Following the Battle of Red Bank, defeated Hessian troops used this house as a regrouping point before returning to the safety of Philadelphia. Built in 1726, with a 1788 addition, the Georgian brick building, is operated as a museum by the Camden County Historical Society, and furnished with 18th and 19th century collections. Public tours are offered Thursday and Sunday.

The 1765 Hunter-Lawrence House [58 N. Broad St., Woodbury 08096; Hours Monday, Wednesday and Friday 1 to 4 p.m., and the last Saturday and Sunday of each month 2 to 5 p.m.; (856) 848-8531] was home to a Continental Army chaplain. Now the headquarters of the Gloucester County Historical Society, the museum displays 18 rooms of furnishings and memorabilia from 17th through 19th century New Jersey. The nearby Woodbury Friends Meeting House (124 N. Broad St.) occupies a site bought for three pounds in 1715; the building's west side was built in 1715, and the east side in 1783. During the Battle of Red Bank, the building was used as a hospital by the Hessians.



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