Draft:Historic Portland Place

	Historic Portland Place
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Portland Place in 2024
Location	200 Hartshorne Road, Middletown Township,New Jersey
Coordinates	40.390525°N 74.008029°W
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	c. 1720 (Original cabin); c. 1788 (Georgian addition); c. 1896 (Kitchen and servants' quarters);
Architectural style	Georgian,Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	12001033
Added to NRHP	December 12, 2012

Historic Portland Place, or Portland Place, is a historic house museum in the community of Locust in Middletown Township, New Jersey. The three hundred year old home is the most significant surviving Hartshorne family residence and was owned by the family for nearly its entire existence.^[2] The home's history is closely linked to the history of the Navesink Highlands and preserves the legacy of the Hartshorne family in the wider region.^[3]

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