A massive stone manor with deep Revolutionary‑era roots in Franklin Township has just come up for sale.
Known as Lansdown, the nearly 11,500‑square‑foot estate was originally built by Irish immigrant Colonel Charles Stewart. He was deeded the land by his father-in-law and paid for construction with a royal land grant from King George II.
Stewart was later appointed Commissary General by George Washington, managing food and supplies for the Continental Army from 1776 until the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783…