Image: SILAS RIGGS HOUSE, LEDGEWOOD, ROXBURY TOWNSHIP, MORRIS COUNTY

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Description: THIS PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SALTBOX WAS NAMED AFTER THE FAMILY OF SILAS AND HARRIET RIGGS, KNOWN TO HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE THE EARLY 1800S. SILAS, A TANNER, SUPPLIED LOCAL MINES WITH LEATHER POUCHES USED TO TRANSPORT IRON ORE. HE ALSO SUPERVISED CONSTRUCTION OF PART OF THE MORRIS CANAL AND OVERSAW THE OPERATION OF THREE BARGES. THIS HOUSE WAS MOVED A SHORT DISTANCE TO THIS SITE WHEN ROUTE 10 WAS BUILT IN ORDER TO PREVENT ITS DEMOLITION
Title: SILAS RIGGS HOUSE, LEDGEWOOD, ROXBURY TOWNSHIP, MORRIS COUNTY
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Author: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD
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