Silas Riggs House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Silas Riggs House in 2018
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Location	213 Main Street Ledgewood, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°52′43.5″N 74°39′08″W / 40.878750°N 74.65222°W / 40.878750; -74.65222 (Silas Riggs House)
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	c. 1805
Part of	Ledgewood Historic District (ID13000202)
NRHP reference No.	77000894[1]
NJRHP No.	2253[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 11, 1977
Designated CP	April 18, 2013
Designated NJRHP	September 20, 1974

The Silas Riggs House is a historic house built around 1805 by Silas Riggs (1779–1847) in the Ledgewood section of Roxbury Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 11, 1977, for its significance in architecture and community history.^[3] It was later added as a contributing property to the Ledgewood Historic District on April 18, 2013.^[4]

History and description

Silas Riggs was born in Mendham and moved here, then known as Drakesville, around 1805. Riggs was a tanner, and later a canal boat owner, operating on the Morris Canal. His son, Albert Rose Riggs, owned the King Store. The one and one-half story frame house was moved to its current location in 1962. It was restored by the Roxbury Township Historical Society.^[3]