LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-02 NEXT >   HISTORIC NAME: White-Meeker House COMMON NAME: . LOCATION: 540 White Bridge Road BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Meyersville USGS QUAD: Chatham OWNER: UTM REFS: Zone/Northing/Easting DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: 19th Century SOURCE OF DATE: . ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Vernacular FORM / PLAN TYPE: Irregular NUMBER OF STORIES: 2 FOUNDATION: Concrete EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Wood shingle FENESTRATION: 2/2 craftsman 3/3 ROOF: Gamble CHIMNEY(S): End brick ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Wrap around porch, two story additions to side and rear PHOTO(S) (B3:24, 1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES Horse farm with new one story horse barns.   SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING X OPEN SPACE X WOODLAND RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER     SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION The 19th century maps indicate a house on the property, which may be the core of the present building. The small house was enlarged in the early 20th century with the addition of a shed moved from Green Village. ORIGINAL USE: Residence PRESENT USE: Residence PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES: . EXCELLENT GOOD .X FAIR . POOR REGISTER ELIGIBILITY: . YES . POSSIBLE .X NO . PART OF DISTRICT THREATS TO SITE: . ROADS . DEVELOPMENT . ZONING . DETERIORATION X .X NO THREAT . OTHER . .. . .. COMMENTS:  A modest, simply detailed 19th century, farm laborer's house comparable to the worker's cottages in the industrial village of Stirling. REFERENCES: RECORDED BY: Janet W. Foster DATE: March-July 1986 ORGANIZATION: Acroterion . . UPDATED ENTRY BY: L. Fast / W. O. Watts DATE: June 1999 ORGANIZATION: Long Hill Township Historic Preservation Advisory Committee . . RETURN TO: INTRODUCTION RETURN TO: STREET & SITES INDEX RETURN TO: FILE NUMBER INDEX RETURN TO: MAP INDEX RETURN TO: BLOCK AND LOT NUMBER INDEX . . . . . < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-02 NEXT >