LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-09 NEXT > HISTORIC NAME: . COMMON NAME: Passaic Township Grange #188 LOCATION: Meyersville Road East of Meyersville Village BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Meyersville USGS QUAD: Chatham OWNER: UTM REFS: Zone/Northing/Easting DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: 1930 SOURCE OF DATE: local histories ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Vernacular FORM / PLAN TYPE: L plan with gable and facade NUMBER OF STORIES: 1 FOUNDATION: concrete EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Wood shingle FENESTRATION: 6/6 sash ROOF: Gable roof CHIMNEY(S): ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Paired double front doors; shed roof porch with simple supports. Interior with varnished tongue and groove woodwork; pressed metal ceiling. PHOTO(S) (2002) (1996) (B3:30, 1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES Sited close to road and surrounded by unpaved parking on either side.  SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING OPEN SPACE X WOODLAND RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER Sited east of village of Meyersville   SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION The Grange movement of the 19th century served to organize farmers for educational and social purposes. The grange building here attests to the importance of agriculture in Passaic Township before the second World War. The Passaic Township Grange was chartered in 1909, meeting at the homes of several members. The Grange became dormant during World War I, but was reactivated in 1922. The Grange constructed this hall in 1930. ORIGINAL USE: Grange PRESENT USE: Meeting Hall and Flea Market 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:   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 #1430-09 NEXT >