Sayreville & Piscataway NJ Real Estate Blog

Tom and Avril Moore have put their 23-acre estate home, Tusculum, on sale for $12 million. Tusculum was orginally built in 1773 by Rev. John Witherspoon, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The house has been on the market since July and remains at its original asking price.

The home was expanded and restored in 1998 offering 5 bedrooms, 4 baths and 20 other rooms. It also includes a showroom caliber wine cellar with a tasting room.

Tusculum is not the most expensive residence to sell in New Jersey. That honor belongs to the 63-acre estate in Alpine, Bergen County that sold for $58 million. With that price tag, it also had the honor of being the most expensive home sold in the United States in 2006.