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Cranbury in Middlesex County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Site of House of Dr. Hezekiah Stites

B. 1726 –D.1796

 
 
Site of House of Dr. Hezekiah Stites Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, April 6, 2016
1. Site of House of Dr. Hezekiah Stites Marker
Inscription. On June 26, 1778, Gen. George Washington met here with Col. Alexander Hamilton and Gen. Lafayette to plan what was to become the Battle of Monmouth.
 
Erected by Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 40° 18.323′ N, 74° 31.154′ W. Memorial is in Cranbury, New Jersey, in Middlesex County. It is on South Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 50 South Main Street, Cranbury NJ 08512, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in New Jersey’s Central Jersey, in Greater Princeton, and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Parsonage Barn (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Cranberry Mills (approx. Ό mile away); Site of Encampment (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Cranbury Dam (approx. 0.3 miles away); Todd Beamer (approx. 0.6 miles away); Second Presbyterian Church of Cranbury (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named The Second Presbyterian Church of Cranbury (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cranbury.
 
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Site of House of Dr. Hezekiah Stites Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, April 6, 2016
2. Site of House of Dr. Hezekiah Stites Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,529 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 12, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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