Brick Farm Tavern is located on a picturesque nine acre property, connected to hundreds of acres of working pastures and fields.

This was the case from its inception, when the Stout family acquired the property in 1703. The Stouts built the original structure in the early 1700s and owned the property until 1912, making a series of additions and expansions as necessitated by their growing farm and family throughout their ownership.

Through its evolution from the original wheat farm to a residence for prominent families and now, as a working farm and award-winning restaurant, the property has been an anchor of the farming community for centuries.

The Tavern mansion itself is built from the batch of brick fired by Esquire David Stout, the same brick the Stouts used to construct the Baptist Church Meeting House in Hopewell Borough, itself an iconic early landmark in Hopewell Valley’s evolution.

The Tavern building has been known throughout history as the Stout House (later Stout-Chorley House, as it was subsequently owned by the preservationist Kenneth Chorley, who was also responsible for rebuilding Colonial Williamsburg).

As a part of a larger, remarkably rich, local historical context, it is interesting to note that the Tavern property sits only steps from the Joseph Stout House (also known as The Hunt House) where General George Washington planned, with his officers, the Battle Of Monmouth. The Joseph Stout House is now the farmhouse of Unionville Vineyard, a proud local wine producer growing and making the beloved Chardonnay on the Tavern’s menu, all a stone’s throw away from the Brick Farm Tavern’s front door.