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Estell Manor Mansion

Atlantic County
Estell Manor

U.S. Route 50 between Steelmans
and Collina Roads

Private

Rebecca Estell Bourgois Winston
(1887-1933)
First Female Mayor

Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston was the first female mayor in New Jersey. Winston's grandfather, Daniel Estell, was a prosperous entrepreneur who built this mansion in 1832 in what was then called Stephen's Creek, where he owned a glass factory.  By the 1840s, the town had been renamed Estellville. Winston grew up in this house, which was remodeled to its present Colonial Revival style by Winston in the 1920s. Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston was active in local politics and convinced the State Legislature in 1924 to carve out Estell Manor as its own municipality. She then became its first mayor, making her the first female mayor in the state. The house was purchased by Atlantic County in 1993 and is now part of Estell Manor County Park.

For more information, call 609-645-5960 or visit www.aclink.org/PARKS/mainpages/estell.asp