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Collectible: Preserving Bedminster’s History with a Special Keepsake – Trump’s Summer Whitehouse

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Preserving Bedminster’s History – The Mr. Local History Project (MLH) has been preserving and promoting local history since our non-profit organization was established in 2019. The all-volunteer group started a wooden miniature keepsake program to share history and artwork in partnership with the world-famous Cat’s Meow Village Company of Ohio to support New Jersey’s local history and grow the New Jersey Historic Village Collection.

What was initially known in Bedminster, NJ, as the Lamington House is now President Trump’s Summer Whitehouse wooden collectible. Yes, it could be hung on the tree.

Congratulations, Bedminster, New Jersey

Supporting Bedminster’s history via our MLH keepsake project is in its early stages, and we hope the community will strongly support interest in Bedminster, New Jersey’s history. Brooks Betz, an area historian and founder of the Mr. Local History Project, presented the idea. The keepsakes bring awareness to historic icons across New Jersey. The group is a non-profit 501c that relies on fundraisers like this to expand our history programs; every time you grow your collection, you’re supporting their non-profit efforts.

Summer White House Village Keepsake

Our artist rendering is on the front, with the history on the back.
Each collectible is approximately 4″ high by 8-10 inches long and 3/4″ wide, painted on wood. Click Here

Get yours – A photo of the keepsake taken at Trump National, formerly the Lamington House.
Get yours – A photo of the keepsake taken at Trump National. And if you look hard in the background, you’ll see a man with a red hat……yes, it is!

In a sleepy quiet horse and farming area in the Somerset Hills of New Jersey, once the most powerful man in the world came (and still comes) to summer at a house with a storied Bedminster history.

Welcome to what many are now calling the Summer White House. But look how close this home looked like the real White House when it was built in 1939.
Trump Summer Whitehouse Bedminster Mr. Local History Project

The Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, is also known as former President Trump’s Summer White House, and it occupies 535 acres of rambling countryside in central New Jersey, 45 minutes away from New York City. Most of the property was once the private estate of John DeLorean, the auto industrial playboy whose stainless-steel car is remembered best as a time machine in Back to the Future. Trump purchased the property in 2002 for about $35 million, and it opened as a golf club in 2004. The home, once known as Lamington House, was named by the Cowperwaithe family, but it now has a new name, the “Summer White House.” Read the entire story.

How Do I Get One?

Shop for a Cause – Mr. Local History Project #shoplocalhistory #justoneitem – Click Here to get yours.

Support your local history and start a Somerset Hills/Bedminster collection of your own. Each piece is made in the USA. The Mr. Local History Project sinks all proceeds into growing the program to offer more keepsakes, as we’ve now grown the village to over 35 keepsakes.

Simple online ordering. Not available in stores. Click Here

Vote for Bedminster’s Most Historic Icons

What are Bedminster, New Jersey’s Most Iconic Venues? Vote for your three favorites. They might be considered for a future village keepsake.

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