WAYNE NEW JERSEYHobart Manor as it is called now was once called Ailsa Farms. Ailsa Farms was purchased by the state of New Jersey in 1948 from the family of Garret Hobart who was the 24th vice president of the United States who served under William McKinley.. It now is the campus of William Paterson University . The original manor house, built in 1877, was the weekend retreat and summer residence of the Hobart family. It is a tudor style mansion with 40 rooms and once was the site of very lavish parties for the wealthy. In 1915 Fred Wentworth and Frederick Vreeland were hired to remodel the estate and it was completed in 1919. . It was originally owned by John McCullough, a Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the wool industry. In 1902 he returned to his native country he sold it at auction. The mansion is rumored to be haunted and has attracted the attention of many a ghosthunter and psychics. Laura Gonzalez
August 5th 2015
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ABOUT THE AUTHORLaura Gonzalez is a photographer, blogger and historian currently residing in Newark, New Jersey. Archives
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