This spectacular 1817 historic masterpiece was recently featured on a HGTV video as a classic example of Federal style architecture.  This delightful offering has been thoughtfully updated throughout the years, making it one of the most beautiful antique homes for sale in Tewksbury Township.  The main house contains five bedrooms, four bathrooms and two powder rooms, while a newly-renovated one-bedroom guest house has a full bath and kitchen.

The 48± acre farmland assessed estate features rolling hills and breathtaking countryside views which are further enhanced by a pool, tennis court, paddle tennis court, stone courtyard with formal English garden, and a multitude of fruit and specimen trees.

Jack Turpin

Jack Turpin, 65,  died on Friday, May 21, 2010 following a brief illness. Born at Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead Plains, New York to William P. and Virginia K. Turpin, he moved to Mendham as a child and lived most of his adult life in Far Hills.  

Upon graduating from the University of Maryland, Mr. Turpin spent a brief period at the University of South Carolina Law School before enlisting in the army. Following his service at the United States Army Security Agency in Arlington, Virginia, he moved back to New Jersey and joined his mother in the family real estate business.  

Mr. Turpin’s passion and clear vision for Turpin Real Estate along with his keen business acumen soon lead to the expansion of the agency, which he grew into one of the premiere independent real estate firms in the region. Though he passed on the title of president to his son in 2009, he remained the chairman and broker-of-record at Turpin until his death. In all, he spent over three decades guiding the company safely and wisely through a variety of economic ups and downs.  

His love of the great estates of our area inspired Mr. Turpin to co-author, along with W. Barry Thomson, two volumes of “New Jersey Country Houses: The Somerset Hills”. These lavish coffee-table books chronicle the estates that were built in the rolling countryside of Somerset and Morris counties from the 1870s through the Great Depression and serve as a social, historical, and architectural journey through one of the country’s most prominent and private residential enclaves.  

For the ten years preceding his death, Mr. Turpin served as a Trustee of Blair Academy where he was chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee. In this capacity he was credited with acquiring a strategically significant tract of land from the neighboring Girl Scouts of America, a task that had eluded several of his predecessors.  

More recently he was elected to Borough Council in his hometown of Far Hills, a duty he was honored to have and cared deeply about.  

Above all, Jack Turpin was a loving husband, a thoughtful and generous father and a doting grandfather. He is survived by his wife, Margery D. Turpin, his brother William P. Turpin of Centreville, MD, his three daughters, Wendy Fryer of Highlands Ranch, CO, Terri Fraser of Tewksbury, NJ, and Barbara Howard of Nantucket, MA, his son, John D. Turpin of Far Hills, NJ and eight grandchildren.  

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mr. Turpin’s honor to Blair Academy, PO Box 600, Blairstown, NJ 07825.