Sydenham House

The Sydenham House is one of the oldest homes built in Newark, New Jersey. It was built in 1711 and it is a prime example of old American architecture. The old architecture of the house includes traditional salt-box style with one side of the gabled roof extending further to the back while the timber frame construction of oak and pine beams rests on stone foundations.The house was originally built for John and Susannah Sydenham, it was then expanded in 1836. The house ran down the Sydenham family and continued to be owned by them for 200 years. In 1954 it was sold to Dorland and Elizabeth Henderson, who worked on the restoration of the house. They then gifted the house to the Newark Museum in the late 1990’s.