Completed in 1756, Marlpit Hall is the work of two carpenters, one far more skilled than the other. The more skilled man used pegged mortise and tenon construction and did most of the interior woodwork. Edward Taylor, for whom the house was built, was a Loyalist who gave information about the location of the Patriot militia to his son, George, commander of the Loyalist forces securing Sandy Hook for the British. Arrested in July of 1777 for "acting as a spy among us," the father was confined to his home for the remainder of the war. The Taylors sold the house in the 1930s to Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, a renowned collector of early American antiques. She restored and furnished the house in Colonial Revival style, giving it to the Monmouth County Historical Association as a museum. Now re-restored to its original interior, the house boasts Taylor family furniture, as well as several rooms furnished during the time of Mrs. Haskell's ownership.



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