Laing House of Plainfield Plantation facts for kids

Laing House of Plainfield Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the house
Location in Middlesex County, New Jersey Show map of Middlesex County, New Jersey Location in New Jersey Show map of New Jersey Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	1707 Woodland Avenue Edison, New Jersey
Built	early 1700s
NRHP reference No.	88002124
Quick facts for kids Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 27, 1988

Laing House of Plainfield Plantation is a historic house in Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, built in the early 18th century when the region was being settled by Scottish Quakers in the late 17th and early 18th century, as recalled in the name of The Plainfields and Scotch Plains. The region was part of the colonial era Elizabethtown Tract and later part of Piscataway Township. It is not certain whether the name derives from the plain clothing worn by the founders or is a reference to the landscape. The house was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.