The Cornelius Low House is a Georgian manor in Piscataway. It was built in 1741 and is listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. Cornelius Low, Jr. was a New York merchant and later became even more successful in Newark. He moved to the emerging port community of Raritan Landing, near New Brunswick. He became one of the community's most prosperous businessmen. After losing his home in a great flood in 1738, he obtained property for a new house on the bluff overlooking the Landing. Low called the new home the "new house on the mountain". Cornelius Low died in early 1777 but the British spared his house because his loyalty to the King of England remained steadfast until his death.
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