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221 Edgewater Avenue Edgewater Park, NJ 08010 Phone: 609-387-9847

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The Shipman Mansion will be open for tours by appointment on April 11 and 12 from 1-4 and May 3 from 1-4.  To schedule an appointment, please send an email to shipmanmansion@gmail.com and list Open House in the subject line. For appointments at other times, please call 856-986-7969. 

The Shipman Mansion is located at 221 Edgewater Avenue in Edgewater Park, NJ.  

Spring Events

March 21 – Paranormal Investigation – 6 PM

“A Paranormal Evening at Shipman Mansion” with Lou Rosmini, owner and founder of Charon Paranormal, who has years of experience in the paranormal field of study. After a discussion and explanation of items used as tools in the study, there will be light refreshments and then an actual paranormal investigation in the Mansion. This event is open to the public. Limited to twenty people, $30.00 PP. This is a unique and fun opportunity to explore & learn about the techniques and equipment used to study and “hopefully” experience the spirits who reside at the Shipman Mansion. 100% of the revenue will go to the continuing restoration of the Shipman Mansion. Ticket information will be on Facebook.

 April 15 – Local Revolutionary War History – 7 PM

Join us as Eric Orange, Burlington County Parks, shares his enthusiasm and knowledge of our area’s involvement in the Revolutionary War.  Petticoat Bridge?  Slab Town?  Who knew.  Free.

 May 13- Why We Walk – 7PM

Deborah Richardson Price of The Underground Railroad Museum will be presenting on Why We Walk.  Free

 

Summer Concert Series

Concerts will be held this summer on June 10, June 24, July 8, July 22 and August 5.  Check back for the listing of the bands that will be playing at each concert event. 

Details for each event will be listed on the Red Dragon Facebook page.        


 

 

 

 


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The restoration at The Shipman Mansion focused first on the roof to ensure a watertight structure and now has moved to the interior. The Roof - The roof restoration was a major effort and we are happy to announce that it is DONE! Through a combination of private donations (thank you!) and a grant from the 1772 Foundation and a Sandy Disaster Relief Grant for Historic Properties from the National Park Service and the New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office, administered by the New Jersey Historic Trust, the slate roof with its rosettes is as beautiful as when it was new. Here are some pictures of our restored roof The Interior – The Shipman Mansion is also very grateful to have received donations (thank you!) and grants from The 1772 Foundation and the New Jersey Historic Trust that are being used to restore the interior and the windows. Attached are some before and after pictures. We are still in need of additional donations to complete the work that we hope to have completed by April 2019. Please see the Donations page if you would like to donate to the continued restoration of the Shipman Mansion. The Privy – The Shipman Mansion also received donations (thank you!) and a grant from the The New Jersey Cultural Trust to restore the historical privy on the property. The privy was described in the application for the National Register of Historic Places for the Red Dragon Canoe Club as a “double-sided, clapboarded outhouse. Capping the little building is a hipped roof. One side has two holes and the other side has three, and each side has its own entrance and window.” Below are some before and after pictures. As part of the grant, there was an archaeological investigation of the privy site.
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