 Rutherfurd Hall is one of the last extant large country estates in New Jersey constructed at the turn of the 20th century, and represents the country life movement which began in America following the Civil War, when the wealthy constructed large estates in rustic settings near major cities.Franklin Delano Roosevelt visited the estate in the 1930s to meet with Lucy Rutherfurd.In 1948, the property was donated to the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity, who used it as a retreat and training center and eventually a convalescent facility for retired nuns.