James & Ann Whitall House

In 1748, Quakers Ann and James Whitall established a 400-acre plantation at Red Bank along the Delaware River, featuring fruit orchards, a lumberyard, a shad fishery, livestock, and a ferry. In 1777, as British forces warned residents to flee for safety, Ann Whitall refused to leave. Even after a cannonball struck her home, she continued her work, moving her spinning wheel to the basement. That October, Continental forces dealt a severe blow to Hessian troops in battle, during which the Whitall home was used as a field hospital. Ann’s dedication to caring for the wounded and dying earned her the title “Heroine of Red Bank.”