LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY
INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY

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HISTORIC NAME:

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COMMON NAME:

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LOCATION:

360 New Vernon Road

BLOCK/LOT:

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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:

Five bay center hall

NUMBER OF STORIES:

2

FOUNDATION:

Fieldstone

EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC:

Asbestos siding over narrow clapboard

FENESTRATION:

6/6 and 2/2 sash

ROOF:

Gable with kicked eaves.

CHIMNEY(S):

Two interior brick with corbeled caps

ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:

Screened portico over centered three bays of facade and enclosed porch on south side.


PHOTO(S)


(B3:28, 1986)


SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES

House sited with deep setback surrounded and faced by open yard. Original barn and outbuildings demolished; concrete garage to back of property. 


SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT

URBAN

SUBURBAN

SCATTERED BUILDING

X

OPEN SPACE

WOODLAND

RESIDENTIAL

AGRICULTURAL

VILLAGE

INDUSTRIAL

DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL

HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL

OTHER

On low-lying open fields just south of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

 


SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION

The owner of the house speculates that the building may have been moved. This is confirmed by the absence of any indication of a structure at this location on the 19th century maps. Stylistically, the house appears to have been constructed in the mid-19th century.


ORIGINAL USE:

Residence

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

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PART OF DISTRICT

THREATS TO SITE:

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ROADS

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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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