![]() Sadly only four of the children lived past the age of 36: Isaac, Nicholas, Gertrude and Sarah. Low and his wife, Johanna, had eleven children. ![]() There was originally a one-and-one-half story kitchen wing attached to the left side of the structure. The side facing River Road features more finely cut stone while the sides and rear are built in far less expensive rubble stone. It is constructed of more than 350 tons of local sandstone. In a notation in the family Bible from October 1741, Low states his son William was born “in my new house on the mountain.” The Low House is a classic example of Georgian architecture, a style guided by balance, proportion and symmetry. The Cornelius Low House was built in 1741 and belonged to Cornelius Low, a merchant who lived at Raritan Landing. The Cornelius Low House on River Road in Piscataway is the Middlesex County Museum and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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