LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY

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HISTORIC NAME:

Schmidt House

COMMON NAME:

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LOCATION:

715 White Bridge Road

BLOCK/LOT:

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VILLAGE:

Meyersville

USGS QUAD:

Chatham

OWNER:

UTM REFS:

Zone/Northing/Easting


DESCRIPTION

CONSTRUCTION DATE:

After 1887

SOURCE OF DATE:

Maps

ARCHITECT:

.

BUILDER:

STYLE:

Vernacular Victorian

FORM / PLAN TYPE:

Five bay facade

NUMBER OF STORIES:

2 1/2

FOUNDATION:

Concrete

EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC:

Asbestos shingle

FENESTRATION:

2/2 and contemporary additions

ROOF:

Gable

CHIMNEY(S):

Center brick

ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:

Wrap-around facade porch now enclosed with a variety of synthetic sidings. Molded eaves, gable end returns; large pedimented dormer centered on facade.


PHOTO(S)


(B3:27, 1986)


SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES

Sited on the southwest corner of New Vernon Road and White Bridge Road.

A two story frame barn at southwest of house with tongue and groove siding.

 


SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

URBAN

SUBURBAN

SCATTERED BUILDING

X

OPEN SPACE

WOODLAND

X

RESIDENTIAL

AGRICULTURAL

VILLAGE

INDUSTRIAL

DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL

HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL

OTHER

On northern bank of Black Brook.

 


SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION

 A late 19th century farmstead constructed at the edge of the Great Swamp.


ORIGINAL USE:

Farm House

PRESENT USE:

Residence

PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES:

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EXCELLENT

X

GOOD

FAIR

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POOR

REGISTER ELIGIBILITY:

.

YES

.

POSSIBLE

X

NO

.

PART OF DISTRICT

THREATS TO SITE:

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ROADS

.

DEVELOPMENT

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ZONING

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DETERIORATION

X

.X

NO THREAT

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OTHER

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COMMENTS:

 


REFERENCES:


RECORDED BY:

Janet W. Foster

DATE:

March-July 1986

ORGANIZATION:

Acroterion

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UPDATED ENTRY BY:

L. Fast / W. O. Watts

DATE:

June 1999

ORGANIZATION:

Long Hill Township Historic Preservation Advisory Committee

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