Shippen Manor will be a participating site and open to visitors on Sunday, November 3, 2024 (10 am to 4 pm).

The museum will have self-guided tours with Civil War displays. Docents will be available to speak with visitors.

 Outside, we will have Co. F, 27th NJ Baileys Boys visiting with us. They will be positioned along the lower drive and porch. Firing demonstrations are dependent upon the weather that day and if it is a nice day, they will do their firing demonstration between 12 pm and 3 pm for our visitors.

The 27th NJ (Civil War) was recruited from various towns in Morris and Sussex Counties (NJ) and mustered into service on 3 Sept 1862 in Newark and trained at Camp Frelinghuysen in Newark before joining the Army of the Potomac. The regiment was mustered out on 2 July 1863. Many veterans of the 27th NJ went to serve in other regiments, most notably the 33rd NJ Infantry (Col. George W. Mindil) and the 39th NJ Volunteer Infantry. Co. F was led by Captain Daniel Bailey.

 The Colonial United Methodist Church of Oxford will also be giving tours from 12 pm to 4 pm and selling light fare in their lower level community room. 

Originally a grist mill, the structure was built in 1813 by (David) Morris Robeson, grandson of Jonathan (builder of the furnace), but there may have been an earlier structure on the site. It is positioned next to our historic colonial-era furnace (c. 1741-1884). The church purchased the old mill in 1913.