Fosterfields Living Historical Farm
National Register Of Historic Places · Morris Township, New Jersey
Two hundred acres outside Morristown worked as a turn-of-the-century New Jersey farm, with draft horses, heritage livestock and staff doing the actual jobs in period clothing — ploughing, haying, milking and threshing on the schedule the season dictates rather than the visitor timetable. THE REASON IT SURVIVED IS CAROLINE FOSTER, who was born in 1877, ran the farm herself for decades, lived here until she died in 1979 at a hundred and two, and left the whole thing to Morris County on condition it stay a farm. THE WILLOWS, an 1854 Gothic Revival house, stands on the property.
73 Kahdena Road, Morris Township, New Jersey, 07960, United States
SEASONAL — open roughly APRIL TO OCTOBER and CLOSED THROUGH THE WINTER, and it does not open every day even within the season, historically Thursday to Sunday with reduced days at the shoulders. Visitors arrive out of season to a closed gate regularly. Low admission paid at the gate with reductions for children, seniors and Morris County residents; free parking. THE WILLOWS HOUSE TOUR is generally a separate small charge — check on arrival. WHAT IS HAPPENING CHANGES COMPLETELY BY MONTH: spring ploughing and lambing, summer haying, autumn threshing and cider pressing — CHECK THE FARM WORK CALENDAR as well as the opening days, because it is the whole difference. Special event days are priced separately and are busier. It is a working farm, not a pick-your-own.
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