Washington Crossing Historic Park Hibbs House Garden

CVDA has been a supporter of the non-profit organization Washington Crossing 2026 and its mission to preserve the buildings and land at the Historic Site where General George Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Night in 1776. The park maintains a number of buildings of the Village of Taylorsville,

including the Hibbs House, built in 1828 as a tenant house and shop.

 

Carter van Dyke, working closely with The Friends of Washington Crossing Park, developed a plan for a period-appropriate dooryard garden for the Hibbs House. He met with curators at Old Sturbridge Village to develop authentic construction details and communicated with partners at Colonial Williamsburg about the layout and uses for a modest tenant house yard of the time period. The result is a fenced yard that provides raised beds for vegetable gardening, a shed for tools, access to the well, and a trellis arbor with a view of the Delaware River where guest might be entertained. Old Sturbridge Village was instrumental in assisting with the period planting plan and for providing heirloom seed sources.