Belcher–Ogden Mansion; Benjamin Price House; and Price–Brittan House Historic District
The Belcher–Ogden Mansion; Benjamin Price House; and Price–Brittan House Historic District is a historic district in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is located near Boxwood Hall and is in the heart of colonial Elizabethtown, the first English-speaking settlement in what became the Province of New Jersey. Belcher–Ogden House. The Belcher–Ogden House was built in 1742 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 2 , 1978. Nathaniel Bonnell House. The Nathaniel Bonnell House, at 1045 East Jersey Street, is the oldest house in Elizabeth. Nathaniel Bonnell, a native of New Haven, Connecticut, and a member of Elizabeth's incorporating organization, the Elizabeth Associates, built the house himself sometime before 1682—some think as early as 1670 with the birth of his first child. Bonnell served as a member of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey in 1692 and the last official reference to him is as a signer of the 1696 petition for relief against the oppression of the Lords Proprietor. Belcher