Editing Haddon Heights, New Jersey (section)

==History==
[[File:Portrait of Joseph Bloomfield.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Joseph Bloomfield]]
The land that was to become Haddon Heights was settled in 1699 by John Hinchman. In 1713, John Siddon built a farmhouse near Hinchman's property. John Thorn Glover dammed King's Run and constructed a mill race and fulling mill on this property before 1776. Jacob Hinchman built a frame dwelling no later than 1720 that was later enlarged by [[American Revolutionary War]] hero Col. Joseph Ellis. It is currently referred to as the [[Col. Joseph Ellis House]]. New Jersey governor [[Joseph Bloomfield]] later purchased this property.<ref>[http://haddonhts.com/history/ History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515093238/http://haddonhts.com/history/ |date=May 15, 2017 }}, Haddon Heights. Accessed May 21, 2017.</ref>

[[File:COL JOSEPH ELLIS HOUSE, HADDON HEIGHTS, CAMDEN COUNTY.jpg|thumb|Col. Joseph Ellis House]]
In 1890, Benjamin A. Lippincott constructed a passenger station in the center of his land for the [[Atlantic City Railroad]]. Then Lippincott, with Charles Hillman, filed a grid street plan with Camden County to develop a community. They named it Haddon Heights because of its proximity to [[Haddonfield, New Jersey|Haddonfield]] and its high elevation. Large houses were built in [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]], [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne]] or [[American Foursquare|Foursquare]] style that appealed to prosperous middle-class families moving from the cities. In 1904, Haddon Heights was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a borough and Lippincott was elected mayor. A small downtown grew near the railroad and the [[U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey|White Horse Pike]] and eight churches and a synagogue were built. An area of old Centre Township, known as Fairfield Estates, voted in 1926 to become part of Haddon Heights. This land was developed for more single-family housing through the 1940s and 1950s. Even though rail passenger service was suspended in July 1965, Haddon Heights remains a typical turn-of-the-twentieth-century railroad suburb with tree-shaded streets and comfortable homes.<ref name="hhhistorical"/>