It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as Seventeenth Century Clark House.

The owner of the house, Dr. William Robinson, was the first official landowner in Clark, NJ.

He was one of only a few physicians in New Jersey at the time, and built a medicine room in the house to practice "Physick," a then-popular form of healing using plants and herbs.

He also performed Chirurgery[3][4][5][6] The Squire Hartshorne House is another home from the 17th century located in Clark.

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