to George Washington and an army officer. In 1774 the Mansion was owned and occupied by General William Burton of the British Army. The Mansion was occupied by British officers and the Enniskillen Guards of Ireland during the Revolutionary War and still shows saber and musket marks on its floors and banisters. Many dignitaries visited the Mansion including General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette. Bought in 1821 by Colonel Joseph Warren Scott, it was home to his extended family for the next 90 years. The Mansion and surrounding park lands were given by the last owner, Anthony Dey, in 1911, to the City of New Brunswick. The Jersey Blue Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution have been its caretaker since 1914.
View of the primary entrance.
View of the back of the house with the balustraded roof deck. and large wall dormer emerging above the gambrel roof.