THE EARLIEST SECTION OF THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT BY LEWIS CAREY IN 1790 AND AN ADDITION WAS COMPLETE BY 1880. WHEN THE CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY CAME THROUGH ROXBURY IN 1876, A STOP WAS ESTABLISHED ON THIS PROPERTY. CAREY’S GRANDSON WILLIAM USED THE RAILROAD TO SHIP FIRESAND, USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF BRICKS, AND KAOLIN, A CLAY FROM WHICH PORCELAIN WAS MADE THAT WAS DUG ON HIS LAND.