LONG
HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY
HISTORIC
DISTRICT SURVEY
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DISTRICT
NAME:
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Meyersville
Village
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DISTRICT
TYPE:
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Village
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MUNICIPALITY:
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Long Hill Township
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COUNTY:
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Morris
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UTM
REFERENCES:
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Zone/Northing/Easting
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USGS
QUAD:
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Chatham
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DESCRIPTION
A 19th century village clustered at
the intersection of New Vernon Road, Hickory Tavern Road,
Gillette Road, and Meyersville Road. The frame buildings are
all small in scale and sited in individual lawns.
A - 624 Meyersville Road, (former
Mountain View Boarding House) -2 1/2 story, five bay
house; synthetic siding, facade porch. Vernacular Greek
Revival door enframement. Gable roof, gabled center
dormer. B3:32
B - 618 Meyersville Road, (former
Ortman Blacksmith Shop). Gable end facade, 2 1/2 story,
frame building with 6/6 sash windows; extensive
alterations to first floor with brick siding and new
windows.
C - 596 Meyersville Road - Archie's
Resale Shop: 2 1/2 story, L plan house with synthetic
siding and degraded integrity. Large parking lot and
assorted law sheds contain flea market.
D - 1 1/2 story synthetic siding
20th century house.
E - 2 1/2 story synthetic siding
Victorian Vernacular with extensive rear
additions.
F- 615 Meyersville Road: one story
concrete garage converted to restaurant. Former location
of a blacksmith shop and forge.
G - Meyersville Presbyterian
Church: Vernacular Romanesque, (1895) 1 1/2 story, frame,
with synthetic siding, large rear addition.
H - Dom's Store: 1950's Esso gas
station converted to a store.
J - 632 Meyersville Road:
Meyersville Inn: 2 1/2 story frame building, shingle
siding on upper floors, synthetic siding and brick on
altered first floor. Built in the early 1900's as a
store, in 1919 it became a tavern. Mid 1990s renovations
and additions.
SIGNIFICANCE:
Just south of the Great Swamp, the
area now known as Meyersville was settled as early as the
1730's. The earliest houses are, however, gone. In the early
19th century, several German families settled in the area,
it is from one of these, Kaspar Meyer, that the village
takes its name. The village remains what it always was, a
quiet crossroads hamlet with a cluster of small businesses
to serve the residents of the surrounding countryside.
However today, the traditional businesses of general store
and blacksmith have been replaced with a gourmet restaurant,
mini-market, and antiques shop.
The overall scale and setting of the
cluster of buildings retain the feeling of a 19th century
hamlet, but every individual structure has had its
architectural integrity compromised by inappropriate siding,
additions, window alterations, and the encroachment of
paving up to the buildings.
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PHYSICAL
CONDITION OF STRUCTURES:
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EXCELLENT
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X
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GOOD
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X
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FAIR
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POOR
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REGISTER
ELIGIBILITY:
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YES
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POSSIBLE
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.X
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NO
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PART OF
DISTRICT
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THREATS TO
DISTRICT:
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ROADS
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DEVELOPMENT
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ZONING
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DETERIORATION
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X
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NO
THREAT
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OTHER
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COMMENTS:
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Photos: B3:31-35
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REFERENCES:
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Passaic Township History page
10 - 14
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(1986)
(2002)
624 Meyersville Road. The large house in its deep and well
landscaped lot
imparts a rural feeling to the center of
Meyersville.
(1986)
View of the center of Meyersville from the intersection of
Gillette Road and Meyersville Road.
(1986)
(2002)
View of the center of Meyersville, looking east. Meyersville
Road is to the left, Hickory Tavern Road to the
right.
(1986)
(2002)
The Meyersville Inn, a landmark of the village since
1900.
(1986)
The Meyersville Presbyterian Church
Archie's Resale Shop, 596 Meyersville Road (2002)
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RECORDED
BY:
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Janet W. Foster
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DATE:
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March-July 1986
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ORGANIZATION:
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Acroterion
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UPDATED ENTRY
BY:
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L. Fast
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DATE:
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May 2002
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ORGANIZATION:
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Long Hill Township Historic
Preservation Advisory Committee
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