The Hankinson-Moreau-Covenhoven House, usually called Covenhoven House and also known as General Clinton's Headquarters, stands at 150 West Main Street in Freehold Borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey. William and Elizabeth Covenhoven had it built around 1752 to 1753, using the builder of the nearby Old Tennent Church, who started work as soon as the church was finished. In June 1778 General Henry Clinton took the house as his headquarters from June 26 until the morning of June 28, the day of the Battle of Monmouth, because it was the finest home in the area. Mrs. Covenhoven later complained that the goods she had brought back to the house under his protection were ransacked. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 1974, for its architecture, art and military history, and the Monmouth County Historical Association operates it as a historic house museum.
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The house was built around 1752-1753 by William and Elizabeth Covenhoven.
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The house is one of several houses owned and operated as a historic house museum by the Monmouth County Historical Association.
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was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 1974
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Covenhoven House, also known as General Clinton's Headquarters, is located at 150 West Main Street in Freehold Borough
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