LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-03 NEXT >   HISTORIC NAME: Jacob High House COMMON NAME: Kutcher House LOCATION: 684 White Bridge Road BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Meyersville USGS QUAD: Chatham OWNER: UTM REFS: Zone/Northing/Easting DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: 1793, 1976 SOURCE OF DATE: owner ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: Jacob High STYLE: East Jersey Cottage FORM / PLAN TYPE: 3 bay side hall plan; block and wing NUMBER OF STORIES: 1 1/2 FOUNDATION: not visible EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Wood shingle FENESTRATION: 6/6 and 2/2 sash ROOF: CHIMNEY(S): 2 brick interior chimneys ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: House has eyebrow windows on facade, shed roof facade porch with jigsaw brackets, and vertical paneled doors on facade. Cornerstone marked "J.H. 1793". PHOTO(S) (1998) (B3:24, 1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES Faces south on road now dead-end leading to swamp. 1 1/2 story frame barn, vertical siding at east side of property.   SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING X OPEN SPACE WOODLAND RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER At southern edge of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.   SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION  A well-preserved example of regional vernacular architecture. This house is reputed to have been built by Jacob High in 1793. The farm passed through several families in the 19th century until it was purchased by the Kutcher family in 1884. They retained the property until the 1960s. An addition was made to the rear in 1976. ORIGINAL USE: Residence PRESENT USE: Residence PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES: . EXCELLENT X GOOD FAIR . POOR REGISTER ELIGIBILITY: . YES .X POSSIBLE NO . PART OF DISTRICT THREATS TO SITE: . ROADS . DEVELOPMENT . ZONING . DETERIORATION X . NO THREAT . OTHER . .. .. COMMENTS: The house is enhanced by its setting. 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 #1430-03 NEXT >