LONG HILL TOWNSHIP HISTORIC SITES SURVEY INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE SURVEY < PREVIOUS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY #1430-10 NEXT > HISTORIC NAME: . COMMON NAME: Trading Post Antiques LOCATION: 211 Hickory Tavern Road BLOCK/LOT: . VILLAGE: Meyersville USGS QUAD: Chatham OWNER: UTM REFS: Zone/Northing/Easting DESCRIPTION CONSTRUCTION DATE: 18th century SOURCE OF DATE: Former Owner ARCHITECT: . BUILDER: STYLE: Vernacular FORM / PLAN TYPE: Rectangular NUMBER OF STORIES: 1 1/2 FOUNDATION: Concrete over stone EXTERIOR WALL FABRIC: Clapboard shingles and shiplap FENESTRATION: 6/6 sash ROOF: Shed roof dormers with fixed lights CHIMNEY(S): Interior brick ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Shed roofed front porch across facade, western portion enclosed in Craftsman-inspired alteration. The original structure may have been a single room cottage in the center of the present building. The paneled door in this portion of the house seems to be 18th century. Interior modernizations have removed much evidence of the structure's evolution. PHOTO(S) (B4:1, 1986) SITING, BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION, AND RELATED STRUCTURES Frame barn used as antique shop, 1 1/2 stories. Larger original barn burned down in 1950's.   SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT URBAN SUBURBAN SCATTERED BUILDING OPEN SPACE WOODLAND RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL X VILLAGE INDUSTRIAL DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OTHER Located just south of the village center of Meyersville on Hickory Tavern Road. Newer residential development has occurred south and east of this site.   SIGNIFICANCE & HISTORICAL INFORMATION The house appears on the 1868 Atlas of Morris County as the residence of "C. Hoffman." Charles Hoffman was prominent in community affairs in Meyersville in the 19th century, serving as postmaster in his general store, which stood just south of the present Meyersville Inn. In 1887, this house was occupied by L. Block. Architecturally, this appears to be the oldest surviving structure in Meyersville. ORIGINAL USE: Residence PRESENT USE: Residence PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STRUCTURES: . EXCELLENT X GOOD 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 #1430-10 NEXT >