![# Title: Burrowes Mansion, 94 Main Street, Matawan, Monmouth, NJ
Other Title: New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail
Creator(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Related Names:
Bowne, John
Burrowes, Maj. John
Medium: Measured Drawing(s): 22(18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 10 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Reproduction Number: [See Call Number]
Call Number: HABS NJ,13-MAT,1-
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Notes:
* Survey number HABS NJ-198
* Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-97).
* Building/structure dates: 1723 initial construction
* National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000803
Subjects:
* houses
* tea rooms
* historic house museums
* NEW JERSEY--Monmouth--Matawan
Collections:
* Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
Part of: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents:
Photograph caption(s)
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel E. Tilton, Photographer November 13, 1935 EXTERIOR - EAST AND NORTH ELEVATIONS
2. Historic American Buildings Survey Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer June 24, 1936 EXTERIOR - SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS
3. Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel E. Tilton, Photographer November 13, 1935 EXTERIOR - WEST ELEVATION
4. Historic American Buildings Survey Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer June 24, 1936 INTERIOR - STAIR AND HALL DETAIL
5. Historic American Buildings Survey Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer June 24, 1936 INTERIOR - LIVING ROOM FIREPLACE DETAIL
6. Historic American Buildings Survey Samuel E. Tilton, Photographer November 13, 1935 INTERIOR - DINING ROOM DETAIL WEST WALL Period undetermined.
7. Historic American Buildings Survey Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer June 24, 1936 INTERIOR - BED ROOM FIREPLACE DETAIL
8. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF EAST FACADE LOOKING NORTH](https://prod-images.planyourroadtrips.com/img/city-images/matawan-us-404148--742296/0-Major_John_Burrowes_Mansion__EXTERIOR_-_EAST_AND_NORTH_ELEVATIONS_.jpg?w=1080&q=80&f=webp)
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