Laing House of Plainfield Plantation

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Laing House of Plainfield Plantation
LAING HOUSE OF PLAINFIELD PLANTATION, MIDDLESEX COUNTY.jpg
Front of the house
Laing House of Plainfield Plantation is located in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Laing House of Plainfield Plantation
Location 1707 Woodland Avenue
Edison, New Jersey
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Built early 1700s[2]
NRHP Reference # 88002124[1]
NJRHP # 1837[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 27, 1988
Designated NJRHP March 23, 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,[4] 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.[5] The house was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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